Sylhet

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Saturday said 100 per cent prepaid gas meters will be installed within the next four years. “Every consumer to come under prepaid gas metre within next four years,” he said inaugurating Bangabandhu Corner and prepaid meter project’s data centre and data recovery centre at Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution ...

  London: Giyas Uddin Chowdhury who was awarded the freedom fighter Subedar Major (Retd), the best son of the nation had died. “CMHA” breathed his last under treatment at 12:55 PM Bangladesh time on February 13 (Inna….Lillahi…Rajiun). He was 97 years old at the time of his death. On the morning of February 14 (Wednesday), his body was first taken ...

Two people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between two CNG-run auto-rickshaws at Rajnagar upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday. The accident took place around 3:00 pm in Mohashostra area of the upazila, said Rajngagar Police Station officer-in-charge Abdus Salek. Among the deceased, Raju Miah, 21, was a CNG driver, and Naeem Miah, 29, was a ...

During a routine vehicle inspection at the Sylhet-Sunamganj road of Temukhi in Sylhet, six policemen sustained injuries as a bus hit them on early Thursday. The incident occurred as the officers were operating a check-post established to enhance road safety measures. The injured officers include Azbahar Ali Sheikh, additional DIG and deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police; Kawsar Dastagir, additional ...

The dilapidated bridge located at Gopalpur village in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district is posing a serious risk of collapse, creating panic among local people. Locals said the decades-old bridge has been run down and its pillars have broken. The people of 20 villages use the bridge which they has no alternative. Hundreds of people, especially schoolchildren, suffer much while ...

Al-Arafah Islami Bank has opened a new branch, which is the 216th branch of the bank, at Gobindaganj in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj today. Farman R Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of the bank, inaugurated the branch as chief guest, said a press release. Md Abdur Rahim Duary, senior executive vice-president and head of Sylhet zone, presided over the event, ...

Tea workers on Sunday demanded a fair investigation and justice in the death of Priti Urang, a tea worker’s daughter of Mirtinga tea garden in Kamalganj district, who fell to her death from the Mohammadpur flat of the executive editor of the Daily Star. Puran Urang presided over the protest rally arranged jointly by the Urang Language and Culture Protection ...

The owners and workers of 25 tea gardens in Sylhet have demanded the government to raising the auction price of tea to Tk 400 from the existing Tk 350 per kg. ‘Tea Planter’ an organization of tea workers and owners came up with the demand at a press conference on Sunday. Mufti Mohammad Hasan, director (operation) of Maxon Brothers’ Tea ...

The existing mild cold wave sweeping over the districts of Panchagarh and Moulavibazar may abate, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin. “Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Light to moderate fog may occur over the country during late night to morning,” said the bulletin issued for 24 hours commencing 9 am Sunday, BSS ...

Chinese New Year was celebrated in in Chinaura village of Sunamganj sadar upazila on Saturday (10 February). Development organizations HAUS, CLEAN, and BWGED arranged a procession to mark the occasion, reads a press release. People of the locality took part in the procession, holding placards and extending warm wishes to Chinese citizens for a Happy New Year. The participants appealed ...