Sylhet

An activist of Juba League, youth front of the ruling Awami League, was stabbed to death by another activist of the organisation at Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Tuesday night following a previous quarrel over formation of a mosque committee. The deceased, Layek Miah, 40, is son of late Abdul Mannan of Mandalibhog area in the Chhatak municipality, the police ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Tuesday fined three shops Tk 20,000 for irregularities at Juri upazila of Moulvibazar district. Deputy Director of Moulvibazar DNCRP Md. Shafiqul Islam conducted raids in different markets and areas of the upazila to ensure the fair price of essentials for consumers. During the drives, DNCRP fined Lutfur Varieties ...

Police on Monday recovered the hanging body of a girl at Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet district. The dead was Rojina Akter Rima, daughter of retired army personnel Abdur Rahim, a resident of Nabamakhanda village under Zaflang union. She was a 12th grader at Imran Ahmad Govt Women’s College. According to police, locals spotted the girl hanging from a ceiling fan ...

Recently 13 endangered vultures were killed by poison in Barakapan village of Ekatuna UP, Moulvibazar Sadar. In this incident, the Forest Department has made a General Diary (GD) at Moulvibazar Sadar Model Police Station. Initially the vultures were said to have been killed by poisoning. 13 vultures spread 9 dogs, several foxes and cats also died from the poison. On ...

Osmani Medical College Hospital area of Sylhet city. One of the hideouts of Kishore gangs. There are some teenage gangs in that area. They are reckless. Two murders have already taken place at the hands of juvenile gangs. From 2019 to 2022, members of juvenile gangs committed these murders in public. Several people were injured by them. After that, police ...

More than 100 people die of tuberculosis every day in the country. However, if tuberculosis is diagnosed at the right time and the medicine is taken correctly, it is possible to recover in 96 percent cases, according to the relevant experts. They said that the number of deaths due to Tuberculosis (TB) has been reduced by half in the last ...

Two siblings were killed and three others injured as a tractor rammed auto-rickshaw at Baniachong upazila of Habiganj district on Saturday evening. The accident took place at Bhatiopara area of the upazila at around 7 pm. The deceased were identified as Abdul Moeen, 60, Taj Uddin, 35, sons of Kalai Ullah, residents of Chilapanja village of the upazila. Quoting locals, ...

A teenage girl reportedly committed suicide at Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Saturday morning. The deceased Samia Akter, 14, was daughter of Shajahan Mia, a resident of Bongshikunda village of the upazila. She was a seventh grader at Bongshikunda Momin High School. According to locals, the girl committed suicide by hanging herself from the branch of a tree in ...

Valuables worth Tk 20 lakh were gutted in a fire that broke out at a coil mill in Kalarduba area of the Habiganj on Friday night. Locals said the fire originated from the electric short circuit at the meter box of the ‘Khaja Coil Mill, around 8pm and soon engulfed the entire warehouse. Owner of the mill and general secretary ...

Khichuri-Akhni of Sylhet is unique in taste and aroma. On the first day of fasting, Khichuri-Akhni has become a part of Iftar celebrations in Sylhet. A combination of rice with pulses, vegetables and various spices. It has an intoxicating aroma. Sylhet’s thin khichuri is full of satisfaction with the taste and smell. This is a popular dish of the fasting ...