Sylhet

A man was beaten to death by an Awami League leader and his associates in Tukerbazar area of Sylhet Sadar upazila on Tuesday night, the deceased’s family says. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Uddin, 50, son of late Fazar Ali of Shahpur Dakshinpara in Tukerbazar. Sheikh Uddin was the elder brother of Zainul Ahmad Joy, convenor of Sylhet Sadar ...

Sreemangal of Moulvibazar recorded the lowest temperature in the country on Tuesday. The minimum temperature recorded here was 8.9 degree Celsius at 9 am today. 9 degrees Celsius was recorded at 6 am. Sreemangal Weather Monitoring Center official Anisur Rahman confirmed the matter. He said it is the lowest temperature in the country today. Temperatures may remain below freezing for ...

A college student was killed in a road accident at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj district on Monday noon. The accident took place in the afternoon at Futarmati area on the Nabiganj-Aushkandi road in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Pritom Sarkar, 18, son of Bhubon Sarkar of Shangkarpur village under the upazila. Locals and eye witnesses said a speedy ...

The admission test for first year honours at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for the 2024-2025 academic year will be held on February 28. A press release of the university confirmed this on Thursday. It says, the admission-seekers could submit their applications from January 5, 2025, and the procession will continue till January 25. ‘B’ unit test will ...

Farms in Bangladesh’s Sylhet division have significantly outnumbered those in all other divisions in adopting mechanization. Preliminary findings of recent research reveal that 44% of Sylhet’s farms used modern machines to harvest the Boro crop in 2023, compared to a national average of only 20% for mechanized harvesting. Farmers in Sylhet division who cultivated rain-fed Aman rice the same year ...

Joint forces in a drive seized 300 bags of Bangladeshi garlic in Sunamganj’s Dowarabazar border area while they were being prepared for smuggling to India. The operation, conducted by a joint task force of police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), took place on Saturday afternoon. Assistant Commissioner (Land) Sushanta Singha, leading the raid, confirmed that the garlic was seized from ...

Three people were killed and another was injured when a private car lost control and hit an electricity pole in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila on Friday. The accident occurred at around 11 am near to Dhamri Beel in Baghersarak area on the Sylhet-Tamabil road under the upazila. The identities of the dead could not be known immediately. Jaintapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge ...

The former additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Sadeq Kawsar Dastagir has been placed on a five-day remand in a case filed over the murder of journalist ATM Turab during the recent student movement. Sylhet Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abdul Momen passed the order on Thursday as police placed Dastagir before the court and prayed for a ...

The admission test for first year honours at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for the 2024-2025 academic year will be held on February 28. A press release of the university confirmed this on Thursday. It says, the admission-seekers could submit their applications from January 5, 2025. The procession will continue till January 25.

International Migrants Day and National Expatriates Day were celebrated at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday. A rally and discussion were held in the afternoon under the initiative of the upazila administration to mark the day. Kulaura Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mohiuddin presided over the discussion held at the upazila parishad meeting room where Upazila Agriculture Officer Jasim Uddin, Upazila ...