Sylhet

Sreemangal of Moulvibazar district recorded the season’s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 5.6°C, in 24 hours till Friday morning. The lowest temperature in Sreemangal was recorded at 2.8 degrees Celsius on February 4 in 1968, Mujibur Rahman, an officer at the Srimangal weather monitoring station, said. Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 ...

A 19-year-old woman was found dead in a Dakshin Surma residential hotel room Wednesday. However, hotel manager Jahir Miah, the former husband of the 19-year-old, went into hiding after the incident, police said. The deceased was identified as Nilima Begum Lily from Sylhet’s Osmaninagar upazila. Md Kamrul Hasan Talukdar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dakshin Surma Police Station, said the two kept ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A primary school teacher has been arrested for allegedly selling new textbooks. Ayesha Akter, daughter of late Abdullah Mia of village Kadamtali under Shayestaganj upazila in Habiganj district, is the headmistress of Kadamtali Non-Government Registered Primary School. The 45-year old teacher was detained by Upazila Education Officer Mohammad Ali along with others from Nasratour on Tuesday (January ...

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman:     On Monday 16 January UK Bengalis paid their last respects to prominent journalist Ajoy Paul. On the day, from 1.30 to 2.30 pm, the body of the recently deceased journalist was kept at the altar of the central Shaheed Minar in Altab Ali Park, East London, for the tributes of all people. The event was ...

A young man was killed in a road accident in Nabab road area in Sylhet city on Monday morning. The dead was Hriday Ahmed, 25, son of Abdus Shahid, a resident of Bagbari Narsingtila area of the city. Witnesses said Hriday was returning house riding on a motorcycle in the morning. On the way, a micro bus from the opposite ...

A young man was killed as a train ran over him at Thilagaon union under Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday afternoon. Deceased Abdul Wahid, 28, was son of late Dochu Miah and resident of Amanipur area in the union. According to locals, a Sylhet-bound train Parbat Express ran over the young man when he was sitting in the ...

In response to the current fuel crisis, Sylhet’s fuel traders will go on an indefinite strike starting next Wednesday. The Sylhet divisional committee of Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers, Distributors, Agents, and Owners Association has announced the indefinite strike after an emergency meeting on Saturday. According to the organization’s decision, traders will cease purchasing from the depot beginning next Wednesday (January 18) ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Alauddin (60), who was booked under section 54 for fighting in Baralekha Senior Judicial Magistrate Court of Moulvibazar, died in Moulvibazar Jail. When he suddenly fell ill around 11:30 on Thursday, the jail authorities sent him to Moulvibazar 250-bed hospital. The doctor on duty there declared him dead. The deceased Alauddin is the son of Ajmal Ali ...

The United Kingdom has announced an additional £500,000 (Tk 60.6 million) in humanitarian support in response to last year’s flood in the Sylhet region, in which 7.2 million people were affected. Delivered by BRAC, this funding will provide water, shelter, livelihood opportunities, and improved nutrition for people affected in Sunamganj, Sylhet. UK Development Director in Bangladesh, Matt Cannell, said last ...

A woman was held with 290 pieces of Yaba tablets from Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Kulsum Begam, 40. Offier-in-charge of Rajnagar police station Binoy Bhusan Roy said on information a police team, led by Sub-Inspector (SI) Sulaiman Ahmed, conducted a raid at a house of one Tonjab Ali at Poitura village of ...