Sylhet

A Chhatra League activist was stabbed to death over internal politics within the ruling party student front early Tuesday. The deceased was Arif Mia (19) of Baluchar area of Sylhet city. Police arrested two people in connection with the murder later on Tuesday, confirmed Additional Commissioner of Police (North) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP), Ajbahar Ali Sheikh. The arrestees are ...

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mahmud (Al-Amin) has resigned from the post of Shalla Upazila Parishad chairman to get Awami League nomination in Sunamganj-2 (Dirai-Shalla) constituency. He is the younger brother of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun. Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mahmud submitted his resignation letter to the Secretary of the Local Government Division on Sunday (November 19). He has resigned ...

Rail connectivity of Chattogram, Sylhet, Noakhali with Dhaka has been restored after a 14-hour suspension following the derailment of a freight train in Brahmanbaria, a key point on the routes. The freight train that got derailed left Brahmanbaria for Dhaka at 10:30pm on Sunday, returning the train movement to normal. However, the container train has been instructed to go to ...

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, ...