Sylhet

The residences of former Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury and former Awami League MP for Moulvibazar-2 (Kulaura), Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, were attacked and vandalised on Wednesday evening. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sylhet Airport Police Station, Syed Anisur Rahman, said an agitated group of students and members of the public carried out the attack on Nadel’s residence, causing damage. ...

Seven people, suspected to be supporters of Awami League and its associate bodies, were arrested on charge of bringing out a procession in favour of the banned Chhatra League in Sylhet early Thursday. The arrestees are Zahirul Islam, 19, Sohel Ahmed Sani, 18, Robin Kar, 23, Fahim Ahmed, 23, Rajan Ahmed Ramzan, 23, Bashir Khan Lal, 50, and Soheb Ahmed. ...

Nearly 200 people, including three policemen, sustained injuries as people from more than ten villages locked in clashes over two separate incidents in Bahubal upazila, Habiganj on Tuesday night. The two clashes occurred during a similar timespan from 6pm to 9pm. In one incident, a man from Baniyagaon village engaged in a heated exchange with another person from Chargaon village ...

At least 15 people were injured in a factional clash between two groups of BNP over establishing supremacy at Shahporan Police Station in Sylhet early Wednesday. The clash incident took place around 12:30 AM at Mejor Tila Bazar under the police station. The identities of the injured could not be known yet, the police officials said. According to locals, there ...

Nazma Akhter, a widow who works at Kalagul Tea Garden in Sylhet, has been struggling to make ends meet for her family of six as she has not been paid for the past three months. Nazma Akhter, a widow working at the Kalagul Tea Garden in Sylhet, has been struggling to support her family of six as she has not ...

Thousands of worshippers gathered at Sylhet Shahi Eidgah on Monday for the main Eid ul-Fitr congregation, which began at 8:30 AM. Maulana Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Imam and Khatib of Bandar Bazaar Central Jame Masjid, led the prayer, while Hafiz Maulana Kamal Uddin delivered a sermon beforehand. Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) additional deputy commissioner (media) Mohammad Saiful Islam confirmed that the ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Four people were killed after a boat capsized in the Boulai river in Sunamganj’s Jamalganj upazila last night. The deceased were identified as Beauty Chakraborty, 45, Kalpana Sarkar, 45, her daughter Rudra Sarkar, and Ganga Sarkar, 6. Another child, Sourav, 10, was critically injured and has been sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital for treatment. ...

A man was hacked to death in a clash centering place for Eid Jamaat at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj district on Friday night. The incident happened at around 9:30PM in front of West Para Jumma Mosque of Sadarghat village in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Abdul Kayyum, 50, son of late Abdul Majed, a resident of Sadarghat South ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 has arrested 17 muggers in Sylhet in the last 24 hours. RAB-9 Commanding Officer Manjur Karim disclosed the information at a press conference on Friday (March 28) afternoon. Earlier, the arrests were made on Thursday night during raids at various locations in Sylhet based on intelligence reports. The arrested individuals are Badol Mia Kawsar, 27, Suhel ...

Sylhet is preparing for a massive influx of tourists during the nine-day extended Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, with around 80 percent of hotel and rest house rooms already booked. Tourism-related businesses expect at least 15 to 20 lakh visitors, generating a turnover of up to Tk 150 crore. Despite concerns over recent security incidents on highways and at tourist spots, law enforcement ...