Sylhet

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will launch his election campaign from Sylhet through offering prayers at the mazars of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) and Hazrat Shah Paran (RA) on January 22. Much enthusiasm has been prevailing among party leaders and activists since the announcement of his visit. To ensure the success of the visit, the Sylhet District and Metropolitan unit of BNP ...

Bank Asia PLC, in association with Bangladesh Bank, has organized a month-long ‘Entrepreneurship Development Program’ for SME entrepreneurs in Sylhet. The program was inaugurated on 12 January 2026 by the Chief Guest Mr. Khaled Ahmed, Executive Director, Bangladesh Bank (Sylhet Office). Mr. Md. Nazrul Islam, Additional Director, Bangladesh Bank and Program Director of SICIP and Mr. Mohammad Saifuddowla, Head of ...

Farmers in Sylhet said most of them are not happy with the price they have been getting for their transplanted Aman (T-Aman), or commonly called Aman, paddy as they recently completed harvesting with good yields. Sylhet trader Abdul Bari on Sunday said the trade of Aman paddy has been ongoing in the local markets and it got momentum this week. ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) seized a large consignment of smuggled Indian goods worth around Tk 1.5 crore from Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district early Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB officials conducted a drive at around 2 AM in the Sat Chhari–Teliyapara area on the Dhaka–Sylhet highway in the upazila and stopped a suspicious sand-laden truck while ...

A task force on Sunday seized 20,000 cubic feet of illegally extracted sand and destroyed 50 boats used for sand extraction at Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet. The taskforce conducted the drive in Rangpani River at Banglabazar area at about 11:00 am, the upazila administration said. Jaintapur upazila nirbahi officer, Mohammad Golam Mostafa, led the taskforce comprising members of the police ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will start election campaign by visiting the Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) and Shahporan (RA) in Sylhet on January 22. BNP Media Cell Convener Prof Dr Moudud Hossain Alamgir Pavel said he will begin election campaign by paying homage at the shrines of Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA) and Shahporan (RA). Earlier in a meeting with ...

Joint forces today arrested five people and recovered a large batch of illegal arms, ammunition and equipment used for criminal activities during a drive in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet. The arrested persons were identified as Gias Uddin, son of late Yusuf Ullah of Chiladia village in Jagannathpur upazila, Md Habu Mia, son of late Geda Mia of Rifatpur village under ...

Anxious days are returning for farmers in the haor areas of Sunamganj as work on crop protection dams remains sluggish, even three weeks after the official deadline for starting construction passed. Although construction has begun in some haors, the overall pace has been slow, fuelling frustration among farmers who depend on the timely completion of embankments to protect their Boro ...

A schoolgirl, who went missing in Sylhet on Sunday, was rescued from Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar on Tuesday night and two teenagers were arrested for their involvement in this incident. The arrested, Al Amin Hasan, 18, and Mahi Ahmed Nayan, 18, are residents of Moulvibazar town, police said. Sylhet Metropolitan Police additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Saiful Islam told that a ...

The Election Inquiry and Judicial Committee has served a show-cause notice on BNP-nominated candidate of Habiganj-1 constituency, Reza Kibria, for allegedly violating the electoral code of conduct. The notice was issued today by committee chairman and Civil Judge Md Saidur Rahman following complaints that Reza engaged in campaigning before the official allocation of electoral symbols. According to the complaints, Reza, ...