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US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent Christensen has visited Chevron’s operations in Sylhet, underscoring the importance of long-standing American investment in Bangladesh’s energy sector and the enduring partnership between the two countries. The information was shared in a post published on the verified Facebook page of the US Embassy in Bangladesh on Thursday (9 July). According to the embassy, Ambassador Christensen ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A head on collision between two busses left one driver dead and 20 passengers injured in Habiganj’s Bahubal upazila on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway near Dubai Bazar. Police could not identify the deceased at the scene. According to police and local sources, when a Dhaka-bound bus belonging to Unique Paribahan reached the ...

Medical Reporter : Healthcare services at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital were disrupted on Wednesday after intern doctors launched an indefinite work stoppage and medical students declared an academic shutdown, protesting the alleged assault on a duty doctor inside the hospital’s emergency department. The clash broke out around 12:45AM and continued till 1:30AM at the hospital’s emergency department and ...

Kulaura Correspondent : Moulvibazar, Kulaura Municipality has announced a proposed budget of Tk 98.28 crore for the 2026-27 fiscal year. The budget, unveiled on Monday by Municipality Administrator and Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sanjida Akter, projects an income of Tk 98.44 crore against an expenditure of Tk 98.28 crore, leaving a surplus of about Tk 16.63 lakh. The highest allocation ...

Sylhet Office : US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen and members of his delegation met Commerce, Industries, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir at a breakfast meeting in Sylhet today (7 July), where they discussed the region’s development, investment opportunities and the contribution of Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States. The meeting, held at a hotel in the ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : A man, his wife and their son died from electrocution in Sunamganj’s Bishwambarpur upazila on Monday afternoon, July 6. The deceased were identified as Nurul Amin, 65, his wife Fatema Akter, 50, and their son Farhad Shah, 30, residents of Anantapur village in the upazila. Police and locals said Nurul Amin and his son, Farhad, inadvertently came ...

Three school students were killed after a motorbike lost control and hit a roadside tree at Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet on Sunday. The accident took place in Radhanagar-Baurvag tea estate road, east Jaflong union of Gowainghat. The dead were identified as Sakib Ahmad, 16, from Nayabasti village, Rayhan Ahmed, 16, from Chailakhel and Joy, 16, from Lakherpar village. All of ...

A group of young volunteers in Singur village under Baramchal union of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar has repaired two key village roads through voluntary labour and community fundraising, bringing relief to thousands of residents. The two roads, each about half a kilometre long, connect Singur village to the Kulaura-Bhatera paved road. Bricks were laid about 12 years ago under a ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Sunday resumed its direct Dhaka-Sylhet-Manchester service after a four-month suspension, restoring a key air link for thousands of Bangladeshi expatriates, particularly the Sylheti community living in northern England. The inaugural resumed flight, BG-208, landed at Osmani International Airport from Manchester at 12:04PM. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam Rita and Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign ...

Commerce, Industries, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir, MP, today said the government will introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to monitor the country’s market situation and help maintain price stability. Speaking as the chief guest at a distribution programme of government assistance, award and materials at the Sylhet Sadar Upazila Auditorium this afternoon, the minister said the initiative would ...