Sylhet

People in the northeastern region of the country were witnessing a flood for the third time, exactly within one month. “Northern regions of Bangladesh and some states of India have witnessed torrential rainfall as monsoon are set early impacted by cyclone Rimel, resulting in floods for the third time in Sylhet and Sunamganj,” said FFWC Executive Engineer Sardar Udoy Raihan. ...

Recent flood waters have receded slightly in Moulvibazar district, but heavy rain over the past two to three days has raised concerns that houses may be flooded again. The water levels in the Kushiara and Juri rivers continue to rise, with the rivers flowing above their boundaries. If the heavy rains persist, there is a fear that the district’s 300,000 ...

Some parts of Sylhet have been flooded again, the third round in 35 days, due to heavy rains for the last couple of days and onrush of upstream water. The water level of various rivers including the Surma and the Kushiyara are rising rapidly, causing fear about inundation of more areas. The fresh spell of flood has already inundated three ...

Three passengers of a boat, including two women, went missing after the boat sank in the Surma river due to strong currents at Doarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Tuesday. The missing people were identified as Jotsna Begum, 35; Jamir Ali, 40; and Gulo Bibi, 75. All three were residents of the Azampur Ashrayan Project. Badrul Hasan, officer in-charge of ...

The water level of Surma, Kushiyara, Old-Surma, Sarigowain rivers in the North-eastern region may rise further and cause flash flood in the low-lying areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center(FFWC). The Brahmaputra-Jamuna rivers are in steady state, which may rise in next 72 hours,  it said, reports UNB citing the FFWC. The Ganges ...

A total 100 sacks of Indian sugar recovered from a graveyard at Moddhonagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday. A team of police, led by sub-inspector Tapan Chandra Das, conducted a drive in Rupnagar village under Bongshikundanorth union in the upazila and recovered the sacks from a abandoned graveyard. Md Imran Hossain, officer-in-charge of Moddhonagar Police Station, confirmed it.  

Sylhet Education Board has announced new dates for the four subjects of HSC and equivalent exams, which were suspended due to the flood in the region. The postponed exams of the subjects will begin on August 13, Professor Arun Chandra Paul, examinations controller of Sylhet Education Board, confirmed on Sunday afternoon. According to the routine, HSC and its equivalent exams ...

A woman and her son were killed after being hit by a reckless truck in Sylhet’s Companyganj upazila on Sunday. Two others were seriously injured in the accident. The accident happened around 4:30 pm in front of a petrol pump in Khagail area on the Sylhet-Bholaganj Bangabandhu road The dead were Smriti Akter, 25, wife of Delwar Hossain of Khamargaon ...

The continuous rainfall and mountain runoff are causing to rise the water levels of all river, including the Surma, Kushiyara, and Jadukata, once more which left the lowlands of Sunamganj district flooded. The low-lying areas of Tahirpur upazila are gradually being submerged, as the floodwaters are rapidly entering through the upazila’s Charagaon area, near the Meghalaya border, which raised concerns ...

The teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology have announced to suspend all classes and examinations of the university from July 1 as part of a programme of all-out movement demanding cancellation of the new universal pension scheme. On Sunday (June 30) the teachers announced a complete strike in the afternoon while observing a full-day strike in front of ...