Sylhet

A young man was killed allegedly in an attack over a land dispute in Habiganj on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Sohag Mia, 30, from Sundarpur village of Chunarughat upazila. According to locals and police, Sohag had been involved in a longstanding dispute with his uncle Khalil Mia over land, and the dispute had also led to legal ...

The Sylhet district administration today formed a five-member committee to investigate the cause of a head-on collision between two buses that killed nine people, including women and children, in Osmaninagar upazila. The committee, headed by Additional District Magistrate Pinky Saha, has been asked to submit its report within five working days. Its other members are representatives from the highway police, ...

At least nine people were killed and 13 others injured in a head-on collision between two passenger buses on the Dhaka–Sylhet Highway in Sylhet on Friday morning. The accident occurred at around 7:15am in the Kashikapon area of Dayamir under Osmaninagar upazila in the district, according to police. Of the nine people killed, two have been identified as Priyom, 25, ...

SYLHET, Aug 6, 2026 – A court here today sentenced a man to death for killing a four-year-old girl in Sadar upazila here this year. Judge Abu Obaida of the Sylhet Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict this morning, Public prosecutor Md Badrul Ahmed Chowdhury confirmed. The convict is Zakir Hossain, 30, son of late Tota Mia, ...

SYLHET, Aug 5, 2026: Commerce, Industries, Textiles, and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir today said the country’s energy sector is facing its biggest challenge due to 17 years of mismanagement by the previous government, urging people to remain patient as the government works to stabilize the situation. Addressing a discussion and reception for the families of July martyrs and July ...

SYLHET, Aug 04 : Implementation of the Kumargaon- Badaghat-Airport Road construction project in Sylhet is facing an unusual delay due to land acquisition hurdles. According to officials and locals, complexities over land acquisition led to the stalemate delaying timely execution of the project taken up to upgrade the road into a four-lane one. The deadline for the important project of ...

The authorities of a private college in Sylhet on Sunday suspended a teacher for evaluating answer scripts of Higher Secondary Certificate examination while spending time with friends at a tea stall on Saturday night. Suspended Iqbal Hossain, nicknamed Sohan, is a lecturer in Bangla at Metrocity Women’s College in Shahjalal Upashahar in Sylhet city and an ex-student of Shahjalal University ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A Habiganj court on Sunday granted bail to 11 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), including its district unit President Rajib Ahmed Ringon, in a case filed over an alleged attack on the convoy of the National Citizen Party (NCP) in the district. Habiganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Abdul Mannan passed the order on bonds of ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : The death toll from a boat capsize in Moyar Haor of Jagannathpur upazila has risen to four after rescuers recovered the bodies of two more missing passengers on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Hemendra Debnath, 37, and Adhir Debnath, 35, both residents of East Bhabanipur area under Jagannathpur Municipality. Earlier on Saturday, fire service divers ...

SYLHET, Aug 01, 2026- Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury today said the government plans to extend the railway line from Dhaka to Jaflong via Sylhet. “The proposed railway expansion is part of a broader initiative to develop Jaflong, Tamabil, and the surrounding areas into a major tourism hub. Alongside the railway, an improved road communication network will also ...