Sylhet

The vast low-lying depressions in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, called haors in Bangla, remain inundated for almost half the year centring the monsoons. Fakhruddin, a 49-year-old farmer, has never found it feasible to cultivate paddy on his land there, for which he has opted for cultivating ridge gourd for the past 20 years. Following in the footsteps of his ...

The establishment work of a specialised children’s hospital, which was formally inaugurated nearly 8 years ago, has not been completed yet despite immense sufferings of child patients in Sylhet region. Sources said the authorities concerned have failed to implement the project after the formal inauguration of the 100-bed children’s hospital. Due to lack of any specialised hospital in Sylhet region, ...

At least three people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a clash between rival groups over the control of an autorickshaw stand at Baniachong Upazila in Habiganj. The incident occurred at Agua village on Thursday afternoon, said Additional Superintendent of Police Palash Ranjan Dey. The deceased are Siraj Mia, Abdul Quadir and Lilu Mia. Their age could ...

The 163rd birth anniversary of universal poet Rabindranath Tagore was celebrated with dance, song and poetry recitation in Moulvibazar’s  Sreemangal upazila on Wednesday. Rabindranath was remembered through this program at the Zilla Parishad Auditorium in the evening. In the beginning, the program was auspiciously started with the song ‘Hey Nutan, Dekha Dik Ar-Bar Janmer Pratham Shubhakshan’. Professor Poet Nripendra Lal ...

Three upazilas of Moulvibazar got three new leaders in the first phase of sixth upazila parishad elections held on Wednesday (May 8). Kishore Roy Chowdhury Moni, information and research secretary of Moulvibazar upazila Awami League, has been elected as chairman in Juri upazila with over 20,000 votes, while his nearest competitor, incumbent upazila chairman and member of Moulvibazar upazila Awami ...

GPH ispat Ltd has recently organised a seminar titled “Country’s only high strength and high performing steel GPH Quantum B600C-R & B600D-R: Improving earthquake resilience” in collaboration with structural engineers at Kushiara International Convention Hall in Sylhet, according to a media statement Tuesday. The seminar covered a wide range of topics, including the properties of high-strength steel, its advantages over ...

A man was killed after a streak of a lightning struck him at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Samuj Mia, 30, son of Sanowar Mia, a resident of Rasulpur village under Patanushar union of the upazila. Confirming the matter, Patansuhar Union Parishad chairman Ali Ahmed said Samuj was fishing when a thunderbolt ...

An elderly man was killed and eight others were injured in a head-on collision between a private car and a CNG-run auto rickshaw on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Notun Bazar area under Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Abdus Sobhan, 70, a resident of Sughar village in Sadar upazila. The accident occurred in the ...

A man was killed in a lightning strike in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila on Monday. The dead Mahtab, 45, was a resident of Bazar Darpanagar village under the upazila. Kanighat Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Jahangir Hossain Sardar confirmed it. He said that Mahtab Uddin was going towards Haor with some of his cows. On the way, a lightning struck on him. ...

A man surrendered himself to police allegedly after killing his wife at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday morning. The victim was Shilpi Akter, 23, wife of Safar Ali, a resident of Baghmara village under ward no-6 in the upazila sadar. According to locals, there had been a family dispute between Shilpi Akter and Safar Ali over going abroad without permission ...