Sylhet

Sylhet Office : Cumilla’s Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Magistrate Md Reza Hasan has been appointed as Sylhet’s new DC. The Ministry of Public Administration confirmed the information in a notification issued on Sunday afternoon. Reza Hasan replaced Sarwoer Alam, who was withdrawn on June 21 last. Sylhet’s DC Sarwoer’s withdrawal came after he took an initiative to ensure transparency ...

The LGED has taken an initiative to construct a 32.5 kilometre road to connect three popular tourist destinations in Sylhet’s Bholaganj directly. As a result, travellers would reach the spots without having to travel to Sylhet city and enjoy the landscapes that feature mountains, rivers, tea gardens and rockey streams along the border. People linked with tourism of the district ...

Sylhet Office : A 12-member committee, led by Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir, has been formed to ensure transparency in the income and expenditure of the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) in Sylhet. The decision was taken at a meeting on the management and development of the shrine, held at the Sylhet Circuit House this morning (26 June). The committee ...

Motiar Chowdhury:   A day-long free eye and health camp was held on Thursday, June 25, 2026. The event was organized by the humanitarian organization "Hilalpur Manob Kalyan Sangstha" with financial support from Hilalpur expatriates living in the UK and the comprehensive cooperation of BNSB Eye Hospital, Moulvibazar. At the health service camp held at Shah Helal High School, free ...

SYLHET, June 26, 2026 : Labour and Employment and Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury has directed that development planning in the agriculture sector should be based on practical data and that farmers must be involved in the process to ensure faster resolution of their problems. He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at ...

A Sylhet court on Thursday acquitted nine accused, including three serving lawmakers, and gave death to another accused in a case filed over the attempted murder of late Awami League leader and minister Suranjit Sengupta in 2004. Sylhet Divisional Speedy Tribunal’s Judge Swapan Kumar Sarker announced the sentences after 22 years of trial proceedings, said Public Prosecutor Abul Hossain. The ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury on Wednesday expressed optimism that Bangladesh could receive positive developments regarding the Malaysian labour market by July, saying the outcomes of the Prime Minister’s recent visit to Malaysia would begin to materialise from next month. “We expect good news regarding the Malaysian labour market within July,” he told journalists after inspecting ...

In the village of Sariya, Barlekha upazila in Moulvibazar, a private school teacher has quietly built what could rival a professional botanical collection — a living repository of more than 100 domestic and foreign fruit varieties on a two-acre hillside plot. In 2017, Rezaul Karim Khandaker began with just a handful of mango saplings. When they bore fruit successfully, he ...

Additional Deputy Magistrate Pinki Saha has taken over as the acting Deputy Commissioner (DC) following the transfer of Sylhet DC Md Sarwar Alam. Sarwar Alam formally handed over his responsibilities on Monday evening, just a day after the Ministry of Public Administration issued an order transferring him. He is scheduled to leave Sylhet on Tuesday. Until a new Deputy Commissioner ...

For the first time in the shrine’s 700-year history, donations made at the Hazrat Shahjalal (R) Mazar in Sylhet were counted publicly today in the presence of a government official. The donations totalled Tk 17,65,559 in cash and seven ana of gold, equivalent to about 0.44 bhori or 5.1 grams. The counting took place on the shrine premises this afternoon ...