Sylhet

Four gamblers have been arrested from Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district. The arrested are Md Delwar Hossain, 28, Ojir Mia, 52, Jahir Mia, 35, and Borhan Uddin, 35. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Detective Branch of Police conducted a driver in Kauargola village on Monday midnight and arrested the three gamblers. A case has been filed with Kamalganj ...

There have been reports of attacks and vandalism in various restaurants in Sylhet on the Great May Day. The incident took place at Kazitula and Sobhanighat areas of the city around nine o’clock on Monday morning. It is known that all restaurants in the city are closed on May Day. However, this attack was carried out when Taj Restaurant and ...

District Bus, Minibus, Coach and Microbus Workers Union on Sunday called an indefinite strike in Sunamganj district from May 4 to press home their three-point demand including stopping extortion. President of the District Bus, Minibus, Coach and Microbus Workers Union, Nurul Haque came up with the announcement while speaking at a press briefing held at Mallikpur New Bus Stand area. ...

Train communication of Dhaka with Chattogram and Sylhet (up line) resumed at 8pm on Saturday night after around nine hours. As the rail tracks got bent due to severe heat in Brahmanbaria, the communication has been suspended since 10:30am Mehedhi Hasan Md Tarek, executive engineer of Akhaura Railway, said the train communication of Dhaka with Chattogram and Sylhet (up line) ...

Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Saturday warned that any attempt to deteriorate the law and order situation before the national elections in Bangladesh would be dealt with an iron hand. He came up with the remark while exchanging views with journalists at Sylhet Police lines in the city on Saturday noon, reports UNB. The IGP said that ...

A woman was crushed under the wheels of a train at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday morning. The dead was Swarna Deb, 30, daughter of late Satish Deb, a resident of Gopalnagar village under Kamalganj municipality. According to locals, a Dhaka-bound train Kalni Express train hit the woman while she was crossing the rail line in Gopalnagar Rail ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said Bangladesh Police is ready to follow instructions of the Election Commission (EC) to make the upcoming city elections free and fair. “Police do not see any challenge centering elections to five city corporations. But, the police are prepared to deal with any situation during the polls,” he told reporters after visiting ...

Sylhet has been ranked among the top 10 districts in Hajj registration. 1 thousand 841 people registered for Haj from Sylhet this year. This year, 10 thousand 39 people under government management and 1 lakh 9 thousand 447 people under private management will be able to go to Hajj. A total of 1 lakh 19 thousand 486 people have registered ...

A man was killed and 25 others were injured in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy at Lashimpur village in Lakhai Upazila of Habiganj district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jahirul Islam, 30, son of Abu Siddique, a resident of the village. Sources said there was a long-standing dispute between former UP member Mojibur Rahman ...

Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping his daughter at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district. The arrested is Aftab Ali alias Chinu Miah, 50, a resident of Giasnagar village under Joychandi union of the upazila. Kulaura Police Station officer-in-charge Md Abdus Salek said in press release that the victim’s mother went abroad in search of work one and a ...