The UK is about to stop producing any electricity from burning coal – ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel. The country’s last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finishes operations on Monday after running since 1967. This marks a major milestone in the country’s ambitions to reduce its contribution to climate change. Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel producing ...

A three-day long agricultural technology fair was inaugurated at Shantiganj in Sunamganj on Monday. Sunamganj Deputy Commissioner Dr. Mohammad Elias Mia inaugurated the fair as the chief guest on the upazila parishad premises in the afternoon organized by the Upazila Agricultural Extension Department. At that time, District Agriculture Extension Directorate Deputy Director Bimal Chandra Som, Shantiganj UNO Sukanto Saha, Upazila ...

Rapid Action Bangladesh (RAB) detained former lawmaker for Sirajganj-2 Jannat Ara Henry, and her husband Labu Talukdar, former chairman of Sirajganj Zilla Parishad, from Moulvibazar on Monday (September 30). RAB-9 members detained them from a house in the Sonapur area in Moulvibazar, where the couple had been hiding since the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5.

A fire that broke out at a gas cylinder warehouse in Sunamganj Sadar upazila has been doused on Sunday night. Sunamganj Sadar Fire Service and Civil Defence station’s warhouse inspector Subal Debnath confirmed the developement. “We were informed about the incident around 5.22 PM. Being informed, four firefighting units from Sunamganj Sadar and Bishwambharpur Fire Service and Civil Defence stations ...

At least six people were killed after being struck by lightning while they were catching fish in the haors of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts on Sunday. The victims are Sufian Ahmed, 19, son of Oliur Rahman of Soroil village in Dashghor union of Bishwanath upazila, Masuk Ahmed, 41, son of Konu Miah of Rajnagar village in Purba Islampur union of ...

Hollywood actor Damian Lewis has taken part in an “eccentric” tradition dating back hundreds of years by herding sheep over the River Thames. The star joined more than 1,000 Freemen of the City who ushered their sheep along a historic trading route on Sunday. The Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor, who is himself a Freeman of the City, described ...

The former Labour MP Rosie Duffield has said Keir Starmer has “a problem with women” and that the government was “more interested in greed and power” than making changes to the country. In a broadside at Starmer’s leadership, Duffield told the BBC she was Labour “in my heart and soul” but said the scandal over senior party figures’ acceptance of ...

Three fishermen were killed in different lightning strikes while catching fish in haors at Jamalganj and Dowarabazar upazilas in Sunamganj district on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Md Jalal Miah, son of Chan Miah, and Md Jashim Uddin, son of Md Nurul Haque, residents of West Polirchar village under Pandargaon union in Dowarabazar upazila.  Anothr deceased was identified ...

The World Rabies Day 2024 was observed in the Habiganj district on Saturday. This year’s World Rabies Day theme is: “Breaking Rabies Boundaries”. Marking the day, a rally was brought out that paraded the main streets in the town. After the rally, a discussion was also held in the Conference Room of the District Livestock Department office. With Livestock Officer ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, marked International Tourism Day on Friday by welcoming passengers with flowers upon their arrival at Sylhet’s MAG Osmani International Airport. The special ceremony, led by Biman’s Sylhet District Manager MD Shahnewaz Mazumder and Airport Director Hafiz Ahmed, took place as Flight BG-601, carrying 74 passengers from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, landed at ...