Sylhet

In October 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a megaproject to upgrade Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. But construction stalled after only 22% progress following the detection of “major flaws” in the design. The project was scheduled to conclude this year, but officials now estimate it will take an additional two years to complete after the redesign. This will also ...

A total of 17 cases were filed accusing around 1200 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat in Sylhet over the past 12 days since the BNP and likeminded parties started imposing countrywide blockades, according to police. Fifty of those sued have so far been arrested in these cases filed with several police stations, said Azbahar Ali Sheikh, deputy commissioner (north) of ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori visited Habiganj to attend the inauguration ceremony of the project for construction of a community skill development center in Habiganj district provided to the NGO “Community Initiative Society (CIS)” by the government of Japan through the Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects (GGHSP). The project is expected to provide vocational ...

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 24 bottles of liquor and 1,620 India rupees from Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Tuesday night. The arrested is Ashik Nur Islam, 23, a resident of Koroibari village under Bongsikunda North union of the upazila. Acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB-28 ...

Newly elected mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury has taken charge of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) as the fifth mayor. He officially took over the duty from outgoing Mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury at Nagar Bhaban at 3:30 pm on Tuesday (November 7). Local Awami League leaders including Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment Minister Imran Ahmed MP, Anwaruzzaman’s wife Holy Begum Chowdhury, and outgoing ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the Awami League, will officially kick off her party’s campaigning for the upcoming 12th parliamentary election through a rally in Sylhet, the party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today. “Sheikh Hasina acknowledges the contribution of Sylhet’s expatriates to the country’s economy,” Quader, who is also the road transport and bridges minister, said ...

Unimart, a premium superstore and subsidiary of the United Group, has launched its flagship outlet at Ambarkhana Point in Sylhet. The outlet was inaugurated on Saturday (4 November) with the presence of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, United Group Chairman and Managing Director Moinuddin Hasan Rashid, Unimart Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Murtaza Zaman, and other distinguished guests from Sylhet, ...

Police have arrested three people from different parts of the country in connection with the stealing of over Tk 26 lakh from an ATM booth of Dutch Bangla Bank in Subidbazar of Sylhet city on October 28. Police claimed to have recovered Tk 18 lakh stolen from the booth. The arrestees were Altab Hossain Limon, 22, , an official of ...

A goods-laden pickup van was set on fire in Sylhet’s South Surma on the first day of the second phase of blockade called by BNP-Jamaat. Police arrested one person in the incident. Witnesses said picketers pelted bricks at a pick-up van carrying food products in Jalkarkandi area of Parairchak. Later, petrol bombs were thrown. At that time, the front part ...

Two separate cases were lodged accusing over 250 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat in connection with the clashes with the ruling Awami League’s student wing Chhatra League and police during a daylong hartal enforced by the BNP on Wednesday. One of the cases was filed by Chhatra League leader Imon Ahmed and the rest by sub inspector Kallol with Kotwali ...