Sylhet

A court in Sunamganj has ordered police to seize houseboats operating in the Tanguar Haor area of Sunamganj district, citing their role in causing significant environmental degradation. The order was issued on Sunday by Mohammad Alamgir, Senior Judicial Magistrate of Sunamganj and cognizance magistrate of Tahirpur, under Section 190(1) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. The directive follows multiple media ...

The body of a tourist who went missing after drowning in the Piyain River in Jaflong was recovered on Sunday morning, three days after he went missing. The deceased was identified as Mukit Ahmed, son of Shamsuddin Mia of Raynagar area in Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj. His family had been living in a rented house in Sylhet city’s Machimpur area. ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is witnessing renewed organizational energy in Sunamganj-1 (comprising Dharmapasha, Jamalganj, Tahirpur, and Moddhanagar upazilas) as grassroots restructuring intensifies under new leadership. At the heart of this resurgence is Kamaruzzaman Kamrul, a member of the BNP’s district convening committee, former district organizing secretary, and ex-upazila chairman. Popular among youth and seen as a frontrunner for party ...

Chief Coordinator (South Region) of Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) Hasnat Abdullah has stated that the party has emerged by defeating fascism from national crisis but not through corruption or political favoritism. He made the remarks while speaking at a rally in Sylhet’s Shahid Minar premises on Friday (July 25), as part of the ‘July March to Build the Nation’ campaign. ...

Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has accused former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of leaving behind a “fitness-deficient and dysfunctional” state, lacking in both governance and accountability. Speaking at a street rally held at Alfat Square in Sunamganj town on Friday afternoon, Nahid Islam said, “We are living in a country where public transport vehicles have no ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (28 BGB) has seized a large quantity of Indian smuggled sarees, lehengas and fabric rolls at Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district. The incident occurred around 8 PM at an abandoned area near Uttar Banshikunda union in the upazila on Thursday night. 28 BGB Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel A K M Zakaria Kadir Confirmed the seizure and said ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has expressed serious concern over the possibility of a repeat of past flawed elections, warning that it would bring grief and frustration to the people of Bangladesh. Speaking at a memorial and prayer session at the Sylhet Shilpakala Academy on Thursday, he urged for fundamental electoral reforms and accountability before any vote takes place. “People ...

A growing trend of illegal fishing using electric shock and banned “China Duari” nets is putting native fish species and aquatic biodiversity at serious risk at Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj district, particularly in ecologically critical Tangua Haor; Bangladesh’s second Ramsar site. Covering about 60–65% of Tangua Haor’s wetland area, Madhyanagar is home to one of the country’s richest freshwater ecosystems. ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in an anti-smuggling operation seized smuggled goods worth Taka 2.25 crore from different frontier areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts during the last 24 hours. A BGB team conducted drive in Pratappur, Sangram, Panthumai, Tamabil, Sonarhat, Kalairag and Banglabazar border areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts and seized the goods, said Lieutenant Colonel Md. Nazmul Haque, ...

The long-desired central truck terminal in Sylhet has still remained unused due to negligence of the truckers. The Tk250-million structure with a capacity of 1,200 trucks stands on nine acres of land in Sylhet city’s South Surma area. The construction work started in 2013 and the facility was formally inaugurated in 2019. The truckers as well as all others concerned ...