Sylhet

Sylhet Metropolitan Police have rescued a mentally unstable woman who had gone missing from Dhaka’s Kafrul area. The Kotwali Police rescued her from Bandar Bazar in the city on Thursday, said officer-in-charge of the police station, Md Ziaul Haque. The woman, identified as Sabera Sultana, 55, is the wife of the late Syed Amir Shah Rahmani, and lives at Purba ...

As part of the annual tradition, Armed Forces Day was observed on Thursday in Sylhet Cantonment with a grand reception ceremony. Major General ASM Ridwanur Rahman, GOC of the 17th Infantry Division and the chief guest of the event, welcomed the freedom fighters and other distinguished guests. In his welcome speech, the chief guest praised the immense courage, cooperation, and ...

A case has been filed at Sreemangal Police Station in Moulvibazar against 57 individuals, including 10 journalists and 50-60 unnamed persons, on charges of exploding cocktails in June 2020. The complaint was lodged Monday night by BNP Publicity Secretary of Moulvibazar and ex-general secretary of Sreemangal Upazila Press Club M Idris Ali. Confirming the case, Officer-in-Charge Aminul Islam of Sreemangal ...

The government is spending about Tk 40 crore taka through 3 projects to renovate a 13-kilometre road from Gowainghat Upazila Sadar to Salutikar Bazar in Sylhet. The Salutikar-Gowainghat Road is a very important road in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet. It is the only road for the residents of Nandirgaon, Toakul, Rustumpur, Bichnakandi, West Jaflong, Gowainghat Sadar, Lengura and Madhya Jaflong ...

RAB-9 detained two leaders of the banned Chhatra League for reportedly organising a rally in favour of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Sylhet city last night (18 November). The detainees, identified as Rakibul Hasan Nirob, vice president of the Airport Thana Chhatra League, and its organisational secretary Debnath, were arrested from the Kotwali Thana area. In a press release ...

Nabiganj Correspondent : A woman and her son died after being electrocuted at Gayahari village under Nabiganj municipality of the district Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Anima Chandra Dev, 70, wife of Durga Charan Dev of Gayahari village and her son Nipesh Chandra Dev, 45. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Nabiganj Police Station Md. Kamal Hossain said that Anima Chandra ...

At least 40 individuals were injured in a violent clash between two groups in Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj district over the removal of the headteacher of a local high school on Sunday. Eyewitnesses reported that students had been protesting for about a month, demanding the removal of the headteacher of Goninagar Sholo Gram High School, due to alleged misconduct and ...

Karmasangsthan Bank convened a business review meeting at Hotel Noorjahan Grand, Sylhet, bringing together regional managers, branch managers, and second officers from the Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Brahmanbaria regions. The meeting marked the progress of the bank’s 100-day special programme. Dr. AFM Matiur Rahman, Chairman of the Board of Directors and former secretary, attended the meeting as the chief guest. The ...

The paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive has seized different Indian smuggled goods worth about Taka three crore at Saheb Bari Bus Stand area under Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district. “A special patrol team of BGB-55 Battalion seized a mini covered van containing smuggled Indian goods at Saheb Bari Bus Stand on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway under Madhabpur upazila ...

Hundreds of tea workers took to the streets of Sylhet on Friday, demanding immediate payment of unpaid wages and rations. The protest, organized by the Sylhet District branch of the Bangladesh Trade Union Centre, underscored the severe financial and humanitarian crisis facing thousands of tea estate workers in the region. The rally, presided over by Abul Kalam Azad, acting president ...