Sylhet

A fisherman died after being struck by lightning at Dowarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Sochindra Bishwas, 35, son of Suresh Bishwas, a resident of Vuzna village under Surma union. According to locals, a thunderbolt struck on Sochindra while he was fishing at Konskhai haor around 11:00 pm, leaving him critically injured. Locals ...

An elderly woman and her granddaughter were killed after a truck hit the motorcycle carrying them at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday night. The accident took place in Pagli area under Joykalash union on the Sunamganj-Sylhet regional highway at 10pm. The deceased were Samsunnahar Begam, 65, and her granddaughter Zannat, 13, both hailed from Tolbausi village at Derai ...

Alim Uddin, a day labourer from the Badaghat area of Sylhet Sadar, saved some money to purchase Eid clothes for his daughter. However, he has been compelled to use the money to buy corrugated tin sheets as his house was damaged by the severe hailstorm that wreaked havoc in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts on the night of 31 March. “The ...

Former vice-chancellor, former acting registrar, and 56 other officials of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Medical University in Sylhet were sued for corruption and irregularities in recruitment. On Monday afternoon, Ismail Hossain Emon, deputy assistant director of Sylhet divisional office of the Anti-Corruption Commission, lodged the case against Ex-VC Morshed Ahmed Chowdhury and former acting registrar Naimul Haque Chowdhury and others ...

A retired army man was killed after being hit by a sand-laden shallow engine run tractor on the Madhabpur-Mantala road at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday. The accident happened around 7.20am in Rajnagar area under the upazila. The deceased was identified as Yakub Ali, 50, son of Majid Ali, a resident of Samajdipur village under Chaumuhani union of ...

The local leader of Awami League’s voluntary organization Swecchasebak League of Sylhet city, who was made accused in a case filed over abduction and gang-raping of a girl holding her captive for 22-days, was arrested on Tuesday. Abdus Salam, 40, president of ward no-11 Swecchasebak League, was arrested from Sylhet’s Golapganj upazila, said RAB-9 Commanding Officer Md Mominul Haque at ...

Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a clash between two groups over a trifling matter at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Nur Mohammad, 22, son of late Rahim Uddin and Abdul Awal, 55, son of late Naimullah, both hailing from Thalerbanda village under Shimulbak union of the upazila. Locals ...

At least 20 people were injured after a tourist bus turned turtle at Companiganj upazila in Sylhet district on Tuesday. The accident took place around 1:00 pm in Dhopagul area under Bholaganj union. Police said a speedy bus, carrying tourists, overturned after its driver had lost control over the steering while heading towards the tourist center, leaving at least 20 ...

A 66-year-old woman was burnt to death in a fire which broke out at a house at East Kadamhata in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Nurjahan Begum. Abdus Salek, officer-in-charge of Rajnagar Police Station, said a fire broke out at the house of Moyna Mia early in this morning and spread soon. On ...

A leader of Sylhet city unit Swecchasebak League, voluntary organization of ruling Awami League, has been removed from his post on charge of raping a girl a few days back. Abdus Salam, President of No.11 ward Swechasebak League, was removed from his post after an emergency meeting of the organisation on Sunday night, said Debangshu Das Mithu, general secretary of ...