Sylhet

Robbers looted valuables from a house after injuring six people at Silam village in South Surma upazila early Sunday. Witnesses said a gang of armed robbers stormed the house of Alfu, a member of Silam Union Parishad, at about 2:00 am by breaking open the door and held the house inmates hostage at gunpoint. They looted gold ornaments, cash Tk5 ...

A man was killed by a lightning strike at Adarsha village in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Sarai Miah, 55, a resident of the same village. Witnesses said Sarai was hit and instantly killed by a thunderbolt when he was bringing his cattle home during nor’wester at 8:00 pm, according to a news ...

One person was killed in a auto-rickshaw collided with a pick-up van today in Sylhet-Sunamgonj Highway’s Tukerbazar area. The deceased was Sunafor ali of Kalarukha under the Sylhet sadar Upazila.   Jakir Hossain, sub-inspector of Jalalabad Police Station, said the accident occurred on morning 11.00 pm leaving him dead on the spot.  

Rakil Hussain, Habigonj : At least Two people were killed road accidents in Habiganj districts on Friday. two men were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Olipur in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Shohel Miah, 28, hailing from Sribaur village in ...

At least six people, mostly farmers, have been killed and three others injured in Sunamganj after being struck by lightning during a nor’wester, police say, reports sylhetmirror.com Five of them died, in separate incidents, while working in paddy fields at Dirai Upazila on Friday afternoon. They are – labourer Milad Mia, 30, and farmers Jamshed Ali, 45, Gyanendra Das, 50, ...

Train communications of Dhaka with Chittagong, Sylhet and Kishoreganj were restored after one hour of suspension following derailment of the engine of a train at Bhairab Rail Station on Friday. Khalilur Rahman, station master of Bhairab Rail Station, said two wheels of the Kishoreganj-bound ‘Egaro Sindhu’ train from Dhaka veered off the track around 11:00am when it reached the station, ...

At least 50 people have been injured during a clash over an abandoned land of the government dispute at Azmariganj upazila of Habiganj. Of the injured, 15 were admitted to Habiganj Sadar Hospital, said Azmariganj OC Taimur Bakth Chowdhury. The OC said there was a long-standing dispute between Abdus Shahid and Sabaj Miah over a piece of abandoned land of ...

Cellular phone operator Robi launched electricity bill payment service facility for Power Development Board (PDB) in Sylhet. The operator came up with the official announcement of the services at a ceremony at a hotel here where Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali was present as the chief guest, said a press release today. Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, and Kamrul Ahsan, Police ...

Trouble continued at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) yesterday as students of physics and geography and environment science departments observed another sit-in programme in front of Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Aminul Haque Bhuyan’s office. Protesting the resignation of the two departments’ heads, the agitating students started their demonstration around 11am and continued until around 3:30pm, sources said. The university’s ...

 Three people, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Balaora Bazar area on Sylhet-Sunamganj highway on Wednesday afternoon. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Witnesses said a Sylhet-bound passenger bus crushed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the area, leaving three passengers, including a woman, of the auto-rickshaw dead on ...