Sylhet

A group calling itself the “Tawhidi Janata” has demanded the cancellation of a traditional boat race scheduled on the Sunai River for 28 August in the Beanibazar area of Sylhet. The group held a meeting on Thursday (20 August) under the banner of “Tawhidi Janata Lauta Union,” where it called for the cancellation of the competition. However, organisers said they ...

Sylhet Office : Four people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between an oil tanker and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Osmani Nagar of Sylhet on Saturday. The accident occurred around 2:00 PM in the Brahmangram area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. Police said the auto-rickshaw was travelling from Sherpur towards Sylhet when it collided head-on with an ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Public sufferings prolonged in Sunamganj’s Jagannathpur Upazila as a project to rebuild five bridges damaged by flood has been terminated by a recent court order after the works for the project had not progressed following their handover to the contractor in 2022. Locals said they have been suffering for a long time due to the damaged Jagdishpur ...

Habiganj Correspondent : At least 15 students were injured after two groups of students clashed over an internal dispute involving senior and junior students at Habiganj Medical College hostel. The clash broke out at the hostel in the Anantapur residential area around midnight on Wednesday, according to police. Habiganj Sadar Model Police Station OC Zahidul Haque confirmed the incident and ...

The measles situation in Sylhet remains concerning as another child died while undergoing treatment with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours. During the same period, 108 people with suspected measles were admitted to hospitals across the division. The number of deaths among patients with measles symptoms in Sylhet division has now reached 139 since January 1. The information was ...

Kanaighat Correspondent : Police have detained eight Rohingyas and four suspected members of a human trafficking group while they were allegedly being taken to India through the Kanaighat border in Sylhet. They were detained around 3pm yesterday (17 August) with the help of local residents from Kuorer Mati area under Dighirpar union of Kanaighat upazila. The four suspected traffickers were ...

Police have arrested a youth in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj, on charges of raping a 20-month-old infant. The arrestee named Morom Ali (23) He was arrested from his home in Babangaon village under Islampur Union of the upazila at around 12:15 AM on Tuesday (August 18). According to the police, “Morom Ali allegedly took the infant to a house next ...

Police have detained three student leaders including Mahdi Hasan, member of secretary of the Habiganj ditrict Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, as they were preparing for a demonstration. Sources confirmed that they were preparing to organize a rally against load shedding, rising electricity prices, gas shortages, and soaring commodity prices. The detentions took place around 5:00 PM on Monday (August 17) at ...

Sylhet Office : Donation boxes at the Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) shrine in Sylhet yielded Tk70,88,672 in cash yesterday (15 August), along with gold, silver and currencies from 19 countries, in the third public count since new boxes were installed in June. The counting began around 10:30am after three donation drums and three large boxes were unsealed. At least 30 volunteers ...

Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir has said it may take around two years to build the necessary infrastructure to permanently address the country’s ongoing gas crisis. “Once the infrastructure is built, the situation is expected to improve significantly within the next two years,” he said. The minister made the remarks while responding to questions from journalists after a district-level workshop ...