Sylhet

The dilapidated bridge located at Gopalpur village in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district is posing a serious risk of collapse, creating panic among local people. Locals said the decades-old bridge has been run down and its pillars have broken. The people of 20 villages use the bridge which they has no alternative. Hundreds of people, especially schoolchildren, suffer much while ...

Al-Arafah Islami Bank has opened a new branch, which is the 216th branch of the bank, at Gobindaganj in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj today. Farman R Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of the bank, inaugurated the branch as chief guest, said a press release. Md Abdur Rahim Duary, senior executive vice-president and head of Sylhet zone, presided over the event, ...

Tea workers on Sunday demanded a fair investigation and justice in the death of Priti Urang, a tea worker’s daughter of Mirtinga tea garden in Kamalganj district, who fell to her death from the Mohammadpur flat of the executive editor of the Daily Star. Puran Urang presided over the protest rally arranged jointly by the Urang Language and Culture Protection ...

The owners and workers of 25 tea gardens in Sylhet have demanded the government to raising the auction price of tea to Tk 400 from the existing Tk 350 per kg. ‘Tea Planter’ an organization of tea workers and owners came up with the demand at a press conference on Sunday. Mufti Mohammad Hasan, director (operation) of Maxon Brothers’ Tea ...

The existing mild cold wave sweeping over the districts of Panchagarh and Moulavibazar may abate, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin. “Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Light to moderate fog may occur over the country during late night to morning,” said the bulletin issued for 24 hours commencing 9 am Sunday, BSS ...

Chinese New Year was celebrated in in Chinaura village of Sunamganj sadar upazila on Saturday (10 February). Development organizations HAUS, CLEAN, and BWGED arranged a procession to mark the occasion, reads a press release. People of the locality took part in the procession, holding placards and extending warm wishes to Chinese citizens for a Happy New Year. The participants appealed ...

Two children drowned in a water body in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila on Thursday evening. The deceased were Meghla, 8, daughter of Tahir Ali, a resident of Chunghar area under Kadipur union, and Mohona, 6, daughter of Billal Mia of the same area. According to police, family members spotted the two girls floating on the water in a water body next ...

A driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was reportedly stabbed to death over a trivial matter in Kanaighat of Sylhet on Wednesday night. The deceased was Alamgir Hossain, 32, of Tinchati village in the Jhingabari union of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Kanaighat Police Station Jahangir Hossain Sardar the incident occurred at the CNG stand at Palli Bidyut intersection in Gachbari Bazar ...

A motorcyclist was killed and another injured after being hit by a truck in Shibbari area under Fenchuganj upazila of district today. The deceased was identified as Dulal Chowdhury, 22, son of Alauddin of Karab village under Lakhai upazila of Habiganj district. The injured was identified as Abdul Awal Chowdhury, 46, constable of Moglabazar Police Station. The accident occurred when ...

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) Wednesday predicted that weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country, having chances of rain or drizzle at one or two places over Sylhet division. “Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country during midnight till morning in ...