Sylhet

SAU Correspondent : Prof Dr Muhammad Shafi Ullah Majumdar has been appointed vice-chancellor of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU), amid a two-week movement by BNP-backed teachers, officers and employees demanding the removal of the university’s previous VC. The appointment was made through a notification issued today (28 September), signed by Assistant Secretary Md Sultan Ahmed on behalf of the president. According ...

A Tk 30 crore project launched to make Sylhet the country’s first ‘Wi-Fi City’ has remained inactive for years, with internet services unavailable and much of the installed equipment lying unused. Implemented by the Bangladesh Computer Council more than six years ago, the project was intended to provide free high-speed internet access at 126 points across 65 areas of Sylhet ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) training centre will be established in Sylhet to equip local youths with skills in information technology and create opportunities for them in freelancing and the global digital economy. Commerce, Industries and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said this while addressing the installation ceremony of the Sylhet Metropolitan Business Association at Kushiyara Convention Hall in ...

A cleaner was injured after an Ansar member fired a shot to scare away birds at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Saturday morning. The incident occurred on the airport runway around 10 AM, said airport Director Hafiz Ahmed. He said the shooting was accidental and not intentional. “The bullet hit his flesh. He is currently out of danger,” Hafiz said. ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Two people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a “tomtom” (battery-operated three-wheeler) and a motorcycle at Chandpur Tea Estate in Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj friday. The injured have been taken to the hospital in critical condition. The accident occurred at 5:00pm, said Chunarughat Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Saiful Islam. The deceased were identified ...

Police recovered a hanging body of joint convener of the National Citizens Party’s (NCP) Dharmapasha upazila unit, from his home in Dharmapasha of Sunamganj on Thursday night. The incident took place at around 9:00 PM in Dharmapasha village under Sadar Union of the upazila. Shaheen Kadir was the son of late Sunu Mia of Dharmapasha village. locals said Shaheen had ...

Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists clashed in Sunamganj’s Chhatak on Thursday (September 24) over a freshers’ reception programme, triggering tension in the area. According to reports, the incident took place at Gobindaganj Abdul Haque Smriti College after supporters of the two student organisations gathered in connection with separate programmes to welcome newly admitted students. At one stage, an ...

The paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in a special drive here, seized 3,500 kilogrammes of illegally imported Indian onions, 120 bottles of liquor and other Indian goods worth approximately Tk 60.63 lakh. “Acting on intelligence information, a special operational team of Sylhet Battalion (48 BGB) conducted the drive on Tuesday night in the border area under the Pratappur Border ...

A former public prosecutor was handed over to police by leaders of the Sunamganj District Bar Association on Tuesday and later arrested in a sabotage case. The former PP, Rumen, was taken to Sunamganj Sadar Police Station in the evening, said SI Abhijit Bhowmik. Rumen is a member of the executive committee of the Sunamganj district unit of the Awami ...

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said the rise in fuel prices will not have a major impact on the market for essential commodities if the supply chain remains uninterrupted. He said the government was working to ensure uninterrupted supply so that higher fuel prices did not put additional pressure on essential commodities. The minister made the remarks while speaking ...