Sylhet

Kanaighat upazila Correspondent : Police recovered the hanging body of a young man from a tree in Mikirpara village of Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Syed Ahmed Sharif, 22, son of late Monir of Mikirpara village under Lakshmiprasad Purba Union. According to locals, Sharif’s mother spotted him hanging from a tree near their ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Amir and Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday, July 25, accused the current government of following what he described as the path of the former Awami League administration, warning that the people would reject any attempt to establish authoritarian rule. Addressing a divisional rally in Sylhet, Dr Shafiqur alleged that the government was promoting partisan appointments ...

Tea garden workers in Sylhet blocked Sylhet-Tamabil highway and staged demonstrations this morning (25 July), demanding a daily minimum wage of Tk500. The demonstration, organised by the Tea Workers Trade Union Centre, saw a large protest rally take place at the Khadim Tea Garden around 9:30 am. During the program, workers observed a two-hour work stoppage and staged a blockade ...

A young man was arrested with 385 Yaba tablets and 16 kilograms of cannabis during a joint operation by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 and Madhabpur Police in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila early Friday. The arrest was made at around 1:05am at a checkpoint set up at the Madhabpur bus stand on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway. The arrestee, Md Faridul Islam, 24, is ...

Sylhet Office : Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Friday said the government has no plan to increase fuel prices further, noting that despite a slight recent rise, fuel prices in the country had remained comparatively low over the past several weeks. He made the remarks while speaking to reporters after inaugurating a day-long free medical camp, family planning and ...

The prime accused in the attempted rape and murder of four-year-old Fahima Akter was assaulted for the second time at the Sylhet court premises today (23 July) while being taken to a tribunal. The incident occurred around 10am when police brought 30-year-old Zakir Hossain from Sylhet Central Jail to the Sylhet Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in a prison ...

The High Court today (22 July) granted bail to Supreme Court lawyer and former lawmaker Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman in an attempted murder case filed over an incident in Habiganj during the July uprising. The High Court bench of Justice Sheikh Zakir Hossain passed the order. Barrister Purnima Jahan represented Suman during the hearing. However, he will not be ...

At least two more children with measles symptoms have died in Sylhet. Mohammad Nur-e-Alam Shamim, assistant director of the Sylhet Directorate General of Health Services, said that they passed away at MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital and Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital between Monday morning and Tuesday morning. The deceased 7-month-old Nusiba was the daughter of Hossain Mia of Nabiganj Upazila ...

Three more children have died of measles symptoms in Sylhet division in the last 24 hours. With this, the number of measles symptoms and confirmed measles deaths in the division since January 1 this year has increased to 103. This information was provided in the latest report on measles and rubella patients published by the Sylhet Divisional Health Director’s Office ...

State-owned Sylhet Gas Fields Limited has taken an initiative to drill three new gas and oil wells as part of efforts to ease the country’s gas shortage and reduce dependence on costly imports of liquefied natural gas. The wells – Rashidpur-13, Dupitila-1 and Kailashtila-9 – are expected to add 3 crore cubic feet of gas per day to the national ...