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Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will kick off her party’s election campaign on Wednesday through visits to the shrines of saints Shahjalal and Shah Paran in Sylhet. FE According to the party and PMO sources, PM Hasina will arrive in Sylhet on Wednesday morning and then offer ziarat at Hazrat Shahjalal’s mazar followed by ziarat at Hazrat ...

International Migrants Day was celebrated in Moulvibazar district on Monday with the theme of “Honouring the contributions of migrants and respecting their rights”. Moulvibazar District Administration, District Employment and Manpower Office organized a discussion in district administration conference room in the morning on the occasion of the day. Moulvibazar Additional Deputy Commissioner Prabhanshu Som Mahan presided over the programme where ...

Former central organising secretary of Awami League (AL), Advocate Misbah Uddin Siraj, an independent candidate for Sylhet-1 Constituency, has withdrawn his nomination papers “I have been under duress after submitting the nomination against the decision of the party. So, to show support for the party I have withdrawn my nomination,” he said after submitting an application to withdraw nomination papers ...

Two men were killed in a head-on collision between their motorcycles on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Al-Amin, 25, resident of Shantinagar village of Gowainghat upazila, and Shakil Ahmed Imon, 30, resident of Laxmipur village in Jaintapur upazila. Another person named Saidul Alam, who was riding with Imon, was injured in the accident. The ...

The third foundation anniversary of Habiganj Agricultural University was celebrated with colorful arrangements on Sunday. On this occasion, a colorful procession brought out from the academic building-1 premises of the university at 10 am on Sunday. The students of Agriculture, Fisheries Science, Livestock and Veterinary Faculty participated with colorful festoons, agricultural equipment. The university Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Abdul Baset, teachers, ...

Miscreants set fire to a parked bus near Kadamtali Bus Terminal area in Sylhet on Saturday night. According to locals, some buses were parked along the road near Sylhet Railway Station, to the west of the bus terminal, and one of the buses was set on fire by miscreants around 8 pm. Later, police with the help of locals brought ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will kick off her election campaign on December 20 through visits to the mazars of saints Shahjalal and Shah Paran in Sylhet. According to the party and PMO sources, on December 20 morning, she will go to Sylhet. The Awami League chief will then do ziarat of Hazrat Shahjalal’s mazar followed by ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Police in a drive arrested three alleged drug peddlers with 12 kilograms of hemp from Baniachang Upazila of Habiganj district on Friday morning. The arrestees were identified as Syed Ali, 49, hailed from Sadar Upazila, Sidur Rahman, 32, an inhabitant of Habiganj municipality area and Azim Ullah, 21, resident of Chunarughat Upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Baniachang police station ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Three passengers of a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw were killed when they were hit by a pickup van in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila on Thursday. The accident happened in the afternoon in Chanbhanga area of the upazila. The deceased were Tanim, 25, a resident of Durgapur village of the upazila, Tamanna Akter, 20, of Ramshree village and Sufia Khatun, 45, ...

Police recovered the dismembered body of a man from the MC College hostel premises in Sylhet on Tuesday night. Police found the body parts in two separate bags at 10:00 pm on Tuesday. The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. Azhahar Ali Sheikh, deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said being imformed by locals, police retrieved two ...