Sylhet

Three compartments of a Sylhet-bound train from Chattogram derailed after being hit by a leaning tree at Lawachara forest in Moulvibazar early Saturday. Station Master of Srimangal Railway Station Shakhawat Hossain said the incident took place at around 5am at Lawachara forest in Moulvibazar when the Sylhet-bound train Udayan Express from Chattogram hit some leaning tree, causing the engine and ...

Historic Tea Workers Day. On this day in 1921, about 30 thousand tea workers of Sylhet region tried to return to their native place to be freed from British oppression. At this time tea workers were killed indiscriminately by firing at Meghnaghat in Chandpur. Since then, tea workers have been celebrating this day as ‘Tea Workers’ Day’. Meanwhile, despite repeated ...

Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury will announce whether he will be a candidate in the Sylhet city elections on Saturday (May 20) at the Sylhet Registry Ground, he said earlier. He also applied to the Sylhet Metropolitan Police three days ago seeking permission for the rally. However, on Thursday (May 19) afternoon, he was stopped by the police when he went ...

The central leaders of the party have arrived in Sylhet to participate in the exchange meeting in support of Bangladesh Awami League nominated mayoral candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury in the upcoming elections of Sylhet City Corporation. They landed at Sylhet Osmani International Airport at 11:30 am on Friday. They were welcomed at the airport by the leaders of Sylhet district and ...

Sylhet’s senior scholar, Muhtamim of Jamia Qasimul Uloom Dargah Madrasa, Shaikhul Hadis and Chief Mufti Maulana Muhibbul Haque Gachbari passed away. (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raziun). Today, Thursday (May 17) at 2 pm, funeral prayers will be held at the Sylhet Government Aliya Madrasah ground. On Wednesday (May 17) evening, he went to work at Dargah Shahjalal Rd. He ...

The third tea auction of the auction year 2023-24 was held at the country’s second international tea auction center at Sreemangal in Moulvibazar. However, due to the lack of rain and drought in recent times, the sale of tea has decreased in this auction. The auction was held in the morning on Wednesday (May 17) at the temporary office of ...

Party or election – which one will Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury leave? We still have to wait two whole days for the answer to this question. He said once again that he will hold a public meeting on May 20 and inform the people of Sylhet about the decision. Mayor Arif called an emergency press conference at ...

By Matiar Chowdhury:   London: Councilor Atiqul Haque became the mayor of Wiltshire’s Salisbury City Council for the first time, shining the face of Bangladesh in Britain’s multinational society. He is the first British Bangladeshi Muslim Mayor of Salisbury City Council. On Saturday 13th May, Salisbury City Council announced his name as the 762nd The Right Worshipful Mayor of Barra ...

Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck collided head-on with a pickup in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were Nurul Islam, 45, and Sayad Ahmed, 35, both were residents of Helirai village in the upazila. Police said the accident took place in Katagong area around 12 noon when a truck and a ...

Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka Chief Coordinator and Expert Physician Professor Dr. Samant Lal Sen said that a 100-bed burn unit will be set up in Sylhet soon. Necessary preparations are also underway for this. He said, Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working for everyone irrespective of caste, religion and caste. As long as ...