Two dead bodies were recovered from separate places in Zakiganj of Sylhet on Tuesday night and Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Rubel Ahmed, 24, son of Salik Ahmed of Matargram area of the upazila, and Abdur Rahman, 16, son of Abdur Razzak of Dargabaharpur village under the same upazila. Police sources said on information, Zakiganj thana police recovered Rubel’s ...

Police arrested the prime accused in a case for abducting and killing a six-year-old schoolboy in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday. The arrestee is Suyabur Rahman, 32, of Bramonjulia village in the upazila, said Ashraful Islam, sub-inspector of Dakkhin Surma Police Station in Sylhet district. On secret information, a police team raided a restaurant in Sylhet Central Bus ...

Prices of hilsa, which is considered a great delicacy during celebration of Pahela Baishakh, have skyrocketed in the retail markets of Sylhet city on the back of the fish’s high demand and short supply over the week ahead of the festival. As part of the programme to welcome the Bangla New Year, different organisations in the city, like elsewhere, entertain ...

The bakery industry in Sylhet district has been badly shaken by continuous blockade that has disrupted road communication in the country. Owners of the factories said they used to send products like biscuit, cake, bread and other items to the neighboring 4 districts. Now, the transportation of the products has virtually remained suspended due to the crippling political programmes. Over ...

To discuss mutual economic benefit through enhancement of investment at the entrepreneurial scale UKBCCI leaders recently held a breakfast meeting with the British High-Commissioner His Excellency Robert W Gibson CMG at an aristocrat restaurant in the diplomatic area in city. Their talk included market expansion for Bangladeshi products in the UK besides investment possibilities and finding ways to mitigate trade ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Tower Ham lets Council took an unprecedented step to honour borough’s unsung heroes and heroines to recognise them for their generosity, commitment and dedication at the annual Tower Hamlets Civic Awards Ceremony, which was held last week in Town Hall in Mulberry Place. This year, the Annual 2015 Civic Award went to Md Gulam Kibria for ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Rushanara Ali officially launched her campaign for re-election in Bethnal Green and Bow at a local event attended by a host of fellow Labour colleagues, members and supporters, with former Labour leader Lord Kinnock giving the keynote address.   Her Labour colleagues Lyn Brown, Margaret Hodge and Frank Dobson also gave speeches to a packed auditorium ...

“I send my best wishes to everyone in India, Britain and around the world celebrating Baisakhi. “I know this is an incredibly important time for the Sikh community as families and friends come together to commemorate the birth of the Khalsa and give thanks. From Southall to Sunderland, from Ottawa to Amritsar Sikhs around the world will be marking Baisakhi ...

    Bangla Mirror Desk : Four weeks today people of the UK will be going to the polls on May 7 to place a cross on the ballot paper to elect the 56th parliament and the end result has never been so uncertain. As former Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said ‘a week is a long time in politics’, and ...

Tower Hamlets Council is reminding retailers that all displays of tobacco products must be covered up from April 6, 2015. New legal requirements mean that all businesses must hide from public view any tobacco products they sell. There are also specific rules for how you display the prices of tobacco products. Large retailers have had to cover tobacco displays since ...