Sylhet

Boro farmers in Sylhet region are not getting the fair prices of their produce thanks to market manipulation by the middlemen and wholesalers. The growers are frustrated as the middlemen and wholesalers are buying newly-harvested paddy from the fields as well as the local markets at low prices by applying various trickeries. Presently per maund of Boro paddy is being ...

A college girl was killed after being raped at her house at Dowarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday night. The deceased was Toma Akter, 16, daughter of Farid Ahmed, a resident of Pandargau village in the upazila. Police arrested accused Liton Ahmed, 20, on Tuesday morning after the accident. He admitted his involvement in the incident. Locals said Liton ...

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Bahubal upazila in Habiganj district on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as the pickup van driver Hridoy Mia, 26, son of Bahar Mia, a resident of Baliari village under Chunarughat upazila, and helper Ripon Mia, 24, son of Shoab ...

Grief has engulfed the Sylhet house Abu Saleh Md Yusuf Jhony who was gunned down in New York’s Buffalo city on April 27. Another Bangladeshi named Babul Uddin, hailed from Cumilla, was also shot dead by gunmen at the same time, UNB reports. Yusuf’s family was shattered upon receiving the death news. Yusuf, son of Nurul Haque, a former member ...

A youth was killed in a road accident on the Habiganj-Shaistaganj road  at Bhangerpool area under Habiganj Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ratan Mia, 30, son of late Mannan Mia, a resident of Umednagar  village under the upazila. Locals and Eye witnesses said the accident took place when a Shaitaganj-bound motorbike collided head-on with a ...

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a forecast indicating rain or thundershowers in the Chattogram and Sylhet divisions within the next 24 hours, starting from 9:00 am on Sunday. According to the latest meteorological bulletin, Rain or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty or squally winds, are likely to occur at one or two places over the Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, ...

Three motorcyclists were killed as a truck rammed their bike at Jakiganj upazila in Sylhet district on Saturday midnight. The accident took place around 12am on the Jakiganj-Sylhet road at Barthakuri area in the upazila. 3 killed as truck rams motorcycle in Sylhet The deceased were identified as Delwar Hossain, 36, son of late Abdul Shukkur, Redwan Hossain, 26, son of Sad ...

A teenager girl died and her cousin is in critical condition after being electrocuted while trying to hang clothes on the rooftop of their aunt’s house in Sylhet. Samia Rahman, 18, succumbed to her injuries at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn & Plastic Surgery on Friday afternoon (April 26). Samia, a resident of Boroail village in Bianibazar upazila, suffered ...

Sylhet Office : The police recovered the body of Amit Das Shibu (36), the computer in-charge of Daily Uttarpurba, a local newspaper in Sylhet. On Thursday (25th April) at around 2.30 am, his body was recovered from the field adjacent to Hazaribagh Daldali tea garden under Shahi Eidgah area under the airport police station of the city. The deceased Amit ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   24 April 2024 Expatriates welcomed Minister of State for Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury at Heathrow Airport. The state minister addressed everyone there and said that according to the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, all measures will be taken to prevent harassment of expatriates. Prime Minister is very sincere about expatriates. ...