Sylhet

Police have arrested 23-year-old Oliur Rahman, the prime accused in the abduction and rape of a 17-year-old girl in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet. The suspect was apprehended early Thursday morning from the Manikganj area of Gowainghat upazila. According to the case statement, on 22 March, Oliur Rahman went to the girl’s house in a DI vehicle while her parents were ...

A youth died after falling from the roof of a running train in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Zubayer Ahmed, 20, son of Chorag Ali of Soraibari village under Sadar union of the upazila. He was a Hafiz of the Holy Quran. According to eyewitnesses, Zubayer had gone to visit Srimangal with several friends ...

State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr MA Muhit conducted a surprise inspection of healthcare services at an upazila health complex in Sylhet via video call today (24 March), according to a health ministry press release. He joined the Dakshin Surma Upazila Health Complex remotely from the Secretariat in Dhaka at around 12pm and monitored overall operations. At the ...

Staff Reporter : British-Bangladeshi journalist and editor of British- Bangladeshi Who’s Who, Weekly Bangla Mirror and the online portal Sylhet Mirror, Mr. Abdul Karim Goni, has arrived in Bangladesh on a short visit. He landed at Sylhet Osmani International Airport at around 10:00 AM today (Monday) on a direct flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from London Heathrow Airport. He was ...

Two people were killed and one injured after a motorcycle lost control and crashed into a tree in the Gagli area along the Sunamganj–Dirai road under Shantiganj upazila of the district today. The deceased were identified as motorcyclist Saidul Islam, 30, son of Akkel Ali of Muktakhai village in Shantiganj and pillion Safiqul Islam, 28, son of the late Ukil ...

Four people, including a woman and a child, were killed after a pickup van fell into a ditch in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj. The incident occurred in the early hours today (22 March) on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in the Andiura area. The deceased were identified as pickup driver Ibrahim, 35, Sajib, 12, and his mother Asma Akter, 40. The identity ...

The Commerce Minister, Khandaker Abdul Muktadir, has said that commodity prices remained stable over the past month during Ramadan, noting that collective efforts helped keep essentials within people’s purchasing power. He made the remarks on Saturday morning while speaking to journalists after offering Eid prayers at the historic Shahi Eidgah in Sylhet. Describing the government as one backed by the ...

As like every year the largest Eid congregation in Sylhet will be held at the historic Shahi Eidgah ground here on Saturday. The prayer will begin at 8:30 AM, according to the officials. Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir and Labour and Employment and Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury along with people from various walks of life ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-9) arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with hemp during a drive in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district early Tuesday. The arrested were identified as Mukhtar Mia, 29, Sakib Islam, 22 and Palash Tanti, 27, all residents of different areas of Chunarughat upazila. Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB officials from Shaistaganj camp took position ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Md Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Monday said re-excavation of canals would improve irrigation facilities and help increase agricultural production by two to three times in the country. He made the remarks while inaugurating the re-excavation work of Katagang canal at Anikeli Baro area under Giasnagar union in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila. The minister said the ...