Sylhet

  By Matiar Chowdhury:   A gathering and Eid reunion of former talented footballers from the Sylhet region has been held under the initiative of the  Greater Sylhet Footballers Association an organization of former footballers from the eighties and nineties of Greater Sylhet living in the UK . The gathering was held at a restaurant in the Whitechapel area of ​​East London ...

A 15-year-old school student died after being struck by lightning while fishing near his home at Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Thursday morning. The dead Mujibur Rahman was the son of Nurul Amin from Mayarkol village under Dakshin Khurma union and was an eighth-grade student at Khurma High School. The tragic accident occurred at Mayarkol village during rainfall, when Mujibur ...

The local administration promised to pay one week’s salary arrears and ration to tea workers in various gardens in Sylhet to return to work. The workers have agreed to reopen the tea gardens and return to work from next Friday. Sylhet Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Khoshnur Rubaiyat confirmed the matter. He said that Bangladesh Tea Board Chairman Major General Sheikh ...

A Sylhet court sentenced a man to death and four others to life term imprisonment on Wednesday over a murder case in Gopalganj upazila of the district in 2021. Sylhet Additional Sessions Judge Mahmudul Hasan pronounced the verdict. The condemned convict was Wahidur Rahman Sunny, a resident of Hajipur village under Golapganj upazila of the district. Those who got life ...

A mobile court sentenced a young man to six months of rigorous imprisonment for consuming drugs at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. The accused was Md Samed Ali, 23, sentenced at Outer Rail Crossing area of the town. Shah Zahurul Hossain, Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate of the upazila said that the operation was conducted on secret ...

Cent per cent harvesting of Boro paddy has been completed in the haor areas and 53 per cent in non-haor areas in the Sylhet region. This season witnessed a bumper yield of paddy as the weather was favourable for harvesting. Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Sylhet, Md Mosharraf Hossain said farmers had started paddy harvesting in ...

A Sylhet court has sentenced three people, including the victim’s son, to death in a case filed over the murder of former Sylhet District Bar Association president Shamsul Islam Chowdhury. Divisional Special Judge’s Court Judge Shahadat Hossain Pramanik announced the verdict in the 14-year-old case on Tuesday, state counsel Md Ansaruzzaman said. The convicts are the victim’s son Masud Ahmed ...

“The road expansion work is going on, and soil, sand, and other materials are scattered everywhere. Because of the rain, the road has become muddy, and vehicles are forced to slow down to avoid accidents,” he said. Passengers and transport workers are facing similar delays and hardship on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway due to the slow progress of two major infrastructure ...

At least 30 people were killed and 42 others injured in road accidents in Sylhet Division in April, said a report of Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa), Sylhet. Among the deceased eleven people were killed in accidents involving motorbikes, one is auto-rickshaw or human hauler passenger, and seven were pedestrians, it said. Zahirul Islam Mishu, convener of Nischa, said the report ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, is set to commence direct flights from Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport to Madinah on May 14, aiming to ease the sufferings of Hajj pilgrims. A total of five direct flights will be operated from Sylhet, accommodating 2,095 pilgrims and making their travel smoother. Confirming the matter, Shahnewaz Majumder, Biman’s manager in Sylhet, said ...