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SGFL eyes 164mmcf of gas in Sylhet by 2024

Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL) has set a target of producing 164 million cubic feet (mmcf) of gas by December 2024. The Managing Director (MD) of SGFL, Md Mizanur Rahman, set the target in the hope that SGFL will be able to extract 40-50mmcf gas by June of the same year. Md Mizanur Rahman shared the information at a meeting ...

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Doctor, son killed in Sylhet three-way collision

A doctor and his son were killed, and another injured in a three-way collision between a autorickshaw, truck, and a covered van at South Surma upazila in Sylhet on Monday. The incident happened at around 10:00pm at Humayun Rashid intersection of the area under the upazila adjacent to the city. The deceased were identified as Dr Touhidur Rashid Chowdhury, 45, ...

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Sheikh Hasina is needed for the country as well as for regional stability: Momen

Sheikh Hasina’s government is needed not only for Bangladesh but also for regional stability, said Foreign Minister Dr Abdul Momen on Monday. “There is an international effort to undermine stability in the Indo-Pacific region. One group is conspiring to wage a proxy war in the region by putting a gun on the shoulder of another. This will not happen if ...

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EC decides to withdraw Habiganj DC

The election commission (EC) on Monday (December 25) decided to withdraw Habiganj District Commissioner (DC) Debi Chando. A letter in this regard was sent to the Ministry of Public Administration and the Ministry of Home Affairs today. According to the letter, EC decided to withdraw her to conduct the 12th National Assembly elections in a fair and impartial manner. Additional ...

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2,500 blankets distributed in Moulvibazar

Around 2,500 blankets were distributed among needy people at Srimangal upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday. The blankets were distributed in Sabuj Bagh area of the town and Lakhai Tea Garden under Kalighat union in the afternoon on behalf of Shahjalal Islami Bank director Akhtaruzzaman initiated by Fakir Group. At that time, Fakir Group Assistant General Manager Mahfuzul Islam, Manager ...

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EC Anisur: Around 2,000 applications submitted for election monitoring

Election Commissioner Md Anisur Rahman on Sunday said around 2,000 local and foreign observers have submitted applications to monitor Bangladesh’s upcoming national parliamentary election. A large number of foreign observers are coming here to monitor the polls, the commissioner said at a views-exchange meeting at Hasan Raja auditorium of Sunamganj Shilpakala Academy. Most observers will be granted on-arrival visas, said ...

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Freight train derails in Habiganj

A freight train from Akhaura derailed near Montola Railway Station at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district on Sunday. The oil-laden Sreemangal-bound train derailed at around 9.15am on Sunday. However, the train link between the Sylhet and country’s other parts remained normal, said Montola Railway Station master Ataur Rahmna Khadem. A salvage train from Akhaura has been sent to the accident ...

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Awami League will win all seats in Sylhet, Momen predicts

Awami League nominated candidate for Sylhet-1 constituency, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, on Saturday predicted that Awami League-nominated candidates will win all the seats in Sylhet in the upcoming 12th Parliamentary Election. “There is no scope to underestimate any candidate; no election is easy. All seats will be contested. People will vote in a festive atmosphere,” he told journalists ...

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Two BNP, Juba Dal leaders arrested in Sylhet

Police arrested two leaders of BNP and its associate organisation Juba Dal from Bondor Bazar area of Sylhet city on Saturday afternoon. The arrestees are Sylhet city unit BNP general secretary Emdad Hossain Chowdhury, and Muminul Islam Mumin, president of the Sylhet district unit of Juba Dal. Police in plainclothes arrested them at around 4.30pm while they were distributing leaflets ...

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Youth killed in Moulvibazar road crash

A youth was killed and another injured in road accident on the Beanibazar-Barlekha regional highway at Komalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday evening. The accident took place at around 6pm in Daserbazar area in the upazila. The deceased  was identified as Kamrul Islam, 24, son of Monojjir Ali, a resident of Nizbahadurpur union in the upazila while the injured ...

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