Sylhet

Nazma Akhter, a widow who works at Kalagul Tea Garden in Sylhet, has been struggling to make ends meet for her family of six as she has not been paid for the past three months. Nazma Akhter, a widow working at the Kalagul Tea Garden in Sylhet, has been struggling to support her family of six as she has not ...

Thousands of worshippers gathered at Sylhet Shahi Eidgah on Monday for the main Eid ul-Fitr congregation, which began at 8:30 AM. Maulana Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Imam and Khatib of Bandar Bazaar Central Jame Masjid, led the prayer, while Hafiz Maulana Kamal Uddin delivered a sermon beforehand. Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) additional deputy commissioner (media) Mohammad Saiful Islam confirmed that the ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Four people were killed after a boat capsized in the Boulai river in Sunamganj’s Jamalganj upazila last night. The deceased were identified as Beauty Chakraborty, 45, Kalpana Sarkar, 45, her daughter Rudra Sarkar, and Ganga Sarkar, 6. Another child, Sourav, 10, was critically injured and has been sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital for treatment. ...

A man was hacked to death in a clash centering place for Eid Jamaat at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj district on Friday night. The incident happened at around 9:30PM in front of West Para Jumma Mosque of Sadarghat village in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Abdul Kayyum, 50, son of late Abdul Majed, a resident of Sadarghat South ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 has arrested 17 muggers in Sylhet in the last 24 hours. RAB-9 Commanding Officer Manjur Karim disclosed the information at a press conference on Friday (March 28) afternoon. Earlier, the arrests were made on Thursday night during raids at various locations in Sylhet based on intelligence reports. The arrested individuals are Badol Mia Kawsar, 27, Suhel ...

Sylhet is preparing for a massive influx of tourists during the nine-day extended Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, with around 80 percent of hotel and rest house rooms already booked. Tourism-related businesses expect at least 15 to 20 lakh visitors, generating a turnover of up to Tk 150 crore. Despite concerns over recent security incidents on highways and at tourist spots, law enforcement ...

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods worth Taka 68.32 lakh from different border areas in Sylhet district early Wednesday. A team of BGB-48 Battalion, Sylhet conducted drives in Sreepur, Panthumai, Pratappur, Sangram, Minatila and Tamabil BOP areas of the district and seized the goods, said the Battalion Commander Nazmul Haque. The seized goods include a large quantity ...

HABIGANJ CORRESPONDENT : Two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Mugkandi area under Bahubal upazila of the district this morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway around 9.30 am when a pickup van collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw, leaving six ...

An altercation over smoking in Sylhet’s Chowhatta area led to an attack on the emergency ward of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital last night (24 March), leaving at least eight people injured, including nurses and a police officer. According to eyewitnesses, an argument broke out among pedestrians after Iftar regarding smoking. The dispute escalated into a physical clash, injuring ...

Around 2,500 tea workers at the privately owned Burjan Tea Garden Company in Sylhet are enduring severe hardship, as the company has failed to pay their salaries for over three months. Additionally, special ration arrangements for the workers have also been halted for eight weeks, forcing them and their families to go hungry ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest festival for ...