Sylhet

Police on Wednesday arrested a Jubo League leader as part of the nationwide ‘Operation Devil Hunt’ from Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj. The arrested, Shahid Mia, 37, son of Hafizur Rahman, a resident of Terhal village, is an Education, Training and Library affairs secretary of the upazila unit Jubo League. Confirming the matter, Shantiganj Police Station officer-in-charge Akram Ali Khan said ...

A Chhatra League activist was stabbed to death allegedly by the members of his own group in Sylhet on Tuesday night. The incident took place at around 10 pm at the second gate of the Valley City residential area adjacent to the Shahi Eidgah in the city. The dead Tushar Ahmed Chowdhury, 19, son of advocate Sajed Ahmed Chowdhury of ...

The Boro rice harvest festival has been officially inaugurated at Togar Haor area, located on the border of Dharmapasha and Madhyanagar upazilas in Sunamganj district. The festival began with the harvesting of BRRI-92 variety paddy cultivated by a 40-year-old farmer named Anis Mia on Tuesday (April 15) at 11:30 AM. Organized by Upazila Agriculture Extension Department, the event was jointly ...

At least 11 bogies of a Dhaka bound train derailed at Bhatrea Railway Station of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar on Sunday. None was injured the derailment, railway office officials said. Baramchal Railway Station Master Rajat Kumar Roy said that 11 bogies of a Kalni Express from Sylhet ran off the railway tracks at about 7:00 AM. When the Dhaka-bound Kalni ...

Two children drowned in a pond while bathing at Hijla village of Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Safayet Mia, 6, son of Shahin Mia, 6, a resident of the same village in the upazila, and Mim Akter, daughter of Mamun, resident of Haripur village in the district. According to locals, Mim went his maternal ...

A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila on Sunday. The accident took place around 11:00 AM in front of Kulaura Fire Station. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam Azad, 26, son of Abdul Kadir, a resident of Joypasha village in the municiplaity. Confirming the matter, Kulaura Police Station officer-in-charge Golam Apsar said that a ...

A Union Parishad (UP) member from Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila has been arrested with homemade weapons. He was arrested on Saturday morning at around 8:45 AM during a raid at his residence. The arrested man is Zayed Noor, 53, the elected member of Ward No. 8 under Sukhair Rajapur South Union. He is a resident of Rangpur Hati village in Rajapur. ...

At least 10 shops and houses were completely burned to ashes in a fire that broke out at Shantiganj upazila in Shunamganj district on early Saturday. The incident took place at Solof village under Purbo Birgaon union of the upazila around 12:30 AM. The affected families include those of Abdur Rok, Abdul Shafik, Abdul Jolil, Abdul Momin, Abul Leis, Shayful ...

A woman was killed and 10 others were injured when a bus overturned at Bahubal upazila in Habiganj on Thursday night. The accident took place around 11:00 PM on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Mukhkandi area in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Lutfa Begum, 55, a resident of Damti village under Debidwar upazila in Cumilla district. Confirming the matter, Bahubal ...

A case was filed against 900 people in connection with the attack and vandalism in a shoe showroom in Sylhet city by a mob during a protest rally condemning killings in Palestine. Mostakim Billah, area manager of the shoe company Sylhet area, filed the case on Wednesday, said Ziaul Haque, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model Police Station. This is the second ...