Sylhet

A group of miscreants set fire to a coach of the intercity Upaban Express, which was standing at Sylhet railway station. The incident took place around 9:30pm on Wednesday. Sylhet Fire Service Deputy Director Moniruzzaman confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune. “Two units of the fire service went to the spot after the train compartment was set on fire,” ...

Unidentified miscreants threw a cocktail at former Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation and also BNP leader Ariful Haque Chowdhury’s residence in Sylhet city on Tuesday night. The incident took place at around 8.00pm. Ariful Haque was not present at his house at that time. Police officers visited the spot to collect clues.  

A court in Habiganj on Tuesday sentenced two youths to life term imprisonment over gang rape of a girl and her mother at Chunarughat upazila in the district on 2020. Habiganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Md Jahidul Haque pronounced the verdict on Tuesday afternoon. The court also fined them both Tk 1, 00,000 each. The convicted are ...

A Chhatra League activist was stabbed to death over internal politics within the ruling party student front early Tuesday. The deceased was Arif Mia (19) of Baluchar area of Sylhet city. Police arrested two people in connection with the murder later on Tuesday, confirmed Additional Commissioner of Police (North) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP), Ajbahar Ali Sheikh. The arrestees are ...

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mahmud (Al-Amin) has resigned from the post of Shalla Upazila Parishad chairman to get Awami League nomination in Sunamganj-2 (Dirai-Shalla) constituency. He is the younger brother of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun. Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mahmud submitted his resignation letter to the Secretary of the Local Government Division on Sunday (November 19). He has resigned ...

Rail connectivity of Chattogram, Sylhet, Noakhali with Dhaka has been restored after a 14-hour suspension following the derailment of a freight train in Brahmanbaria, a key point on the routes. The freight train that got derailed left Brahmanbaria for Dhaka at 10:30pm on Sunday, returning the train movement to normal. However, the container train has been instructed to go to ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : At least 14 people, including seven BNP men, five police personnel, were injured during a clash between the party activists and law enforcers in Sunamganj on Sunday morning. Nurul Islam Nurul, general secretary of Sunamganj district unit BNP, alleged that leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated organisations brought out peaceful procession at Arefinnagar under Sunamganj municipality in ...

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have brought out a torch procession in the Sylhet city on Saturday evening, in support of their nationwide hartal. However, the police dispersed them through blank firing. According to witnesses, the BNP men marched through the city from the Rang Mahal Tower point around 7:00 pm. At one stage, they dropped the ...

At least 10 people have been injured in a clash between the activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and police at Baniachong upazila in Habiganj district. The incident occurred at Ganinganj Bazar area at around 4:30 pm, Saturday. Meanwhile, police detained two BNP men, Mohibur Rahman and Muktadir Ahsan Shebul, in this regard. Eyewitnesses said the leaders and activists ...

Public Engineering Day and the foundation anniversary of Institution of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh (IDEB) were celebrated in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura on Thursday. A colorful rally and street meeting were held in the town in the afternoon. Kulaura upazila project officer Shimul Ali, public health engineer Mohammad Mohsin, IDEB upazila unit adviser Engineer Shahab Uddin, acting president Engineer Altaf Hossain, general secretary ...