Sylhet

The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation has extended financial support to the families of 18 individuals who lost their lives during the student movement in Sylhet division. A total of 5 lakh taka was given to each family as a gesture of assistance. Donation checks were distributed to the bereaved families from 9:00 AM to noon on Saturday. Sarjis Alam, General ...

Six trucks loaded with 33,810 kilogram sugar smuggled from India were seized in Sylhet on Thursday. The police also arrested a youth, Md Hasan, 19, resident of Sunamganj’s Nagdipur village, for his involvement in smuggling the sugar, the police said. Sylhet Metropolitan Police additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Saiful Islam told that a team of Detective Branch of the SMP set-up ...

Chinese national sentenced to 10 years in Sylhet for killing compatriot A Sylhet court on Wednesday sentenced Chinese national Xue Chao to 10 years in prison for the killing of another Chinese citizen in 2021. Shylhet Metropolitan Sessions Judge Muhammad Habibur Rahman Siddique gave the verdict. The court also imposed a fine of Tk 1 lakh on the convict. According ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Two college students died and three others, including a child, were injured when an autorickshaw overturned after losing control in the Bottola area of Kamolganj upazila of Moulvibazar on Wednesday morning. Syed Ifthekhar Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kamalganj Police Station, confirmed the matter. The deceased were identified as Abdullah Al Sayem (17) of Maizdihi in the Kalapur ...

Around 5,570 farmers in Natore’s Singra upazila and Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila have received free seeds and fertilizers for crops like mustard, wheat, maize, onion, khesari, peanuts, and lentils under the Agricultural Incentive Program for the 2024-25 fiscal year. Among them, 5,240 farmers from Singra upazila and 330 farmers from Dharmapasha upazila were given were given one kg mustard seeds, one ...

The BNP has approved a full-fledged committee of its Sylhet metropolitan unit today (4 November) after about 20 months of forming the council. Rezaul Hasan Kois Lodi has been made acting president, according to a notification signed by the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He served as councilor of the Sylhet City Corporation’s Ward 4 and joint ...

Around 8.5 million cubic feet of gas is being fed to Bangladesh National grid daily from Sylhet-7 gas well in Jaintapur Upazila’s Haripur area, starting from Monday (November 4). Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL) authorities confirmed the development, saying, “There are reserves of 94 billion cubic feet of gas in Sylhet-7 gas well which can be lifted for 15 to ...

A man allegedly killed 45-year-old village doctor (kabiraj), whom the accused suspected of causing his father’s death, at Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj district. However, RAB arrested the accused Deepak Bhaumij along with the murder weapon, a sharp machete and took into custody following his confession. Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Azizur Rahman Sarkar confirmed the details at a press ...

Six individuals were sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of murdering in Balaganj upazila in Sylhet on 2006. The verdict was delivered by Judge Shayla Sharmin of Sylhet Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-4 on Sunday. Additionally, one accused received a one-year sentence, while five others were acquitted due to lack of evidence. The six who received life sentences were ...

In a move to support vulnerable citizens and combat black market activities, Mohammad Mohsin Mia Madhu, former mayor of Sreemangal and ex-president of the local BNP, has opened no-profit shop named ” Lemon Fresh Meat” in the New Market area, where chickens and eggs will be sold at original farm prices without profit. The official launch of the no-profit shop ...