Sylhet

A team from the Embassy of Nepal in Bangladesh visited several medical colleges in Sylhet and interacted with Nepali students studying there on Saturday. The medical colleges include: North East Medical College, Jalalabad Ragib Rabeya Medical College and Sylhet Women’s Medical College. During the visit, the Embassy officials had separate interactions with Nepali students studying at these colleges, according to ...

An earthquake was felt in the Bangladesh-India border area near Sylhet. The tremor was experienced by locals on Sunday at 9:21am. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the earthquake originated in Silchar, Assam, India, with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale. Its impact was also felt in Sylhet and nearby border areas of Bangladesh. Earlier, on 7 ...

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir on Saturday said the market in Bangladesh will no longer be controlled by syndicates, vowing to eliminate the very notion of syndicate-driven pricing. “Such a concept — that markets are controlled through syndicates — will be erased from Bangladesh,” he said. The minister made the remarks on Saturday while inaugurating the country’s first direct farmers’ ...

In a quiet village of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar district, surrounded by greenery and a strong agricultural landscape, a young entrepreneur is quietly building a new success story. What began as curiosity has now turned into a promising agricultural venture, as Khorshed Alam becomes the first farmer in the area to successfully cultivate yellow watermelons, attracting widespread local interest. Khorshed ...

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead allegedly by members of the Indian Khasi community in a border area of Companiganj upazila in Sylhet. The incident took place last night, approximately one kilometre inside Indian territory, in a betel nut grove. The deceased, Saleh Ahmed Joydhar, 30, was a resident of Karbalartuk village near Dayarbazar area, said a press release issued ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Heavy rains and water from upstream hills have submerged nearly 62.5 acres of semi-ripe Boro paddy in two beels of Hakaluki Haor in Kulaura Upazila, Moulvibazar. In addition, crops in two other nearby beels are also at risk. Farmers are worried about their crops in the current situation. The affected farmers reported that heavy rain continued for ...

Residents of Sylhet city are experiencing growing insecurity amid a surge in theft and robbery incidents over the past two months, with several cases occurring in broad daylight. According to Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP), a total of 47 cases of theft and robbery were recorded in February and March this year. Reports of muggings at gunpoint, snatching of mobile phones, ...

Two siblings drowned in a pond at Maijer Mohalla area under Baniachang upazila of the district today. The victims were identified as Sadia Akhter, 6, daughter of Liton Mia, and her younger brother Jubael Mia, 4. Local sources said the children were playing near a pond adjacent to their home. At some point, they accidentally fell into the water and ...

A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck an area in India’s Assam province on Tuesday afternoon and the tremors were felt in Sylhet, Moulvibazar and other adjacent border districts in Bangladesh. Some reports claimed that tremors were also felt in Dinajpur. No casualties or damages were reported in either side of the border. The quake struck 11-kilometre northwest of Silchar, Assam’s second-largest city, ...

A two-month-old child died of measles this afternoon (6 April), marking the first confirmed death from the disease in the Sylhet region. The child died while undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Brigadier General Umar Rashed Munir, director of the hospital, said the child was admitted two days ago with measles and cardiac complications. The child was ...