Sylhet

Measles-like symptoms have claimed two more children’s lives in Bangladesh’s Sylhet Division. The children died while undergoing treatment between Monday morning and Tuesday morning, said Mohammad Nur-e-Alam Shamim, assistant director of the Sylhet Directorate General of Health Services. They were being treated at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital and Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital.

People in flood-affected areas of Moulvibazar have fallen into extreme trouble with their cattle during the ongoing flood. Flood has been the main reason for the severe crisis of cattle feed. Many cattle have fallen ill due to a lack of food. Under these circumstances, many are unable to sell their cattle. Although the floodwaters are receding, a severe crisis ...

Sylhet Correspondent : A memorial meeting was held on Saturday evening to mark the 40th death anniversary of poet Laila Ragib, the visionary of the ‘Write Poems in the Language of the Lips’ movement, founding president of Sylhet Writers’ Association and editor of the poetry magazine Kabi Sanglap. The speakers demanded the inclusion of poet Laila Ragib’s poems in textbooks. ...

  By Matiar Chowdhury:   Sipahsalar Syed Nasir Uddin—one of the 360 ​​*Awliya* (saints) accompanying Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA)—is an unforgettable name in the history of Sylhet. Following the conquest of Sylhet in 703 Hijri, twelve *Awliya* (saints), led by Sipahsalar Syed Nasir Uddin, defeated the tyrannical King Achak Narayan of Taraf and conquered the kingdom of Taraf. The shrine ...

Donation boxes at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) in Sylhet yielded Tk47,10,153 in cash over 18 days in the second public counting of the shrine’s 700-year history, officials said today (11 July). The counting, conducted from the morning in the presence of media representatives and members of the public, also uncovered foreign currencies from 12 countries, 9 grams of ...

Gowainghat Correspondent : A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead allegedly by members of the Khasi community near the Lakhat border along the Sylhet-Meghalaya frontier early Friday. The deceased was identified as Minhaj Uddin, 25, son of Kamar Uddin of Bhadeshwar village under West Jaflong Union in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet. The incident took place around 3:00am in the border area ...

Rajnagar Correspondent : An elderly man was found dead in floodwater at Rajnagar Upazila of Moulvibazar on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Md Ashraf Mia, also known as Asai Mia, a resident of Akua village under Tengra Union. According to family members, the family moved to a safer place on Thursday following reports of riverbank erosion, but Ashraf ...

Beanibazar Correspondent : An adolescent girl was stabbed to death by her father at Beanibazar upazila in Sylhet on Friday. The deceased, Raika Akhter Riya, 17, is daughter of Abu Bakkar of Raigarh village in the Golapganj upazila, police said. Local residents said that Riya had been living at her maternal grandfather’s house at Inamgaon under Tilpara union in the ...

Sylhet Office : ICT Division Deputy Secretary Abdullah Al Mamun has been appointed as the new deputy commissioner (DC) and district magistrate of Sylhet. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification on Thursday confirming the appointment. The appointment follows a series of administrative reshuffles linked to controversy over the management of donations at Sylhet’s historic shrines. Earlier, on ...

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent Christensen has visited Chevron’s operations in Sylhet, underscoring the importance of long-standing American investment in Bangladesh’s energy sector and the enduring partnership between the two countries. The information was shared in a post published on the verified Facebook page of the US Embassy in Bangladesh on Thursday (9 July). According to the embassy, Ambassador Christensen ...