Sylhet

A man was killed in a road mishap at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Syed Ashrafuzzaman Faisal, 45, son of Syed SN Jamal, a resident of Shyamoli area in Dhaka. He was the supervisor of Al Mobaraka Paribahan. According to locals, the incident occurred at around 12:30 PM in the Noapara Saheb Bari ...

The Project Implementation Committee (PIC) has been formally inaugurated in Doarabazar upazila of Sunamganj district as part of a development project being implemented under the Water Development Board. The inauguration ceremony was held on Monday (December 15) at the concerned project site in Doarabazar upazila. The PIC was inaugurated by Upazila Nirbahi Officer Arup Tan Singh. Speaking at the ceremony, ...

Built at a cost of nearly Tk 50 crore to promote small and cottage industries in tea-rich Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) Industrial Estate remains virtually abandoned years after completion, with factory plots existing only on paper while the site has turned into overgrown jungle. BSCIC developed the industrial estate on 20 acres ...

A child died after drowning in a pond at Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Samia Akter, 6, daughter of Kaushik Hasan, a resident of Jalilpur village under Mirashi union in the upazila. According to locals, Samia accidentally fell into a pond near her home while her family was unaware in the morning. ...

Rapid Action Battalion seized a firearm and other explosive materials from Goainghat, an upazila along the Indian border in Sylhet on early Saturday. RAB-9 media officer KM Shahidul Islam Sohag told that acting on a tip-off, a team of the battalion conducted a drive at Toakul Bazar under the Gowainghat upazila at about 12:30am. ‘During the drive, the RAB personnel ...

Two individuals were killed in separate accidents in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Mamunur Rashid, 42, son of Haji Abdul Nur of Ranigaon village in the upazila, and Nihal Ahmed, 24, son of Anwar Shahadat of Dakkhin Narpati village from the same upazila. According to locals, Mamunur Rashid died of electrocution at around ...

Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmud Khan today asked the newly recruited officers to work with honesty, concentration and dedication to develop themselves as worthy airmen of the Air Force. “The newly recruited BAF members will actively contribute to the implementation of the firm commitment to keep the skies of ...

Two earthquakes shook Sylhet district within five minutes early Thursday. According to the National Center for Seismology of India, the first tremor, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale at a depth of 20 kilometers, was felt at 2:20AM, followed by a second at 2:25AM, measuring 3.3 at a depth of 30 kilometers. No damage or casualties were reported. Shah Md ...

The Criminal Investigation Department of police arrested a leader of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, banned student organisation of Awami League, early Tuesday within hours after he stabbed a sub-inspector injuring severely. The arrested is Rahim Uddin Raju, 33, a member of the BCL central executive committee and son of Rafiq Uddin of Pashchimkona village at Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet, police ...

The rising death toll on Habiganj’s roads shows no sign of slowing. On Monday morning, motorcyclist Ashraful Haque (30) was killed after being hit by a speeding vehicle in Madhabpur. In the previous five days, three others lost their lives in separate truck-related accidents in Bahubal upazila. The series of fatal crashes has sparked growing anger and fear among local ...