Sylhet

BNP has alleged that an anti-liberation and evil group is systematically spreading false information, rumors and propaganda in Sylhet ahead of the upcoming national elections. At the same time, the party has raised serious allegations such as preparations to seize polling stations, openly buying votes, obtaining votes through religious enticements and illegally using the Election Commission’s confidential voter list with ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said his party does not seek to rule the country as its owner, but to serve the people as their “watchmen,” pledging to ensure dignity and justice for all. “I am a son of Sylhet. Today I am standing before you not as the ameer of Jamaat, but as one of you,” Shafiqur ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said that women remain unsafe at home, on the streets and in workplaces, while ordinary people continue to suffer due to extortion, false cases and widespread corruption. Speaking as the chief guest at an election rally of the 11-party alliance at New Field Ground in Habiganj on Saturday ahead of the 13th National ...

SYLHET, Feb 6, 2026 : Ivars Ijabs,, Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM), said the EU wants Bangladesh’s national election slated for February 12 to be free, fair and peaceful. He made the remarks at a briefing at Sylhet Press Club today, attended by Press Club President Muktabis Un Nur and EU-EOM Press Officer Eberhard Laue. ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) seized a large quantity of smuggled Indian cumin worth nearly Tk 16 lakh from Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district early Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, an advance team of 55 BGB Battalion conducted a raid on the Satchhari–Teliapara road in Madhabpur upazila, stopped a suspicious truck and discovered sacks of Indian cumin concealed beneath a truckload ...

At least 10 people including police personnel were injured in a clash among residents of four villages in Sylhet city over a seating dispute at a street meeting early Thursday. Witnesses and police said the clash broke out at Temukhi Point where residents of Kumargaon, Sahebergaon, Nazirgaon, and Charugao got involved. The clash continued for nearly one and a half ...

Police have identified a body recovered from a haor in Sylhet’s Zakiganj as that of a missing expatriate from Sunamganj. The deceased, British-Bangladeshi Burhan Uddin Shafi, 59, returned to Bangladesh from the United Kingdom on January 28 with his wife and children. After arriving, he moved into a rented apartment in the Ambarkhana area of Sylhet city. Burhan Uddin, a ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a cache of high explosives and illegal weapons from a border area in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar early today. The recovered items include 24 tubes of Powergel Nine, a commercial high explosive used primarily in mining, tunneling, and construction blasting — manufactured by India’s SBL Energy Limited — along with 23 detonators, 15 metres of ...

The election season is underway, and a stark warning from a candidate has set the tone. At a recent exchange meeting, BNP-nominated Sylhet-1 candidate Khandaker Abdul Mukta said that within the next 10 to 15 years, many areas of Sylhet city could become uninhabitable. Why would a city known for its natural beauty reach such a point? Mukta argues that ...

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two suspected drug peddlers along with hemp from Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district on Saturday night. The arrested were identified as Rajon Robi Das, 24, and Akshay Karmakar, 26, from Brindaban Tea Estate in Bahubal. Acting on a tip-off, a DB team conducted a drive near Amtali Bazar at around 8:30 PM and arrested ...