Sylhet

A Habiganj court has acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case filed against him in the district. Habiganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Abdul Alim passed the order on Thursday. Asaduzzaman Khan Tuhin, a former vice-president of the Habiganj district Chhatra League in 2015, filed the case following comments made by Tarique Rahman about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ...

A policeman was killed after being crushed under the wheels of a train in the Shibbari area at Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Zahirul Haque, hailed from Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj. He was a constable in the South Surma Police Station. The accident occurred in the Shibbari area of South Surma ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained former Mayor of Habiganj Municipality and Organizing Secretary of the District Awami League Ataur Rahman Selim and later handed him to police. RAB-2 and RAB-9 conducted a joint operation in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka and picked up Selim on Tuesday afternoon. Dhanmondi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Anwar Hossain said on Wednesday Selim was ...

Former Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been granted bail in a case filed for attempting to illegally cross into India through the Kanaighat border in Sylhet. Around 9:30AM on Tuesday, Manik was produced before the court of Kanaighat Additional Chief Judicial Marigtrate Anjan Kanti Das. Then his lawyer applied for bail, which was later granted by the ...

The tea workers on Sunday at separate protest rallies in Moulvibazar demanded the cancellation of the new gazette and the minimum daily wage of a worker Tk 500. They said that if the demands were not met, they would go for a strict movement. The Central Committee of the Bangladesh Tea Workers Federation held a rally at Choumuhana Square in ...

Two motorcyclists, including a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), were killed in a road accident at Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district on Saturday night. The accident took place around 10 PM at Chandrichara Tea Garden area in the upazila. The deceased were identified as Hafiz Sarkar, son of Moulad Mia from Sudiakhala village under Shayestaganj upazila, and Mostafizur ...

An18 months-old girl drowned in a water body at Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Saturday morning. The incident happened at around 8:30 AM in Gulgau village under Bongshikundanorth union in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Toamani, daughter of Rafikul, a resident of the area. It was learnt that the child drowned in a water body next to ...

A Sylhet court has granted bail to former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in a murder case filed over the killing of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria. Sylhet’s Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Swapan Kumar Sarkar passed an order granting bail to Babar. Babar’s lawyer Md Shahiduzzaman confirmed about the bail. He said, “Lutfuzzaman Babar sought bail on ...

Former Supreme Court justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been transferred to Sylhet Central Jail after being discharged from the Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital on Thursday afternoon. On August 24, Manik was physical assault by a group of lawyers and unidentified individuals on Sylhet court premises when he was being taken to the court. After being taken to jail ...

30 autorickshaws, five shops vandalised At least 15 people were injured in a clash between autorickshaw drivers and shop owners of City Supermarket shopping complex in Bandarbazar area of Sylhet city this afternoon. Around 30 autorickshaws and five shops were also vandalised in the incident that ensued around 1:30pm and continued for two hours following an altercation between the drivers ...