Sylhet

A three-day agricultural and technology fair began at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday. The fair was inaugurated by Sunamganj-1 MP Ranjit Chandra Sarker as the chief guest on the upazila parishad premises around 11:00 am with the upazila nirbahi officer Md Giash Uddin in the chair. Dharmapasha upazila agriculture officer Mir Hasan Al Banna, upazila Awami League vice-president ...

Police recovered a half-decomposed body of a man from a house in Moulvibazar municipality on Saturday. The body was recovered at around 8:00pm from a rented house in TB hospital road area of the municipality. The deceased was identified as Sumon Talukdar, 43, was a resident of the area. It was learnt that Sumon had been living a rented house ...

A young man died from electrocution while catching fish at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday afternoon. The incident occured in Mohisajuri area under Rauthgaon union in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Saidul Alam Roni 30, son of Abdul Aziz, a resident of Monoraj village in the upazila. It was learnt that Roni came in contact with ...

Who was responsible for the failure of 31,000 workers of not been able to go to Malaysia in time? The Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment will investigate the matter. Besides, legal measures will be taken against those who were responsible for creating crisis in sending workers to Malaysia. State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Shafiqur Rahman ...

Low-lying areas in Sylhet city have been inundated due to flash floods triggered by the onrush of water from upstream and rise in water level of different rivers, leaving 4,000 families stranded. The local administration has opened some shelters in the city for the flood-hit people. Sylhet City Corporation’s Acting Mayor Mokhlesur Rahman Kamran, councilors and city corporation officials visited ...

A female tea worker was killed and another three were injured in a mudslide at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Gita Kahar, 30, daughter of Shankar Kahar, a resident of Patrakhola tea garden in the upazila. According to locals, Gita along with her several coworkers were on the way to her workplace ...

Heavy rains and water flowing from upstream have triggered floods in Sylhet, submerging at least 36 unions under five upazilas and leaving around three lakh people stranded in floodwaters. Although the flood situation improved little bit in the bordering areas of Sylhet but the water level is increasing in other areas including Sylhet Sadar. The water levels of all the ...

Vanu Lal Roy was re-elected as the upazila chairman of Sreemangal in Sylhet by securing 42, 669 votes in the third phase of sixth upazila parishad elections on Wednesday. On the other hand, freedom fighter Md Askar Miah, main rival candidate of Vanu Lal Roy , got 36,876 votes while another candidate Sagor Hazra secured 31,34 votes. Meanwhile, Razu Deb ...

In the third phase of the Sixth Upazila Parishad Election, Imtiaz Ahmed Bulbul, younger brother of Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid, has been elected as the chairman of Kamalganj Upazila Parishad in Maulvizar by getting 46,640 votes with motorcycle symbol. His nearest rival candidate, the running chairman Professor Rafiqur Rahman got 30,712 votes with pineapple symbol. MA Wahab won ...

Flash floods have occurred in Goainghat, Jaintapur, Companiganj and Kanighat upazilas in Sylhet district due to continuous rains and onrush of water coming from upstream India for the past few days. Most of the low-lying areas of these four upazilas were flooded. Many roads were submerged causing traffic disruption. Shelters have already been opened by the administration. Flood affected people ...