The police of Sadar thana exempted a demise businessman namely Tahir Mia (70) from Sukria Market area of Zindabazar in Sylhet City. The dead body was rescued from the Washroom of the 3rd floor of the building on wednesday at 10am.Tahir Mia, the inhabitant of Masimpur area Duel 22, son of dead Sattar Mia, was the proprietor of the shop ...

Romjan Ali was killed as the tree mounted on the top of his body when Nor’wester  visited at Timirpur of Nobigong municipal  under Hobigonj district. It took place at 1:30 am on yesterday night. Local people said a big tree fell on the cottage of Mr. Romjan Ali during  the storm. As a result, Ali was injured as being covered ...

Members of Border Gourd of Bangladesh of BOP at Companigonj under Sylhet district seized a stone-loaded truck from  a rural place Banpur around 7 am in the morning on wednesday. The number of the truck is ‘D 112222’. According to BGB 5 Battalion, a group of BGB members led by Subeder Abdul Khaleq, Naik of Uthma BOP under Companigonj Upazilla ...

A woman and her son have been killed when nor’wester swept over Nondipara village in Habiganj. The deceased are Nur Jahan, 35, wife of Fajal Miah, and her son Arian, 6, of Nandipara village. The incident took place when a branch of a tree fell on their house during the storm on Tuesday night. Banichang police OC Nirmolendo Chokroborty said: ...

After seven hours of being suspended, the rail connection of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong has been restored on Wednesday. It was suspended for seven hours as at least 35 trees fell on the railtracks during a nor’wester in Mouluvibazar. The storm occurred early on Wednesday. The trees, uprooted by the storm, fell onto the rail tracks at Magurchhara and ...

Nicola Sturgeon has dismissed a previous IFS projection as irrelevant. The Scottish National party’s flagship financial policy of full fiscal autonomy could lead to a shortfall of nearly £9bn in Scotland’s finances by 2020, according to the latest projections from the Institute of Fiscal Studies – a gap that would only be closed if growth were to double that predicted ...

Ed Miliband today accused David Cameron of “playing fast and loose” with the United Kingdom, as senior Labour figures began speaking openly of post-election talks with Nicola Sturgeon. David Lammy, who is bidding to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor, was among the figures who spoke of a “common alliance” and holding talks on “common ground” between the two parties ...

Less than a quarter of voters think either the Conservatives or Labour can be trusted to keep election promises, a damning poll reveals today. As David Cameron and Ed Miliband spend another week in apparent deadlock, research by Ipsos MORI reveals that 63 per cent think their parties will “promise anything to win votes”. In today’s poll, 57 per cent ...

A new research has examined that excess use of vitamins and dietary supplements can increase the risk of cancer. The study conducted by University of Colorado Denver suggested that over-the-counter supplements may actually increase cancer risk if taken in excess of the recommended daily amount. Tim Byers, associate director for cancer prevention and control at the CU Cancer Center asserted ...

A new study has revealed that eating cooked shiitake mushrooms everyday can boost the immunity. A new University of Florida study showed that eating one, 4-ounce serving of mushrooms each day helped in better-functioning gamma delta T-cells and reductions in inflammatory proteins . To be eligible for the study, participants could not be vegans or vegetarians. They also could not ...