Sylhet

A housewife reportedly committed suicide by haging herself at Komalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Khadiza Begum, 21, wife of Juwel Ahmed, a resident of Murshibadkura village under the upazila. Locals said the victim’s in-laws took Khadiza to Komalganj Upazila Health Complex in criticall condition where the on-duty doctor declared her dead. Quoting ...

Foreign Minister and re-elected MP from Sylhet-1 constituency, AK Abdul Momen, today paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Momen, along with the elected MP from Sylhet-2 constituency, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, visited Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi-32 and placed a wreath on the portrait of Bangabandhu. Local Awami League leaders were present on the occasion.

Airlines Club of Sylhet recently announced its new board of executive committee for the year 2024-2025. Afsar Alam, Assistant Manager of Qatar Airways GSA in Bangladesh, has been elected as the President and Morshed Fakrul Chy, Area In-charge of NOVOAIR as the General Secretary. Shafiqul Islam and Amdadur Rahman have been announced Vice Presidents while Rakib Hussain, Md Musa Ahmad ...

Awami League candidate Planning Minister MA Mannan has won a landslide victory in the Sunamganj-3 (Jagannathpur-Shantiganj) seat. According to the result announced by the returning officer, Mannan bagged 60,786 votes while his closest rival Mohammad Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury of Trinamool BNP secured 2,319 votes. The voter turnout in this seat was 32.36%. The total number of voters in this constituency is ...

Awami League candidates, including former minister Nurul Islam Nahid, have won five out of six constituencies in Sylhet. Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, a former BNP minister and incumbent chairman of the Trinamool BNP, came in third in Nahid’s Sylhet-6 seat in the national polls held on Sunday. According to unofficial results, Nahid bagged 57,758 votes while Shamsher polled 10,000 votes. Second-placed ...

Barrister Sayedul Haque Sumon emerged victorious in the national election for the Habiganj-4 seat, defeating the Awami League candidate and incumbent State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali. Sumon, who ran as an independent candidate, secured 1.98 lakh votes, while two-time Awami League lawmaker Mahbub Ali received 47,000 votes, as per the locally announced election results. A ...

Former chairman of Public Service Commission (PSC) Dr Mohammad Sadique has unofficially been elected in Sunamganj-4 (Sadar-Biswaramvarpur) constituency. He bagged 91,100 votes while his nearest rival Jatiya Party’s candidate and former MP Advocate Fazlur Rahman got 31,700 votes. The total number of polling centres in the constituency are 112, while the total number of voters are 3,41,829. Of them, 1,73,366 ...

MP of Sylhet 2 (Bishwanath-Osmaninagar) constituency and candidate from Ganaforum Mokabbir Khan, along with three other candidates, on Sunday withdrew from the 12th national parliamentary election, alleging rigging and expulsion of agents from polling stations. The three other candidates were Biswanath Mayor independent candidate Muhibur Rahman, Trinamool BNP nominated candidate Mohammad Abdur Rab, and Jatiya Party candidate Yahya Chowdhury. They ...

Miscreants torched two polling centres of Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj district, early Saturday. The polling centres are Dhalaipar Government Primary School and Ekdala Government Primacry School in Chunarughat municipal area. Nilima Raihana, upazila nirbahi officer, of Chunarughat upazila, confirmed the matter. The incident took place around 12:15am. On hearing about the incident, she rushed to the spot. He said that ...

Miscreants set Garakata Government Primary School, a designated polling centre, on fire in Madhyanagar of Sunamganj early on Saturday. Locals and police quickly brought the fire under control, but the wooden doors and windows saw some damage. The polling centre is located 15km from Madhyanagar police station. The only transportation options available are motorcycles and boats. Additionally, due to the ...