Sylhet

Four activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were killed after their private car fell into a roadside ditch being hit by a truck in Sylhet’s Jaintiapur upazila early Saturday. The deceased were Tomal, 25, son of Arosh Miah; Nehal, 26, son of Randeep Pal; Jubayer Ahsan, 26, son of Jamal Uddin; and Suom Ahmed, 25, son of Harun-or-Rashid. All of ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday night arrested a man, who was sentenced to death in a double murder case filed in Shahporan Police Station in Sylhet district in 2016. The convict is Md Shipon Ahmed, a resident of Subid Bazaar area in the city. RAB-9 Senior ASP Afsan-Al-Mamun confirmed the matted on Friday afternoon. RAB-9 officials said that acting ...

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG-driven auto-rickshaw and a bus on Friday in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila. At least six people, including a child, were injured in the accident. The accident happened around 12 pm at Dulabpur of the upazila noon. The deceased were Abbas Mia, 70, and Madhu Mia, 65, residents of Sherpur area under ...

Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid has said agricultural inputs assistances, including quality seeds and fertilizers, will be increased for growers enhancing crops production. He was addressing a mass reception ceremony at Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar this afternoon. Awami League’s Sreemangal and Kamalganj units and other organizations accorded reception to Abdus Shahid, who has been elected member of parliament for ...

A housewife reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Ajmiriganj Upazila of the district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shushila Rani Baishnab, 25, wife of Ful Kumar Baishnab, a resident of Zilua Village in the upazila. Police and local sources said Shushila committed suicide by hanging herself in the house in the morning. The family members then ...

Sewing machines were distributed among women in Sunamganj’s Doarabazar upazila on Tuesday. These machines were distributed among the women who received training for the financial year 2022-23 under Development Support Fund Project organized at Surma UP hall room in the morning. Sunamganj Local Government Deputy Director Dewan Mohammad Tajul Islam was present as the chief guest. Among others, Surma UP ...

Sreemangal in Moulvibazar district has experienced today’s lowest temperature at 9.7 degrees Celsius, indicating a mild cold wave impacting several regions across Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) anticipates this cold wave to persist. The weather bulletin highlighted the contrasting temperatures across the country, with Sreemangal witnessing the lowest, while Cox’s Bazar reported the highest at 24.5°C. According to meteorological ...

A pedestrian was killed after being run over by a speeding bus in Sunamganj’s Shantiganj upazila on Monday. The accident happened around 12 pm at Gagli village on the Sylhet-Derai regional highway under Joikalas union of the upazila. Deceased Abdun Noor, 55, was a resident of Gagli village. According to police and locals, a speeding passenger bus from Sylhet to ...

Police in a drive arrested 10 youths along with 200 sacks of Indian sugar at Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district early Sunday. The arrested are– Md Jomir Hossain, 24, Atabur Rahman, 19, Anowar Hossain, 24, Ziaur Rahman, 24, Md Swadin Mia, 23,Abdur Razzak, 24, Ratan Mia, 28, Md Rubel Mia, 24, Paritosh Talukder, 19,  — residents of the upazila, and ...

An 8-year-old child was killed after being crushed under the wheels of an easybike at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district on Saturday noon. The accident took place at around 12pm in Kurikahania village under Paikurati union of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Emon Mia, 8, son of Faruk Mia, a resident of the aforesaid village. According to locals, ...