Sylhet

Two motorcyclists were killed after a bus hit a motorcycle at Santiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday. The accident took place at around 1:00 pm at Dorgapasa on the Jagannathpur-Sunamganj regional highway in the upazila. The deceased were identified as Md Shibbir Ahmed, 22, son of Abul Kalam, a resident of Satarkona village in the upazila, and Saddam hossain, ...

At least three members of a family were killed and three others sustained injuries in a crash between a autorickshaw and a covered van at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday evening. The accident happened around 7pm on Sunday on the Moulvibazar-Barolekha regional highway at Achurighat area of the upazila. The deceased were identified as Deenbandhu Munda, his son ...

Sylhet city has been inundated after heavy downpours that began last night (2 June), leaving residents sleepless and struggling to keep the water out of their homes. The continuous rainfall, which persisted until this morning (3 June), has caused the water to enter hundreds of infrastructures in the city, including in critical buildings like Osmani Medical College Hospital. “Water has ...

A three-day agricultural and technology fair began at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday. The fair was inaugurated by Sunamganj-1 MP Ranjit Chandra Sarker as the chief guest on the upazila parishad premises around 11:00 am with the upazila nirbahi officer Md Giash Uddin in the chair. Dharmapasha upazila agriculture officer Mir Hasan Al Banna, upazila Awami League vice-president ...

Police recovered a half-decomposed body of a man from a house in Moulvibazar municipality on Saturday. The body was recovered at around 8:00pm from a rented house in TB hospital road area of the municipality. The deceased was identified as Sumon Talukdar, 43, was a resident of the area. It was learnt that Sumon had been living a rented house ...

A young man died from electrocution while catching fish at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday afternoon. The incident occured in Mohisajuri area under Rauthgaon union in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Saidul Alam Roni 30, son of Abdul Aziz, a resident of Monoraj village in the upazila. It was learnt that Roni came in contact with ...

Who was responsible for the failure of 31,000 workers of not been able to go to Malaysia in time? The Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment will investigate the matter. Besides, legal measures will be taken against those who were responsible for creating crisis in sending workers to Malaysia. State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Shafiqur Rahman ...

Low-lying areas in Sylhet city have been inundated due to flash floods triggered by the onrush of water from upstream and rise in water level of different rivers, leaving 4,000 families stranded. The local administration has opened some shelters in the city for the flood-hit people. Sylhet City Corporation’s Acting Mayor Mokhlesur Rahman Kamran, councilors and city corporation officials visited ...

A female tea worker was killed and another three were injured in a mudslide at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Gita Kahar, 30, daughter of Shankar Kahar, a resident of Patrakhola tea garden in the upazila. According to locals, Gita along with her several coworkers were on the way to her workplace ...

Heavy rains and water flowing from upstream have triggered floods in Sylhet, submerging at least 36 unions under five upazilas and leaving around three lakh people stranded in floodwaters. Although the flood situation improved little bit in the bordering areas of Sylhet but the water level is increasing in other areas including Sylhet Sadar. The water levels of all the ...