Sylhet

Sylhet is preparing for a massive influx of tourists during the nine-day extended Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, with around 80 percent of hotel and rest house rooms already booked. Tourism-related businesses expect at least 15 to 20 lakh visitors, generating a turnover of up to Tk 150 crore. Despite concerns over recent security incidents on highways and at tourist spots, law enforcement ...

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods worth Taka 68.32 lakh from different border areas in Sylhet district early Wednesday. A team of BGB-48 Battalion, Sylhet conducted drives in Sreepur, Panthumai, Pratappur, Sangram, Minatila and Tamabil BOP areas of the district and seized the goods, said the Battalion Commander Nazmul Haque. The seized goods include a large quantity ...

HABIGANJ CORRESPONDENT : Two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Mugkandi area under Bahubal upazila of the district this morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway around 9.30 am when a pickup van collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw, leaving six ...

An altercation over smoking in Sylhet’s Chowhatta area led to an attack on the emergency ward of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital last night (24 March), leaving at least eight people injured, including nurses and a police officer. According to eyewitnesses, an argument broke out among pedestrians after Iftar regarding smoking. The dispute escalated into a physical clash, injuring ...

Around 2,500 tea workers at the privately owned Burjan Tea Garden Company in Sylhet are enduring severe hardship, as the company has failed to pay their salaries for over three months. Additionally, special ration arrangements for the workers have also been halted for eight weeks, forcing them and their families to go hungry ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest festival for ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in Sylhet, with an alarming rise in cases among children, particularly in tea plantation areas, experts have warned. According to the National Tuberculosis Control Programme’s (NTP) Sylhet divisional office, child TB cases have surged in recent years, rising from 3.98 percent in 2021 to 8.66 percent in 2024. Experts attribute this increase ...

Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Sunamganj’s Chhatak upazila on Sunday afternoon. The accident took place around 4:30 PM on Chhatak-Gobindaganj road at Goalchattar area in the upazila. The deceased were identified as Humayun Rashid, a resident of Korochkhali village in the upazila, and Shahin Miah, of Noyalombahati village in the same upazila. According to locals, a ...

Police arrested a convenor of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Sunday in connection with a clash during an Iftar Mahfil organised by the National Citizen’s Party (NCP) in Sylhet city. Akhter Hossain, son of Abdul Munir, was arrested from the Ausha area under Sylhet’s Jalalabad area, said Shahporan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Monir Hossain. According to the OC, Mahbubur ...

A teenage girl has been kidnapped and raped allegedly by a man with the help of two other individuals in Baniachong upazila of Habiganj. The victim has been admitted to Habiganj Sadar Hospital following the incident. The incident occurred on the night of Wednesday. The victim was brought to the hospital on Thursday afternoon. According to the victim’s statement, three ...

  BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s advisor and former Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Chowdhury said that when the Awami League government was in power, the opposition parties including BNP could not hold meetings and gatherings due to torture and oppression. Now the people of the country are able to freely express their views and the political parties ...