Sylhet

Ten shops were gutted in a fire that broke out in Sunamganj’s Jamalganj upazila on Monday. The fire incident took place in the morning at Sachna Bazar in the upazila. According to locals, the fire originated from mosquito coil of a grocery shop and engulfed the adjacent shops soon. Being informed, fire service personnel of Jamalganj Fire Station rushed to ...

Two people were killed and four others were injured when a bus hit a CNG powered autorickshaw in Sylhet Sadar upazila. The accident occurred at Balaura area on the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway around 10 PM on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Rubel Ahmed, 18, son of the late Jamir Ali from Koshorpur village under Baluura area in the upazila, ...

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead in India allegedly by Khasia people of Meghalaya state after he trespassed through the border in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila yesterday (6 March). The deceased, identified as Shahed Mia, 25, was the son of Mosahid Mia from Mongolpur village of the upazila. Confirming the matter today (7 March), Lieutenant Colonel Md Emdadul Haque, commanding officer ...

Thousands of unruly people have looted fish from at least 10 leased out waterbodies in Shalla, Dirai and Jamalganj upazilas in Sunamganj district over the past week. Locals said that the looting plan was announced in advance through loudspeakers, drawing crowds from nearby unions. Despite prior the announcement, law enforcement agencies looked helpless in preventing the mass looting, said leaseholders. ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered smuggled goods worth about Tk 2.92 crore from the Jangalbari border area under Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj district early Thursday. Actin on a tip-off, a team of Sunamganj-28 BGB of Charagaon BoP raided the aforementioned area and recovered the illegal goods in an abundant condition, confirmed Sunamganj-28 BGB Captain AKM Jakaria. The goods included 5,127 ...

A moderate earthquake of 5.6-magnitude was felt in Sylhet and parts of the country, including the capital, at 11:36 am on Wednesday (March 5). Shah Md Sajib Hossain, meteorologist at Sylhet weather office said the tremor was originated near the India-Myanmar border area. The epicenter of the earthquake was 449 kilometers away from the capital Dhaka. However, no causalities were ...

A trader was crushed under a train at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mohorom Mia, 60, son of late Sanaullah, a resident of Changoan village under Hazipur union in the upazila. He was a trader at Pirer bazar in the upazila. Local sources said the Sylhet-bound Intercity Paharika Express train from Chattogram hit ...

Police have arrested two people in connection with kidnapping and raping an ethnic woman in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet. The arrestees were identified as Pradeep Das, son of Lalit Das of Kalairag village of Companiganj, and Ala Uddin, son of Abdul Hashim of the same village. Confirming the matter, Companiganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Uzayer Al Mahmud Adnan said the victim ...

Police arrested six people including the leader of an inter-district robber gang at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj. The robber gang leader Mortuz Ali, 38, was arrested from Ganiganj Bazar under Patharia union under Shantiganj Police Station around 7:30 pm on Sunday. Based on the information given by him during the police interrogation, five more people were arrested during the raid ...

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various types of Indian smuggled goods worth over Tk 17.29 lakh from different frontier areas of the district early Saturday. Confirming the matter, Sunamganj BGB-28 battalion commander Lt Col AKM Zakaria Kadir said that a team of RAB, acting on a tip off, conducted drives at different places including Laurgarh, Charagaon, Banshtala, Bangaon, ...