Sylhet

Sunamganj Correspondent : At least 14 people, including seven BNP men, five police personnel, were injured during a clash between the party activists and law enforcers in Sunamganj on Sunday morning. Nurul Islam Nurul, general secretary of Sunamganj district unit BNP, alleged that leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated organisations brought out peaceful procession at Arefinnagar under Sunamganj municipality in ...

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have brought out a torch procession in the Sylhet city on Saturday evening, in support of their nationwide hartal. However, the police dispersed them through blank firing. According to witnesses, the BNP men marched through the city from the Rang Mahal Tower point around 7:00 pm. At one stage, they dropped the ...

At least 10 people have been injured in a clash between the activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and police at Baniachong upazila in Habiganj district. The incident occurred at Ganinganj Bazar area at around 4:30 pm, Saturday. Meanwhile, police detained two BNP men, Mohibur Rahman and Muktadir Ahsan Shebul, in this regard. Eyewitnesses said the leaders and activists ...

Public Engineering Day and the foundation anniversary of Institution of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh (IDEB) were celebrated in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura on Thursday. A colorful rally and street meeting were held in the town in the afternoon. Kulaura upazila project officer Shimul Ali, public health engineer Mohammad Mohsin, IDEB upazila unit adviser Engineer Shahab Uddin, acting president Engineer Altaf Hossain, general secretary ...

Miscreants set fire on a human hauler (leguna) in Sylhet city on Wednesday night, during the first day of the countrywide 48-hour blockade enforced by BNP-Jamaat and like-minded opposition parties. The incident took place at around 8.45pm at Dashpara area under Shah Poran Police Station in the city. According to witnesses, a group of 15-20 arsonists stopped the passenger carrying ...

A chase and counter-chase happened between the BNP supporters and police after the opposition party brought out a torch procession just before announcing the polls schedule by the Election Commission in Sylhet city’s Jindabazar area on Wednesday evening. Police, however, detained three BNP men from the spot in this connection and used rubber bullets to bring the situation under control. ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Qutub Chowk area at Shaistaganj upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Binay Pal, 35, son of Birendra Pal of Bara Sakua village under Nabiganj upazila of the district. In-charge of Shaistaganj Railway Police Outpost sub-inspector (SI) Mir Sabbir Ali said, ...

Officials in-charge of the Sylhet station of the airline reviewed the travel information of the passengers and found that 45 passengers were traveling to Canada to attend a wedding on the invitation of the same person, raising suspicions. The documents of the passenger were sent from Sylhet station to the Passport Control Unit (PCU) at Dhaka for immediate review. When ...

A man was killed in a road accident on the Sunamganj-Sylhet highway at Sadar upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Md Moinuddin, 40, son of Shafiqul Islam, a resident of Amritshree village under Gourarang union in the upazila. He was a superintendent of a local Dakhil Madrasah. According to locals, Moinudding was heading towards ...

The harvesting of early and short-duration varieties like Bina evolved Bina-7 and Bina-17 as well as Bridhan-71, Bridhan-74, Bridhan-75 and Bridhan-87 has begun in Sylhet region. Rahim Uddin, a farmer at a village in Golapganj upazila, said, “Bina dhan is a short-duration crop. After its harvest, we can cultivate mustard and then Boro paddy on the same land in the ...