Sylhet

Gowainghat Upazila Correspondent : In Gowainghat Upazila Parishad elections, Shah Alam Swapan has been elected for the 45,067 votes votes with horse symbol. Shah Alam Swapan, the district BNP’s newly expelled treasurer. Assistant Returning Officer and Upazila Election Officer confirmed the matter on Tuesday (21 May) night. It was reported that Shah Alam Swapan’s nearest rival current chairman Mohammad Farooq ...

Three day labourers were killed and several other injured being struck by lightning at Dowarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday morning. The incident took place around 10.30am near East Chargaon Kheyaghat area under Narsingpur union of the upazila. Among the deceased, two were identified as Dulon Mia, 28, son of Ansar Uddin, a resident of Noagaon village, and Kuddus ...

Moulvibazar Sadar upazila election, scheduled for Tuesday (May 21), has been postponed. The Election Commission (EC) postponed the election as a chairman candidate, Kamal Hossain, filed a petition with the High Court challenging the candidacy of his rival candidate Tajul Islam Taj. Atiyar Rahman, deputy secretary of the EC’s election management branch, confirmed this.

The President of Sunamganj Awami League (AL) Nurul Huda Mukut has asked his party men to break hands of those who will try to change the ballot box in the upcoming Upazila Parishad election scheduled to be held at May 21. Nurul Huda Mukut, also chairman of Sunamganj Zilla Parishad, said “Voting in Jamalganj Upazila Parishad elections will be fair ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Saturday (18 May) said by following the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy of Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, militancy and terrorism have been brought under control in the country. IGP said this while talking to reporters after inaugurating the Liberation War-themed terracotta ‘Mrityunjai’ at Moulvibazar District Police Lines and ‘Bangabandhu Corner’ at the District Superintendent ...

One month-long forest and fruit tree fair Inagurated at Saheber Bazar of Sylhet Sadar Upazila on Friday (May 17) afternoon organized by SMS Hybrid Online Nursery. Assistant Governor of Rotary International District 3282 Bangladesh, Staff Reporter of Asian Television Rotarian Shahjahan Salim Bulbul PHF attend the programme as a chief guest. President of Rotary Club of kean Bridge Md. Fakhrul ...

Dirai (Sunamganj) Upazila Correspondent : Madrasa teacher  reportedly died of heatstroke in Dirai on Today. The deceased, Maulana Asoddor Ali (55) died in Dirai, Sunamganj due to heatstroke in the intense heat. He was a teacher of Dhal Ashram Dakhil Madrasa of Taral Union of Upazila. He died of heat stroke at 2.30 pm on Friday. On this day, the ...

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted scattered rain or thunderstorms with temporary gusty winds in one or two places over Sylhet division on Friday. There is also a chance of hail at isolated places within the division, it said. Meanwhile, weather is expected to remain mainly dry with temporary, partly cloudy skies elsewhere in the country. A mild to ...

A football player lost his life due to a lightning strike in  Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet, on Wednesday afternoon at around 4 pm. The deceased Sabuj Mia (22), was the son of Sogir Mia from the Kendri village of Jaintiapur union. Tajul Islam (PPM), Officer-in-Charge of Jaintiapur Model Police Station, confirmed the matter. According to locals, a football team from ...

The court in Moulvibazar has sentenced two people to death for killing a woman after gang rape in Rajnagar upazila of the district in 2018. At the same time Abarak Mia, son of Mozammel Mia of Chikka village of Rajnagar Upazila and Zainal Mia, son of deceased Hamdu Mia of Dakshin Kasimpur village of Rajnagar Upazila have been fined Tk ...