Sylhet

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 ...

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 ...