Sylhet

Tea workers in eight tea estates under the National Tea Company Limited at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar, refrained from work due to unpaid wages. Despite an earlier agreement to resume work on Friday (December 6) after receiving overdue wages, the payment could not be processed as the Bangladesh Bank did not issue a no-objection certificate, delaying a loan from the ...

Police arrested a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in front of Longla Modern Degree College at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday afternoon. The arrested BCL leader is SM Zaman, the former vice-president of the Kulaura Government College BCL unit. Acting on a tip-off, he was arrested by the police, said Md Golam Afsar, officer-in-charge of Kulaura ...

Trade activities through Chatlapur and Botuli customs stations in Kulaura and Juri upazilas of Moulvibazar have remained halted for seven consecutive days. Since Thursday morning (December 5), no cargo vehicles have passed through these stations. The disruption is attributed to protests by ISKCON members in India, effectively suspending all commercial operations at the two customs points. The suspension has raised ...

Southeast Bank PLC has extended its financial support under Special CSR Fund to Sylhet Agricultural University to facilitate research activities. The financial assistance was handed over to Professor Dr Md Alimul Islam, vice hancellor, Sylhet Agricultural University in Presence of Nuruddin Md Sadeque Hossain, managing director, Southeast Bank PLC. Md Masum Uddin Khan and Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, deputy managing directors ...

Customs intelligence officials at Sylhet Osmani International Airport seized 11 gold bars from a Dubai-Sylhet flight (BG-248) on Wednesday morning. The gold bars, weighing a total of 1.283 kilograms, were discovered abandoned inside the aircraft at around 9:50 AM. The market value of the seized gold is estimated at approximately Tk 1.37 crore, confirmed Bikash Chandra Debnath, Assistant Commissioner (Customs) ...

Trade between Bangladesh and India through several ports in Sylhet district has been suspended for three consecutive days due to protests by an Indian organisation ‘Sanatani Oikya Mancha’. The organisation staged demonstrations in Sribhumi Karimganj area of India, halting all commercial activities at key border points. The protests, which began on Monday, disrupted trade at Zakiganj Customs Station, a key ...

At least 30 individuals were injured and 10 others sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two groups in Sunamganj’s Dirai upazila over territorial dominance. The incident occurred in Rarail village of Kulanj union on Tuesday evening. The gunshot victims, including individuals aged between 23 and 65, are Muhibur Rahman Chowdhury, Anju Chowdhury, Sohel Chowdhury, Juel Chowdhury, Akmal Chowdhury, Konor ...

Ongoing protests in India related to the Chinmoy Krishna Das issue have caused a standstill at two land ports and two customs stations in Sylhet, Bangladesh. As a result, imports have decreased at another land port, and goods worth crores of taka are stuck at both sides of the border. This disruption has led to significant losses for businesses. The ...

Two motorcyclists were killed in a head-on collision with a pickup van in Mosuria area of Rajnagar upazila in Moulvibazar on Monday. The accident occurred on Monday night near Mosuria Madrasa on the Rajnagar-Fenchuganj regional highway. The deceased were identified as Sakin Ahmed, 19, of Haldigul village and Rafi Ahmed, 21, of Suprakandi village, both from the Uttarbhag union of ...

Thousands of workers are grappling with extreme hardship due to the prolonged closure of the country’s largest stone quarries in the border areas of Sylhet, particularly in the regions surrounding Bholaganj, Jaflong, and Bichnakandi. Despite a recent High Court order allowing stone extraction using traditional methods, the quarries remain shuttered, leaving the local workforce in despair. The quarries in Bholaganj, ...