Sylhet

A youth was killed in a clash between two groups in Badambagicha area of Sylhet district on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Shah Mahmud Hasan Tapu, 17, son of Shah Enamul Haque, a resident of Badambagicha area in Sylhet municipality. According to sources, a clash broke out between two factions of the area at around 11:30 PM when ...

Balia Government Primary School in Paikurati Union, Dharmapasha Upazila, Sunamganj, has become a stark example of how mismanagement, political influence, and systemic malpractice are compromising education. With only 21 students enrolled, the school operates more like a bureaucratic formality than a place of learning. Despite government orders to remain open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, classes often start late, ...

Sylhet’s rail communication with the other parts of country which was suspended after an engine went out of order in Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district was restored after three hours on Thursday afternoon. Monir Hossain, Noapara Station Master, said the Dhaka-bound inter-city ‘Kalni Express’ train from Sylhet went out of order near Itakhola Station in Madhabpur upazila around 10:30 am, ...

A human chain was formed at Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those responsible for the brutal murder of a local truck driver Md Abdur Rahim Mortuz. The protest was held at Maddhya Bazaar area in the upazila on Tuesday afternoon and saw hundreds of men and women standing along both sides of the road, expressing ...

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Dr. Mohammad Abdul Momen has stressed an urgent need to align public intentions with real actions in the fight against corruption. Addressing a hall filled with service recipients, government officials, and representatives from various sectors at the 192nd public hearing of the held at the Habiganj District Shilpakala Academy, the Chairman said, “If we were to ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-48) seized smuggled goods worth about Tk 90 lakh from different border areas of Sylhet district on Sunday night. According to sources, several teams of BGB officials from different BOP conducted drives in the border areas of Sangram, Bichnakandi, Pratappur, Tamabil, Kalairag, Banglabazar and Sonali Chela in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts under the BGB-48 battalion. During the ...

A press conference was held with newly appointed Moulvibazar Deputy Commissioner Touhiduzzaman Pavel on Sunday (23 November) at the DC office conference room. The event was organised by the district administration. More than a hundred journalists from print and electronic media in the district attended the briefing, where they raised issues related to local problems, development priorities and areas requiring ...

Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital have been embroiled in various controversies recently. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recently conducted a raid on the hospital on allegations of patient harassment, mismanagement, and corruption and found the truth. There is no end to the controversy in the public mind about this medical hospital due to extreme irregularities and mismanagement. Sylhet MAG Osmani ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will hold its 191st public hearing Sunday (23 November) at the Kabi Nazrul Auditorium here in the city’s Rikabibazar area. With the slogan “Youth united against corruption will build a purified future”, the ACC’s Sylhet Integrated District Office has organized the hearing to raise public awareness, enhance service quality in government and autonomous offices and agencies, ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) has seized smuggled Indian goods worth Tk 5.5 crore from Chunarughat Upazila in Habiganj district. Confirming the incident through a press release, BGB-55 Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Tanzilur Rahman said that they conducted drives in Satchhari and surrounding areas in the upazila and seized smuggled Indian goods. Smugglers managed to flee after sensing the operation was ...