Sylhet

Newly elected mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury has taken charge of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) as the fifth mayor. He officially took over the duty from outgoing Mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury at Nagar Bhaban at 3:30 pm on Tuesday (November 7). Local Awami League leaders including Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment Minister Imran Ahmed MP, Anwaruzzaman’s wife Holy Begum Chowdhury, and outgoing ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the Awami League, will officially kick off her party’s campaigning for the upcoming 12th parliamentary election through a rally in Sylhet, the party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today. “Sheikh Hasina acknowledges the contribution of Sylhet’s expatriates to the country’s economy,” Quader, who is also the road transport and bridges minister, said ...

Unimart, a premium superstore and subsidiary of the United Group, has launched its flagship outlet at Ambarkhana Point in Sylhet. The outlet was inaugurated on Saturday (4 November) with the presence of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, United Group Chairman and Managing Director Moinuddin Hasan Rashid, Unimart Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Murtaza Zaman, and other distinguished guests from Sylhet, ...

Police have arrested three people from different parts of the country in connection with the stealing of over Tk 26 lakh from an ATM booth of Dutch Bangla Bank in Subidbazar of Sylhet city on October 28. Police claimed to have recovered Tk 18 lakh stolen from the booth. The arrestees were Altab Hossain Limon, 22, , an official of ...

A goods-laden pickup van was set on fire in Sylhet’s South Surma on the first day of the second phase of blockade called by BNP-Jamaat. Police arrested one person in the incident. Witnesses said picketers pelted bricks at a pick-up van carrying food products in Jalkarkandi area of Parairchak. Later, petrol bombs were thrown. At that time, the front part ...

Two separate cases were lodged accusing over 250 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat in connection with the clashes with the ruling Awami League’s student wing Chhatra League and police during a daylong hartal enforced by the BNP on Wednesday. One of the cases was filed by Chhatra League leader Imon Ahmed and the rest by sub inspector Kallol with Kotwali ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested another suspect in the killing of Amirul Haque Parvez, a police constable, during the violent clashes stemming from the BNP’s antigovernment rally in Dhaka on Oct 28. The arrestee, Ansar Uddin, is the president of Jubo Dal’s Sunamganj wing, according to the RAB. He was arrested in Sylhet on Friday, according ...

A local Chhatra League leader was killed and four others were injured in a road accident in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila early Thursday. Deceased Tarek Chowdhury, 22, was a joint general secretary of BCL Sreemangal Govt College unit. Witnesses said a private car heading to Moulvibazar from Sreemangal lost control and collided with a roadside tree in Noagaon area of the ...

A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) was found dead at Salutikor area under Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rakibul Hasan Sifat, a third year student of the Chemistry Department of the university. Md Khalique, sub-inspector of Gowainghat Police Station, said being informed by locals police recovered the body of ...

An officer-in-charge (OC) of South Surma police station Md Shamsuddoha was injured in a misfire by a constable at South Surma upazila in Sylhet district on Tuesday morning. The incident took place at Satmile in Lalabazar area under the upazila. He was injured by a bullet suddenly fired from the shotgun of the personal assistant of the Assistant Commissioner of ...