Sylhet

Voting in Sylhet and Rajshahi City Corporations ended on Wednesday (June 21, 2023). Earlier, voting began at 8:00am through the electronic voting machines (EVMs). The Election Commission (EC) monitored the voting at all centres on closed-circuit television cameras. The unofficial results from 90, out of 190 centres, in Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) have been declared. The results show that Awami ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) mayoral candidate Nazrul Islam Babul alleged that his agents are being barred from coming to the polling stations. Nazrul Islam, who cast his vote at Ananda Niketon centre around 9:30am on Wednesday, alleged that his agents are barred from entering polling stations and some were forced to leave the centres. Some people, who are not polling agent, ...

Police recovered the body of a man from Malnicherra Tea Garden at Chowkidekhi area of Sylhet city on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shamim Kazi, 34, a resident of the tea garden area. Quoting locals, Airport Police Station sub-inspector Abdul Aziz said locals saw the body in the garden when they went there to work and informed police. ...

The body of a woman, who along with her two children was swept away in floodwater, has been recovered from Chhayar Haor in Shalla upazila of Sunamganj district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was Durlav Rani Das, 30, and the two missing children are Jaba Rani Das, 7, and Vijay Das, 5. Sunamganj Fire Service and Civil Defense officials said ...

A woman and her two children have gone missing after floodwaters swept them away in Sunamganj’s Shalla upazila. The incident took place around 7:30pm on Monday under a bridge near Shalla Government College. The missing are Durlav Rani Das, 30, and her two children Joba Rani Das, 7, and Bijoy Das, 5. According to the witnesses, the woman alongwith her ...

Sylhet City Corporation election will be held on June 21. The Road Transport and Highways Department has announced to impose a ban on the movement of vehicles in the electoral area from June 19 today for voting on the occasion of the election. Sunday (June 18) Assistant Secretary of Road Transport and Highway Department. This was informed in a notification ...

Gobindganj-Dasghar road in Sunamganj’s Chatak upazila has gone into the gorge of the Boterkhola River due to severe erosion, leading to the complete halt of vehicular movement on the road. A portion of the 500 feet concrete road collapsed into the river in the Singua area of Gobindganj Saider Gao Union last week. The road served as the lone means ...

A total of 132 centers, out of 190, of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) have been identified as important (risky). SCC has prepared the list of ‘risky’ polling centers by the information given by the law enforcement agencies. All the centers in 18 wards of the city have been identified as vulnerable. The Sylhet city election is scheduled to be held ...

Flood situation in low-lying areas of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Moulvi Bazar districts is likely to worsen, said a bulletin of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre on Saturday. According to the weather forecasting agencies, there is a chance of heavy to very-heavy rainfall in the North-Eastern region and adjoining upstream region of the country in the next 48-hours. As a ...

Awami League mayoral candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury announced 21-point election manifesto in Sylhet City Corporation election. He announced this manifesto in the hall of Hotel Nirvana Inn in the city on Saturday (June 17) around 1 pm. At that time Awami League presidium member Syeda Jebunnesha Haque, organizing secretary Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadle, executive member Azizus Samad Azad Don, Sylhet District ...