Sylhet

Although the rate of dengue is increasing day by day in the country, four districts of the country are still free from dengue. Out of the country’s 64 districts, the four districts that are dengue-free so far are Gopalganj, Chuadanga, Sunamganj and Habiganj. Dengue has spread in 60 districts of the country due to not giving effective importance to prevention. ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the ruling Awami League is trying to go to power again like 2018 making people fool. He was speaking as the chief guest at a massive rally of youth of Sylhet division at Government Alia Madrasa ground in Sylhet city on Sunday (July 9, 2023) afternoon. Jubo Dal, Swecchasebak Dal ...

Security has been beefed up in Sylhet city to fend off possible chaos as BNP and Jubo League are set hold counter programmes Sunday afternoon. BNP’s associate bodies-Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal and Swechchhasebak Dal will hold a ‘Youth Rally’ at Alia Madrasa ground in Chowhatta area of Sylhet city at 3pm today. At least two kilometers off their rally venue, ...

Five people were killed in a collision between a bus and a battery-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Tamabil road at Darvaste under Jaintapur Upazila in Sylhet on Friday night. The identity of the deceased couldn’t be known immediately. According to locals, a Jaflong-bound bus from Sylhet and collided with a three-wheeler in front of the Sylhet-Tamabil Highway Darvaste Palli Bidyut Office at ...

A youth, who was hacked in broad daylight allegedly by some miscreants in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar over previous enmity, died at a hospital on Friday night after five days of the incident. The victim was identified as Mohammad Zilan, 22, son of Abdul Hamid of Ghatia village of Joychandi union of the upazila. Family and local sources said on ...

Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Friday said that police will carry out duties under the Election Commission during the upcoming national election. He said this distributing foods and clothes among the poor and helpless people at Police Lines in Waezkhali area of Sunamganj Sadar. Mentioning that the capability of police increased than before, the IGP said ...

A young man died from electrocution at Derai upazila of Sunamganj district early Friday. Deceased Atikul Islam, 25, was son of Rijik Miah, a resident of Bhatipara village under the upazila and used to work in a sawmill. According to locals, Atikul came in contact with a live electric wire when he was working in the sawmill, leaving him dead ...

Juba League and Juba Dal, the youth wings of the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP, respectively, will hold rallies in Sylhet on July 9 (Sunday). The Juba Dal and Juba League programmes will take place at Court Point in the city, approximately half a kilometre away from Sylhet Government Aliya Madrasah ground on the day. Juba Dal has ...

Recently, a young man named Shipan Ahmad (25) of Sylhet’s Biswanath Upazila has gone missing on his way to Italy, a European country. He is the son of Husmat Ali of Palerchak village of Rampasha Union of Shipon Upazila, who has been missing for about one and a half months (missing since May 26). The family members of the missing ...

The overall flood situation has deteriorated in Sunamganj and Netrakona districts, leaving hundreds of people marooned. Heavy downpours and upstream water have swollen rivers which water aggravated the flooding in the two districts on Tuesday. The marooned people are passing a miserable life with inadequate relief, locals have alleged. “All the major rivers in the northeastern region of the country ...