Sylhet

Oman’s low-cost carrier SalamAir has launched direct flights between Muscat and Sylhet, becoming the first foreign airline to operate scheduled international services to Osmani International Airport currently. The inaugural flight, carrying 133 passengers, arrived at Sylhet airport at around 8 a.m. on September 1. The aircraft was welcomed with a water-cannon salute, while arriving passengers received flowers and sweets at ...

The students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have been experiencing a problem in getting sufficient transport service after 10 PM. Only a few easy bikes ply in the period from 9 PM to 10 PM, but there are no vehicles available after that. Students have to walk 2-2.5 km back to their respective halls due to the ...

Sylhet Office : Sylhet Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Dr Md Zillur Rahman has been transferred to the Special Branch (SB) of police. SB DIG Mohammad Jahangir Hossain has been appointed as his replacement in Sylhet. The Home Ministry issued a notification on Sunday, saying Zillur Rahman had been transferred to Dhaka as an SB DIG, while Jahangir Hossain had ...

The Dhaka-Sylhet Highway has earned the byname “man-eater” following a sharp spike in fatal road accidents. In August alone, 22 people died in nine separate road crashes on the Sylhet stretch of the highway. Road safety experts attribute the surge in crashes to five primary causes: slow progress in the six-lane expansion project, driver fatigue and sleepiness during long-haul trips, ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained an Indian contraband runner, seizing a foreign-built handgun, a pair of .22-caliber bullets and 500 Yaba pills following an armed clash along the Kumarshail frontier in Moulvibazar district’s Barlekha upazila. The apprehension occurred during a targeted raid carried out by the Beanibazar Battalion (52 BGB) on Thursday night, as detailed in an ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Sakhawat Hossain Bakul on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over the unhygienic conditions at Habiganj Sadar Hospital during a surprise inspection. The minister visited the hospital at around 12:30 PM and inspected its medicine store, pharmacy, paediatric ward, emergency unit, pathology department and kitchen. He also expressed dissatisfaction after finding no pharmacist on duty at the ...

Local residents of Dowarabazar upazila in Sunamganj have staged a human chain demanding exemplary punishment and a proper investigation into allegations of fraud, misappropriation of government allowances, overseas job scams and political influence against a local man named Hafiz Uddin. The human chain was held after Friday prayers near the West Tengratila Jame Mosque in Tengratila village under Surma Union. ...

Tea workers at 23 plantations in Sylhet have begun a two-hour work stoppage indefinitely, demanding that their daily wage be increased to Tk500, an immediate election for the Bangladesh Tea Workers’ Union, and the fulfilment of two other demands. The work stoppage began yesterday (26 August) and continued today (27 August). The workers said the programme would continue until their ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A four-member committee has been formed to investigate allegations of wrong treatment and negligence in the death of veteran journalist and freedom fighter Golam Mustafa Rafiq at a private hospital in Habiganj. Habiganj Deputy Commissioner GM Sharfaraz formed the committee last night following allegations over the treatment provided to Rafiq. Civil Surgeon Dr Ratnadwip Biswas has been ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury today ordered swift action against brokers who lure youths from Sunamganj into irregular migration, often putting their lives at risk. While addressing a meeting at the Sunamganj deputy commissioner’s conference room on ensuring safe migration and preventing irregular journeys abroad, he said that the brokers must be identified quickly and brought ...