Sylhet

Road communication between Sylhet and other parts of the country has been suspended as local people blocked Dhaka-Sylhet highway protesting the ‘government plan’ to shut Habiganj Medical College. The protesters under the banner of ‘Sammilito Nagorik Samaj Habiganj’ gathered in Shayestaganj Natun Bridge area around 11am today (16 March) as per previous announcement. The blockade stared at 11am and continued ...

Police recovered the floating body of a young man from a water canal at Zakiganj upazila in Sylhet on Friday. The deceased was identified as Riaz Uddin, 18, son of Taj Uddin, a resident of Tengrabazar village in Moulvibazar district. Confirming the matter, Zakiganj Police Station officer-in-charge Jahirul Islam Munna said that locals spotted the body floating on the water ...

A drought like situation and untimely cold wave, which induced pest attack and outbreak of blast disease, are severely impacting Boro paddy fields in Sylhet region, especially in Sunamganj district, causing extreme worry for several thousand farmers. Under the impact of the dry spell, lands of paddy fields have already become arid in many areas. Already 10 per cent of ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke has described the contribution of people of Sylhet to the economy of the United Kingdom as “very valuable”. The people of Sylhet played a significant role in strengthening ties between the two nations, Cooke said while speaking at an Iftar event in Sylhet. The Iftar gathering was held at the Grand Sylhet Hotel ...

A woman was allegedly violated after being taken to a rubber plantation in Sylhet. The incident took place on Tuesday (March 11) in Charagang area under the city’s Air Police Station. The victim is currently undergoing treatment at the One-Stop Crisis Center (OCC) of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. She is said to be mentally unstable. Police have arrested ...

Police arrested two teenagers on charge of raping a six-year-old girl at Baniachong upazila in Habiganj district on early Monday. The arrested boys are aged 17 and 15, and hailing from Dakshin Jatrapasha Banamthura village of the upazila. Their age prevents their names from being published. Police said the victim was playing with others at a field adjacent to their ...

Ten shops were gutted in a fire that broke out in Sunamganj’s Jamalganj upazila on Monday. The fire incident took place in the morning at Sachna Bazar in the upazila. According to locals, the fire originated from mosquito coil of a grocery shop and engulfed the adjacent shops soon. Being informed, fire service personnel of Jamalganj Fire Station rushed to ...

Two people were killed and four others were injured when a bus hit a CNG powered autorickshaw in Sylhet Sadar upazila. The accident occurred at Balaura area on the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway around 10 PM on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Rubel Ahmed, 18, son of the late Jamir Ali from Koshorpur village under Baluura area in the upazila, ...

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead in India allegedly by Khasia people of Meghalaya state after he trespassed through the border in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila yesterday (6 March). The deceased, identified as Shahed Mia, 25, was the son of Mosahid Mia from Mongolpur village of the upazila. Confirming the matter today (7 March), Lieutenant Colonel Md Emdadul Haque, commanding officer ...

Thousands of unruly people have looted fish from at least 10 leased out waterbodies in Shalla, Dirai and Jamalganj upazilas in Sunamganj district over the past week. Locals said that the looting plan was announced in advance through loudspeakers, drawing crowds from nearby unions. Despite prior the announcement, law enforcement agencies looked helpless in preventing the mass looting, said leaseholders. ...