Sylhet

Tea production in Sylhet region is apprehended to suffer a massive shortfall this year due to drought-induced foul weather and high prices of fertilisers. Industry insiders anticipate the fall in tea yield while there’s no chance to achieve the year’s target as the main season of production has already been over. The year’s tea production target of 102 million kilograms ...

IFIC Bank on Tuesday organised a special workshop on financial literacy in Sylhet under guidance of the Bangladesh Bank, as part of Youth Festival 2025, said a press release. The workshop was held in collaboration with Sylhet Government Women’s College, at the college’s auditorium. College principal Bhubanjoy Acharjee chaired the event. BB Sylhet Office executive director Khaled Ahmed was present ...

The centuries-old Maha Raas Leela, the most significant and sacred festival of the Manipuri community, concluded at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar distric on Thursday morning with vibrant music, dance and devotion. The event, celebrated on Kartik Purnima full-moon night, drew thousands of visitors from across Bangladesh and abroad. From early Wednesday, men, women and children from different regions gathered in ...

A court here today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in a murder case that was held in Nabiganj upazila of the district in 2009. Judge of Women and Child Abuse Prevention Tribunal-3 Syeda Minhaj Um Munira delivered the verdict on Wednesday afternoon, said Additional Public Prosecutor Kamal Uddin Selim. The convict is Ankar Uddin, 50, son of late ...

Jamaat-e-Islami would seek an electoral understanding with like-minded parties, said the party Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday. ”We have not decided to form any alliance for the upcoming national elections.” Dr Shafiqur made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Sylhet Osmani International Airport this morning. “We will hold the elections in February 2026 with everyone, delays will create ...

Three individuals were killed and at least thirty others injured when two passenger buses collided head-on in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj district on Tuesday afternoon. The identities of the deceased and injured are yet to be known. According to locals, the incident occurred at around 12 PM on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway near Kadamtoli area when a passenger bus travelling to ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: UK BNP President M. A. Malik and General Secretary Koysor M Ahmed have received BNP nominations for two seats in Sylhet division in the upcoming national parliamentary elections. M. A. Malik will contest under the symbol of rice sheaf from Sylhet-3 (South Surma-Fenchuganj-Balaganj) constituency, while Koychar Ahmed will contest from Sunamganj-3 (Jagannathpur-Shantiganj) constituency. During the 15-year Awami ...

A 20-kilometer road connecting Dharmapasha and Madhyanagar upazilas in Sunamganj district has become a nightmare for locals and farmers, as years of neglect have turned the vital route into a death trap—crippling transport, trade, and livelihoods across the haor region. The only road linking the haor-surrounded upazilas serves as the lifeline for hundreds of thousands of residents. Stretching across flood-prone ...

A man and his young daughter were killed and four others injured, in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car at Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Harun Mia and his 10-year-old daughter, Anisha Begum, residents of Khadimpur village of the upazila. The injured were Mukit Mia, 35, Rahima Khatun, 30; ...

Police recovered the body of a banned Awami League leader from the rooftop of his residence at Teligai village under Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet early Friday. The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak, 55, vice-president of the South Surma upazila unit of Awami League. Quoting local people, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police Mohammad Saiful Islam said that ...