Sylhet

Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a microbus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district. The accident took place on the Sreemangal–Moulvibazar highway in the Lamuya area of the upazila on Monday (30 March). One of the deceased was identified as auto-rickshaw driver Abdul Hannan, 50, a resident of the Bharaura area on the ...

The body of a businessman was recovered from a hotel in Sylhet on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mofazzal Haque Saurav, 32, owner of Tonni Kitchen, a hotel in Lamabazar area of the city. Saurav was staying in a room on the fifth floor of Relax Inn, a residential hotel in the northern part of Dhopadighi area, said ...

Organized smuggling syndicates are orchestrating a massive evasion of state revenue that threatens to dismantle Bangladesh’s domestic shaving blade industry, placing thousands of jobs at risk. Following the departure of a major multinational distributor, these criminal networks have flooded the market with contraband, forcing compliant manufacturers to endure huge losses and sparking an urgent call for government intervention to prevent ...

In the context of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, unauthorized attempts to hoard fuel are being observed due to the crisis and increase in fuel prices in the global market. In order to prevent attempts to hoard fuel, maintain discipline in fuel marketing and ensure uninterrupted supply, BGB has taken necessary security measures at fuel depots located in ...

Police have arrested 23-year-old Oliur Rahman, the prime accused in the abduction and rape of a 17-year-old girl in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet. The suspect was apprehended early Thursday morning from the Manikganj area of Gowainghat upazila. According to the case statement, on 22 March, Oliur Rahman went to the girl’s house in a DI vehicle while her parents were ...

A youth died after falling from the roof of a running train in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Zubayer Ahmed, 20, son of Chorag Ali of Soraibari village under Sadar union of the upazila. He was a Hafiz of the Holy Quran. According to eyewitnesses, Zubayer had gone to visit Srimangal with several friends ...

State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr MA Muhit conducted a surprise inspection of healthcare services at an upazila health complex in Sylhet via video call today (24 March), according to a health ministry press release. He joined the Dakshin Surma Upazila Health Complex remotely from the Secretariat in Dhaka at around 12pm and monitored overall operations. At the ...

Staff Reporter : British-Bangladeshi journalist and editor of British- Bangladeshi Who’s Who, Weekly Bangla Mirror and the online portal Sylhet Mirror, Mr. Abdul Karim Goni, has arrived in Bangladesh on a short visit. He landed at Sylhet Osmani International Airport at around 10:00 AM today (Monday) on a direct flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from London Heathrow Airport. He was ...

Two people were killed and one injured after a motorcycle lost control and crashed into a tree in the Gagli area along the Sunamganj–Dirai road under Shantiganj upazila of the district today. The deceased were identified as motorcyclist Saidul Islam, 30, son of Akkel Ali of Muktakhai village in Shantiganj and pillion Safiqul Islam, 28, son of the late Ukil ...

Four people, including a woman and a child, were killed after a pickup van fell into a ditch in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj. The incident occurred in the early hours today (22 March) on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in the Andiura area. The deceased were identified as pickup driver Ibrahim, 35, Sajib, 12, and his mother Asma Akter, 40. The identity ...