Sylhet

Five people have been detained in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila with police claiming that they were pushed back by Indian border security force. Abdul Kaium, Goalbari Union chairman, said the detainees, including two Rohingyas, were pushed back into Bangladesh through the Lathitila border area. Their suspicious behaviour led to their detention and interrogation, during which they revealed they had gone to ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a former upazila chairman while trying to flee to India illegally through Sylhet’s Jaintiapur upazila last night. The detainee, Kamal Ahmed, was a former chairman of the upazila and president of the upazila unit of Awami League. BGB detained him at around 8:00pm and handed him over to the police. Confirming his detention, Mohammad Mahbubur ...

A number of farmers have achieved massive success in cultivating bean in the summertime in different places of the division. Although bean is known as a winter vegetable, two varieties of the vegetable released by Sylhet Agriculture University (SAU) have showed huge success in its farming during summer, said Professor Md Shahidul Islam of SAU horticulture department. He also said ...

The latest floods and rolling water from upstream Indian states of Assam and Tripura have caused large-scale damage to standing crops in Sylhet region in addition to road links and flood-control structures. The third phase of severe floods of the year had shattered local farmers’ attempt to recoup previous damage, officials and farmers said. Aus harvest was nearing end while ...