Oversized and illegal billboards erected across the Sylhet city by government and private organisations have become a cause for concern for the city dwellers, posing as potential death-traps during storms. The haphazard billboards along with their steel support structures often fell on pedestrians or vehicles during strong wind or storm, causing untold damage, injuries and even death. Deaths from billboard ...

Prices of fish have gone up in the Sylhet city’s kitchen markets on Sunday the 2nd day of the week. The traders blamed short supply of fish due to seasonal rain and increasing flow of water in rivers, canals and other water bodies. A Haque, a retired government official said, he paid Tk 350 for 500 grams of naturally grown ...

Most of the 25 government primary schools, many built nearly two decades ago in Biswanath upazilas of Sylhet District, are in bad shape and not suitable for holding classes. Several of these schools are used as shelters by people of the coastal area during natural calamities, like cyclones and floods. The affected primary and high schools are located in Biswanath ...

Labour supporters have condemned Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party after claims that their candidate for Ealing Central and Acton, Rupa Huq, was manhandled by a Tory activist, according to British newspaper The Independent. Rupa, who was born to Bangladeshi parents at Queen Charlotte’s in Hammersmith in 1972, is a senior lecturer in the Sociology and Criminology Department at Kingston ...

Police have detained a snatcher in possession with Tk14 lakh in Darshandeuri area of Sylhet. The detainee is Rabiul Islam Khaled. Police also seized chili power and sharp weapons from him. Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Rahmat Ullah of Sylhet Metropolitan Police said it being suspected that Rabiul is a member of snatchers gang. He is being interrogated at Kotwali police ...

The state minister for foreign affairs has stressed the application of scientific and modern methods in business management to increase profits. M Shahriar Alam was inaugurating a two-day training for the management officials of various businesses in Dhaka. He said modern management methods could generate more profits and employment, thus ensuring greater private sector contribution to Bangladesh’s economy. He also ...

Commercial banks have not brought down lending rates, despite a cut in interests on deposits, says the Bangladesh Bank. “Bangladesh Bank thinks it’s necessary to cut interest rates on loans to create an investment-friendly atmosphere in the country,” reads the minutes of a bankers’ meeting held on Apr 30 at the Bangladesh Bank. It also says that Governor Atiur Rahman ...

The club anthem Blue is the Colour resounded around a joyful Stamford Bridge and champagne flowed as Chelsea clinched their first Premier League title for five years with a typically stubborn 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday. There was no show-boating from Jose Mourinho’s ruthlessly efficient side and there were a few jitters as they held on to Eden ...

Nepali police and local volunteers found the bodies of about 100 trekkers and villagers buried in an avalanche set off by last month’s devastating earthquake and were digging through snow and ice for signs of dozens more missing, officials said on Monday. The bodies were recovered on Saturday and Sunday at the Langtang village, 60 kilometres(40 miles) north of Kathmandu, ...

A pilot said Sunday that he is anxious but excited about flying a solar plane solo from China to Hawaii on the longest leg of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel.  André Borschberg, 62, is due to fly over the Pacific Ocean for five days and five nights in the plane that has ...