1 lakh 66 thousand 21 voters have increased in the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections. Due to the inclusion of 15 new wards and the increase of 39 thousand 121 voters in the last 5 years in 27 wards, the total number of voters in 42 wards of SCC is 4 lakh 87 thousand 753 people. The number of ...
Read More »Sylhet
Remembering Muhith in Sylhet on his first d e a th anniversary
A memorial meeting was held in Sylhet on the occasion of the first death anniversary of language struggler, brave freedom fighter and former finance minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith. On Sunday afternoon, the meeting held at the Shahid Soleiman Hall of the Central Muslim Literary Council was chaired by the convenor of the collective civic initiative, Bir Muktijoddha Md. Arsh ...
Read More »Four held with 26 kgs hemp in Sunamganj
Police in separate drives arrested four alleged drug peddlers along with a total of 26 kilograms of hemp from Jamalganj and Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj district from Friday night to Saturday morning. Jamalganj Police Station officer-in-charge Meer Md Abdun Naser said based on a secret information a team of police conducted a raid in a Bhairab- bound launch at Sachna ...
Read More »Sylhet city polls: Why is a top JaPa leader seeking votes for AL candidate?
Nazrul Islam Babul, the Jatiya Party (JaPa) nominated candidate in the upcoming Sylhet City polls, has expressed anger after a top leader of his party publicly sought votes for the ruling Awami League nominated candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury. Attending an election campaign programme organised by the ruling party candidate Anwaruzzaman in Sylhet city on Friday night, Yahya Chowdhury, the vice chairman ...
Read More »Sylhet Sommilito Sangskritik Jote gets new committee
Communal fundamentalist forces are emerging at various levels of society and state structure; Culture activists have expressed fear that the anti-liberation war forces are creating division among people in the name of religion. They also warned the government that the allies of the defeated forces of the 1970s, who are hiding inside the administrative and social structures, can strike at ...
Read More »Kulaura Muslims offer special prayer for rain
At the end of Baisakh, there is still no rain and hailstorm. Prolonged drought everywhere. There is a cry for rain all around. Cropland has dried up. As a result, there is a fear of disruption of Aush Abad. In this situation, Istiska prayers and special prayers have been organized for rain in Tatriuli village of Karmadha Union of Kulaura, ...
Read More »Man electrocuted in Habiganj
A man died from electrocution at Moiri village in Bahubal upazila of the district today. The deceased was identified as Jayanta Pal, 42, a resident of the village. He was an NGO worker. According to locals, the man came in contact with a live electric wire when he was setting a fan, leaving him critically injured. Family members took him ...
Read More »Woman crushed under train in Sylhet
A woman was crushed under the wheels of a train at Fenchuganj upazila in Sylhet district on Thursday night. The identity of the deceased was not known immediately. It was learnt that a Sylhet bound-train from Dhaka hit the woman while she was crossing rail line in Mallickpur area at around 9:30 pm. Later, being informed, police recovered the body ...
Read More »Umrah Hajj pilgrim from Kulaura goes missing In Mecca
Saud Al Arefin Paplu, a resident of Daudpur village of Baramchal, Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, went missing while performing Umrah with his family. He went missing while doing Tawaf of the Holy Kaaba Sharif with his mother and brother on May 8. After searching around, the family did not find any trace of him. The disappearance was later reported to ...
Read More »13 BNP leaders, activists remanded in Sylhet
A Sylhet court on Wednesday placed 13 BNP and Chhatra Dal leaders and activists on a one-day remand in a case over alleged involvement in police assault and obstruction of government work. Sylhet Kotwali police station arrested them on Tuesday and produced them in court seeking a five-day remand for each. However, Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate third court Judge Sharmin Khanam ...
Read More »