Sylhet

Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni said, ‘Smart Bangladesh of the future will move forward by the hands of students. To realize Bangabandhu’s dream, small players should become golden people in education and sports. In the opening ceremony of the 50th Summer National Sports Competition organized by the Bangladesh National School, Madrasa and Technical Education Sports Association at Sylhet District Stadium ...

Union BNP President and Chairman Md Mir Mohammad Khorshed Alam sparked controversy by seeking votes for State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Advocate Md Mahbub Ali during a political meeting of the ruling Awami League in Adair union of Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj. A video of his speech went viral on social media, leading to mixed reactions among local ...

A drug addicted youth stabbed a housewife to death Monday early hours in Sylhet reportedly because of rejecting his proposal of engaging in an extramarital affair with him. The deceased was identified as Jasmine Begum, 22, wife of a day-labourer Arif Mia of Kaheterteki village under Katiadi police station in Kishorganj. They have been living in a rented house of ...

Three children at Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj district were killed by their mother by poisoning with rice. The woman too took the poison and fell sick. The incident took place at around 9am in Shantipur village under Fenarbak union of the upazila. The deceased were identified as Tamjid, 15, Shafia Akter, 14, and Shahed, 5, children of Jahangir Alam and ...

A school girl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Baniachong upazila in Habiganj district on Sunday morning. The deceased was Nilima Akter, 15, daughter of Shishu Miah, a resident of Nagerkhana village of the upazila. She was a student at Baniachong Medhabikash High School. According to police and locals, the girl committed suicide by hanging herself in her bed ...

A case has been filed against 50 to 60 unnamed people in connection with a recent attack on cultural activists in Sylhet. Sylhet Sammilita Natya Parishad General Secretary Rajat Kanti Gupta filed the case at Kotwali model police station on Friday, Kotwali model police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Ali Mahmud confirmed. No arrests had been made so far in the ...

Forty young artists from across the country created watercolour paintings depicting the scenic beauty of the Sylhet division in a three-day art camp held at different places in the region from September 19 to September 21. The art camp titled Barisha Dharay Jalrang was jointly organised by Ronger Gaari, Sylhet Arts College and Shah Alam Gallery of Fine Art. The ...

Kamalganj (Moulvibazar ) Correspondent : A 13 and a half feet long python was rescued at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday morning. The python was rescued by forest department from Section-1 of Phulbari Tea Orchard of the upazila around 6:30 am. Later, it was released in Lawachara National Park around 7 am. Forest Department Lawachara range officer Shahidul ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A court in Habiganj has sentenced two people to death in sensational Modinatul Kubra Jerin murder case in Sadar upazila of Habiganj district in 2020. Habiganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Sudipta Das handed down the verdict on Thursday in presence of convict Jakir Hossain. The court also fined each of the convicts Tk 50,000. ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) brings out its scheduled road march from Bhairab Bus Stand at 11am on Thursday as part of its one-point demand. The march will go through Brahmanbaria, Habiganj and Moulvibazar via the Dhaka-Sylhet highway and end with a rally at the Sylhet’s biggest Alia Madrasa ground in the afternoon. But till Wednesday evening, police did not ...