Sylhet

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 ...

Shahrin Tasnim Oishi, a resident of Bohula village in Habiganj Sadar upazila, aspires to make a significant impact through her education, despite the financial struggles her family faces, with her father being the sole provider for their large household. Oishi, who has five siblings, now hopes to contribute to the family’s finances alongside her father, having received sewing training and ...

At least five students were injured in a clash between two factions of the anti-discrimination student movement in Sunamganj town on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurs as a group of students, who were reportedly deprived in the new committee, equipped with local weapons attacked a meeting organised for newly formed committee at the District Shilpakala Academy complex around 2PM. Both ...