Sylhet

A man was killed in a road accident at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday. The accident took place in the afternoon at Damudhartapi Mamadpur area along the Sunamganj-Sylhet regional highway under East Pagla union of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Siraj Mia alias Birat, 50, son of late Terab Ali, a resident of Damudhartapi village. According ...

Police arrested four Chhatra League and Swechasebak League leaders and activists at  Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday night. The arrested men are Habibur Rahman Jani, president of Kulaura municipality BCL unit; Hira Miah, president of Prthimasa union Swechasebak League unit; and upazila BCL leaders Ripon Bokhs and Roky Hasan Rinku. Md Gola Afsar, officer-in-charge of Kulaura Police Station, ...

At least 20 people were killed and 24 others injured in 24 road accidents across Sylhet division in September, according to a Nirapad Sarak Chai (NISCHA) report, a voluntary organisation. The report highlighted Sylhet district as having the highest number of casualties, as the district recorded 10 deaths and 13 injuries in 10 separate road accidents. In Sunamganj, two people ...

A policeman named Kazi Atiqur Rahman (36) was killed in a collision between a pickup and a motorcycle in Sylhet. He was working as Sub-Inspector (SI) of Industrial Police Sylhet Zone. The incident took place in Salutikar area of Sylhet-Companiganj road on Friday (October 4) evening. According to police sources, he went to Gowainghat police station on a motorcycle for ...

The bodies of nine people killed during the Anti-Discrmination Student Movement in Sylhet are set to be exhumed for autopsies. The bodies will be exhumed once the necessary preparations are complete, police said. Among them, six victims are from Golapganj upazila and three from Beanibazar. Mir Md Abdun Naser, officer-in-charge (OC) of Golapganj police station, said that four magistrates have ...

A local Awami League leader of Habiganj was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday night in a case filed over the murder of Mostak during the recent anti-discrimination student movement. . The arrested man is Sankha Subhra Roy, is the labor affairs secretary of District Awami League and general secretary of Habiganj Zilla Motor Malik Group Sankha. Alamgir ...

Two young men died after being electrocuted at Lakhai upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday night. The deceased were Faraj Ali, 30, son of Abdur Rauf Mia, and Jamshed Mia, 35, son of Hazi Rahmat Ali, residents of Goakara village under Bulla union of the upazila. According to police, two men died on the spot while an electric cable of the Rural ...

IFIC Bank has inaugurated its new sub-branch at Zindabazar in Sylhet city. The new sub-branch was inaugurated by the President of the Sylhet Press Club, Ikramul Kabir, who was the chief guest at the ceremony held at Sadar’s Sohir Plaza on Tuesday. With this inauguration, the total number of business outlets of the bank now stands at 1,405. The event ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : A couple and their four children were killed after a fire broke out in a house of Ashrayan project in Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Emarul, 50, wife Poly Akter, and their four children Polash, Farhad, Fatema Begum and Omar Farruq. Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Gius Uddin confirmed the news on ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized huge Indian sugar and tea leaves worth about over Tk 75 lakh in Radhanagar area at Jaflong in Sylhet on Monday. “A team of BGB-48 Battalion conducted a drive in Sylhet Goainghat border area and seized 43,550-kg Indian sugar worth about Taka 74.61 lakh and 1,548 kg Indian tea leaves,” Sylhet BGB ...