Sylhet

A person has been killed in a thunderstorm at South Ura village in Modhonogor of Sunamganj district. Ali Hossain, 18 died when he took his cattle to a field around 9am on Sunday. He was the son of Ramjan Ali. Meanwhile, a child was also injured in the incident. South Bongshikundo UP Chairman Rasel Ahmed confirmed about the death to ...

The government suspended the member of Doyamir union parishad in Osmani Nogor upazila under Sylhet district on Monday. Shorifa Ahmed of senior assistent secretary The local government division issued a letter suspending the member, Alkas Ali. Balagonj Upazila Nirbahi Officer said he received the letter of suspending the member, Alkas Ali. He has been  as per the Union Parishad Act, ...

Two persons have been killed in lightning strikes at Tahirpur of Sunamganj district. The deceased are Sirajul Islam, 13, son of Chan Mia; and Md Shahjalal, 40, son of late Abdul Barik. Tahirpur police station OC Md Shahidullah said the duo died on the spot in lightning while working in the yard of their houses on Saturday afternoon.

A minor boy was abducted by miscreants from Batirkandi village in Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Friday. The victim was identified as Emon, 5, a resident of the same village. Family sources said a group of miscreants abducted Emon near his house on the Chhatak- Doara road of the village at about 4:30 pm. Later, they demanded Tk2 lakh from ...

A leader and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in incidents in Sylhet districts on Friday. BCL man was stabbed and injured by some miscreants at Ambarkhana point in the city. The victim was was identified as Arafat, 25, supporter of Abul Hasnat Bulbul, vice- president of the Sylhet city unit of BCL. Sources said a group ...

Police recovered the body of a retired public hospital doctor in sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Nandar Dhar, 55, a resident of Golapganj village in the upazila. He was a doctor at Fotepur Sub-center of sadar upazila. Family sources said Nandan might have committed suicide following family feud. Sub-inspector of Moulvibazar Model Police Station Sirajul ...

The 45th Independence and National Day-2015 was observed everywhere in Sylhet division yesterday in a befitting manner amid huge enthusiasm and festivity with a fresh vow to build a Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Tens of thousands of the cheerful people of all ages and professions spontaneously gathered at the Shaheed Minars, ...

A seminar titled “Allied Contributions to Achieve Victory on Liberation War” was held at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Thursday on the occasion of Bangladesh’s Independence Day. The seminar was organized by university authority which was held at Mini Auditorium on the campus. Amdadul Haque, Assistant Prof of Political Studies department presented the keynote paper over the ...

After waiting of a long time, lots of sufferings and movements, the direct flight is going to start from Osmani International Airport on March 29, 2015. It is being possible, as the refueling station in the airport is now in operative. On Monday noon, it starts functioning by supplying fuel to two air craft as a testing case. It will ...

Three shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Rainagar area of the city on Thursday morning. Witnesses said the fire originated at a bedding shop owned by Lokman Miah around 11am. Soon it engulfed the adjoining two shops. On information, firefighters rushed to the spot and doused the blaze. The extent of losses caused by the fire could ...