Sylhet

Four villages under Dakshin surma upazilas in the district were brought under rural electrification network yesterday by Palli Biddut Samity (PBS) Sylhet, an organization of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB). Alhaj Mahmudussamad Chowdhury MP formally inaugurated the electrification switching on separate buttons of the electric boards set up in the four villages for connecting those with the rural electrification network. ...

Police arrested an alleged top terrorist in possession of a pistol from Sheikhghat area in the city on Saturday evening.The arrestee was identified as Tiger Jamal. Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Sohel Ahmad said on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in Kalapara Betpali area and arrested Jamal at about 7:00 pm. Later, the law enforcers also ...

Scores of restaurants in Sylhet divisional city are rampantly selling adulterated and stale food items which are injurious to public health.  After consuming such food items, many people in the city and other places who are dependent on these restaurants are attacked with various diseases, including stomach-related disorders. Likewise, drinking water served in the restaurants and food shops are reportedly ...

Thirty-five teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), who had earlier resigned from their posts over ‘misconduct’ of the SUST vice chancellor, revoked the decision yesterday, The decision was taken after a meeting between the protesting teachers and acting vice-chancellor of the university Ilias Uddin on the university campus yesterday morning, said SUST acting proctor Md Emdadul Haque. ...

Senior Judicial Magistrate court of Habigonj on Thursday upheld an arrest warrant against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman in a mudslinging case filed for his derogatory remarks against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after he failed to appear before it. Nishat Sultana, Senior Judicial Magistrate, passed the order around 12:30pm. According to the local source, Tarique delivered disparaging speeches about Bangabandhu ...

Indian of officer, a special wine called ‘Choice Wine’ and 116 bottles of beers were seized from the border area of Companigonj Upazilla under Sylhet district. BGB grabbed these from the border area namely Kalirag of Companigonj. A group of of BGB members led by Shafiur Rahman, Naik of Kalirag BOP of Companigonj expedited this area at 8:30. During their ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) student wing called the “Jatiyatabadi Chattra (Chhatra) Dal (JCD)”; its current leaders and activities, brought out a sudden procession and broke many vehicles and threw cocktails at Zindabazar of Sylhet city. This incident took place around 4pm in the afternoon on Thursday. They broke at least two CNG fueled auto rickshaws giving slogans. Besides, they blasted ...

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) vice-chancellor professor Mohammad Aminul Haque Bhuiyan went on a two-month leave amid the non-stop protest by the teachers. Mohammad Aminul Haque’s leave application was approved in a syndicate meeting on Thursday morning. The university authorities handed over the duties of the vice-chancellor to treasurer Ilias Uddin Biswas as acting VC. On 13 April, ...

BGB seized approximately by Bangladeshi money, Indian accessories by campaigning pick up processing from Tukerbazar, the area of Sylhet Division. Goods were confiscated on the road of Sylhet to Sunamgong Wednesday at 12am.  Among these, some betel nuts, Horlicks and many products were available. BGB said, the price of these commodities in Bangladeshi money is about 1,81,600 taka. The whole ...

The police of Sadar thana exempted a demise businessman namely Tahir Mia (70) from Sukria Market area of Zindabazar in Sylhet City. The dead body was rescued from the Washroom of the 3rd floor of the building on wednesday at 10am.Tahir Mia, the inhabitant of Masimpur area Duel 22, son of dead Sattar Mia, was the proprietor of the shop ...