Sylhet

A young man died from electrocution at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district early Thursday. The dead was Hares Mia, 35, a resident of Chakiachapur village under Paikurati union of the upazila. Local UP member Kamrul Hasan said the young man came in contact with an electric wire while he was disconnecting a charger from his auto-rickshaw at his house around ...

Police in two separate drives arrested two alleged drug dealers along with eight kilograms of hemp and 96 bottles of liquor from Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj district early Wednesday. The arrested are Asabul Miah, 50, and Parvin Begum, both are residents of Kandigaon Madrasapara area under Pagla union under the upazila. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police, led ...

Police recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified woman from Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased’s identities, aged around 35, could not be known immediately. According to locals, they discovered the body in an abonded bathroom when they were searching for the source of a bad odour and informed police. Kulaura Police Station inspector Ratan Chandra ...

An Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Sylhet on Monday sent the city unit president of Swechchhasebak League Aftab Hossain Khan, also a councillor of ward number 7, to jail after rejecting his bail plea in a case. Assistant public prosecutor in the Sylhet metropolitan magistrate court Zubayer Bakth said that Aftab Hossain had taken bail earlier in the case ...

A Syllhet court sentenced four people to death for killing a man in Gowainghat upazila in the district in 2001. Sylhet Divisional Special Judge Abdullah Al Mamun handed down the punishment. The court also acquitted 11 others as allegations brought against them could not be proved. The condemned convicts are–Abdur Rab, Abdur Rahman, Fazal Uddin and Rais Ali. According to ...

A man was killed and at least seven houses were burnt in a fire at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district early Monday. The fire incident took place at Chikarkandi village under Purba Pagla union of the upazila at around 2:30 am. The dead was Afroz Mia, 45, a resident of that village. Witnesses said a sudden fire broke out at ...

Police recovered the body of a schoolgirl from Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj district on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Sajna Akhter, 14, daughter of Ismail Miah, a resident of Patharia village under the upazila. She was a seventh-grader of Surma High School and College. Shantiganj Police Station officer-in-charge Khaled Chowdhury said locals found a sack beside a road ...

A man was killed in a clash between two groups over a football match in Ajmiriganj upazila of Habiganj district on Saturday evening. The incident took place at around 7pm in Sadar area of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Selim Miah, 32, son of late Sabaj Miah, a resident of Sharifnagar village under the upazila. Quoting locals, police ...

The tea workers on Saturday blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Nabiganj in Habiganj demanding payment of arrears of wages, bonus, festival allowance, future fund arrears, medical treatment and ensuring permanent residence. Tea workers of Imam-Bawani Tea Garden of the upazila blocked the Rokonpur Bazar area on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at 12:00 pm on Saturday. The workers alleged that the owners are ...

The foreigners (diplomats) think themselves king of this country as local media gives them undue importance, said foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday. “The foreigners’ comments on our country’s internal affairs are unwarranted. People often get killed abroad, but we don’t make any fuss on those incidents. Our media gives them undue importance which they enjoy. This gives them ...