Sylhet

Customs officials have seized a large quantity of foreign cigarettes and six iPhone 17 Pro sets from the luggage of two passengers arriving from Dubai at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. The goods were seized from the passengers who arrived by Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-248 on Friday. However the matter came to light on Saturday. Assistant Customs Officer Md ...

A total of 24 buildings considered to be highly vulnerable in Sylhet city would soon be demolished, official sources said. These structures have remained in a dilapidated condition for a long period of time, although these were earlier marked as vulnerable to earthquake. Related issues were discussed at an important meeting on ‘Possible earthquake and aftermath’ held at the Sylhet ...

An emergency flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India’s Border Security Force (BSF) was convened at Chatlapur ICP station in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila on Friday, following the shooting death of a Bangladeshi youth by BSF personnel along the Kulaura border. The meeting began at noon and was led by Lt Col ASM Zakaria, PBGM, commander of BGB’s Sreemangal ...

Bangladesh has boosted its natural gas supply, adding 26 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) to the national grid from Well-5 of the Habiganj Gas Field following a successful workover under the Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL). The workover was carried out as part of the ongoing project titled “Workover of Seven Wells in Titas, Habiganj, Bakhrabad and Meghna ...

All commercial outlets here in the city, except hotels, restaurants and medicine shops, will remain closed after 9:30pm starting December 7. A decision was also made to keep the parking spaces of all markets open for public use. The directives were finalised at a view-exchange meeting with leaders of various market committees, held at the Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Commissioner’s ...

Two individuals were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a pickup van in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on Tuesday morning. The identities of the deceased are yet to be known. According to locals, the incident occurred at around 8:30 AM in the Mauchak area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway when a Dhaka-bound truck collided head-on with a ...

Locals of Paikpara–Chonogao road in Dowarabazar upazila of Sunamganj district are facing severe hardship as the road has remained unrepaired for a long time. They also allege that the upazila’s LGED (Local Government Engineering Department) has taken no effective measures to fix the deteriorating road. A visit on Monday reveals that the stretch from Chonogao to Paikpara Golap’s House along ...

The Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court, Sylhet on Sunday set January 7 to deliver the verdict in the case of the alleged custodial death of Raihan Ahmed at a city police station. Raihan, who was 34-year-old at the time of his death, died on October 11, 2020 allegedly after he had endured brutal torture at the Bandar Bazar outpost of the ...

A Milad Mahfil and cooked food distribution programmme was held today in the district for the early recovery of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and praying for the souls of martyred President Ziaur Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko. The district unit of BNP organized the programme on Sunday afternoon at Habiganj Orphanage. Central BNP Organizing Secretary ...

Police recovered the hanging body of a schoolgirl from Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet district on Thursday evening. The deceased was identified as Jhuma Akter, 10, daughter of Harun Mia, a resident of Amlashid village under Barthakuri union in the upazila. Jhuma was a Class IV student. According to locals, Jhuma was found hanging in the family’s cowshed. Later, family members ...