Sylhet

Symbols were allotted from Sylhet Regional Election Office on Friday (June 2) morning. 7 candidates are competing for the post of mayor in the Sylhet city elections. They are Awami League nominated candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, Jatiya Party nominated candidate Nazrul Islam Babul, Islami Andolan Bangladesh nominated candidate Hafez Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, Zahirul Alam of Zaker Party, independent candidate Mohammad Abdul ...

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said that rain with gusty wind or thunder may occur temporarily in two places of the four divisions including Sylhet. This information was given in the weather forecast for the next 24 hours from 9 am on Thursday (June 1). According to the forecast, there may be rain with gusty winds or rain with thunder in ...

A vegetable vendor was stabbed to death in by some snatchers in Dhopadighi area of Sylhet early Thursday. The deceased, Govinda Das, 33, son of Goraddo Das of Shalla upazila of Sunamganj, used to live as tenant at Rankur Colony in Akhaliya Nayabazar area of Sylhet city. Locals said Govinda was going to a market to buy vegetables by a ...

SUST Correspondent : Professor Dr. Syed Ashrafur Rahman has been appointed as the new Head of Department of Political Studies (PSS) of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. He will serve in this position for the next three years. Dr. Dilara Rahman, former dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and professor of PSS, confirmed this information on Wednesday (May ...

A total of 7 mayors and 372 councilors are contesting the Sylhet City Corporation (CCIC) elections after scrutiny appeals and hearings. In Sylhet City Corporation elections to be held on June 21, one of the mayors, general councilors of 42 wards and 14 reserved ward councilors will be elected through voting. After the establishment of Sylhet City Corporation in 2002, ...

A Sylhet court has sentenced three people to life-term imprisonment for killing a man in 2012. Additional Metropolitan and Sessions Judge Nure Alam Bhuiyan handed down the verdict on Wednesday. The court also fined convicts Tk 50, 000 each, in default, have to serve one more year in jail. Public Prosecutor advocate Md Jubayer Bakht said the convicts were — ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A young man reportedly committed at Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was Mamun Miah, 25, a resident of Uttar Bejura village. Chunarughat Police Station officer-in-charge Ali Ashraf said the youth took poison at his home in the morning due to a family dispute. Family members rescued him and rushed to Habiganj District ...

Sylhet City Corporation elections will be held for the fifth time on June 21. After the establishment of Sylhet City Corporation in 2002, this is the first time that all the wards of Sylhet are voting through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). Although there is a mixed reaction among the voters and candidates, the election mood is blowing among all. In ...

Getting an assurance from the deputy commissioner, Sunamganj District Bus, Minibus and Microbus Workers Union has postponed their indefinite strike. General secretary of the union Nurul Islam confirmed the transport postponed matter on Monday. Earlier on May 21, the workers called the strike for an indefinite period to press home their three-point demand. Deputy commissioner Didare Alam Mohammad Maksud Chowdhury ...

Police recovered the body of a bank official from his house at Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Rafiqul Islam Siddique, 65, son of late Aslam Miah and a resident of Krishnapur village under Bhatera union of the upazila. According to the case statement, Rafiqul Islam was a bank official of UCB ...