One killed as boarding bridge wheel blasts at Sylhet airport
A technician was killed and another was critically injured as a wheel of a boarding bridge blasted at Sylhet Osmani International Airport about Thursday noon.
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3 held with Phensedyl in Sylhet
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested three drug peddlers along with 200 bottles of Phensedyl in Sylhet on Tuesday night when they were preparing to send a parcel of the contraband drug through a courier service provider...
Lightning strikes kill 3 in 3 districts
At least three individuals were killed and two others injured in lightning strikes in Sylhet, Naogaon and Sherpur districts on Thursday...
End to businesses on footpaths, street parking in Sylhet city demanded
Leaders of three social organisations blocked the road in front of Nagar Bhaban in Sylhet city, protesting against businesses encroaching on footpaths and illegal car parking on streets across the city under the support of local administration and vested interests...
One killed in stone quarry landslide
A worker was killed in a landslide at a stone quarry at Companiganj upazila in Sylhet Saturday night...
JBPLC hosts divisional branch managers鈥� confce
Janata Bank PLC held its divisional branch managers鈥� conference in Sylhet at a local hotel on July 17, said a press release...
Overturned container trailer on Cumilla-Sylhet Highway creates 15km jam
Commuters and transport workers endured severe suffering as a 15kilometre tailback was created on the Cumilla-Sylhet regional highway after a container trailer overturned on the important route on early Sunday...
25 drug peddlers, addicts held in Sylhet
The police arrested 25 individuals, including two women, on charges of selling and consuming different sorts of drugs in Sylhet on Saturday evening...
BSF returns Swechchhasebak League leader, his associate
A judicial magistrate court in Sylhet sent a leader of Swechchhasebak League, the volunteer organisation of the Awami League, and one of his associates to jail on Sunday, a day after they were handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh by the Indian Border Security Force...
Hotel staff killed in Sylhet over trivial matter
A youth stabbed a hotel employee to death in Sylhet on Sunday morning following an altercation over a trivial matter...
Car driver arrested over rape of teenage girl in Sylhet
A private car driver was arrested from Sylhet on Tuesday night on charges of kidnap and rape of an adolescent girl, confining her in a hotel...
Locals hand over AL leader to police in Sylhet聽
Local people handed over a local leader Awami League, which is currently banned from running its activities, to the police after confining him in Sylhet early Wednesday...
Sylhet transport strike called off
Leaders of the Sylhet district unity association of road transport owners and workers on Tuesday postponed their indefinite strike, nearly seven hours after its beginning...
Sylhet transport strike begins today
Sylhet Zila Sarak Paribahan Malik-Sramik Oikya Parishad, a combined platform of the district road transport owners and workers, on Monday announced that they would go on a transport strike for indefinite period in the district from today...
Firef kills youth in Sylhet
A 21-year-old man was killed after sustaining burns in Sylhet鈥檚 Biswanath Upazila....
Sylhet needs more focus for tourism: Naser
Despite having diverse natural environment and scenic places as well as many resorts and tourist spots, tourism in Sylhet region cannot fully flourish because of absence of proper infrastructural facilities and easy communication system.
Sylhet stone traders, workers announce strike from July 5
Sylhet District Stone Traders and Workers Unity Council on Wednesday threatened to go for a indefinite transport strike from Saturday if their five-point demand, including opening stone quarries for extracting stones in manual process and withdrawal of the deputy commissioner, were not met by Friday...
5 held with 4,000kg smuggled beef in Sylhet
A team of the Bangladesh Army arrested five individuals with 4,000 kilograms frozen beef smuggled in the country from India at Jaintapur in Sylhet on Monday...
Upazila BNP president among 9 sent to jail
A Sylhet court on Sunday sent nine people, including Jaintapur upazila unit president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to jail in a case filed on charge of attacking army personnel...
4 killed in road accidents
At least four people were killed in road accidents in Meherpur, Sylhet and Cumilla on Wednesday...
12 Rohingyas among 62 more people pushed into Bangladesh by BSF
The Border Security Force of India pushed at least 62 more people, including 12 Rohingyas, into Bangladesh through different border points in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar and Lalmonirhat districts between Monday morning and Tuesday morning.
India returns youth鈥檚 body after reported suicide
The Indian police handed over a youth鈥檚 body to their Bangladesh counterpart on Friday afternoon, a day after he had reportedly committed suicide inside the Indian territory.
10 killed, 36 hurt in road accidents
At least 10 people were killed and 36 others injured in road accidents in eight districts, namely Gopalganj, Madaripur, Barishal, Sylhet, Bogura, Narsingdi, Nilphamari and Sherpur, on Sunday...
No new gas connection to households, says energy adviser
Bangladesh interim government power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan said on Friday that no new gas connections would be provided to households.
BSF pushes 70 people into Bangladesh through four border points in Sylhet
The Indian Border Security Force has reportedly pushed 70 people into Bangladesh through four border points in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts...
Teenage tourist drowns in Piyain River of Jaflong
A teenage boy drowned in the Piyain River at Jaflong under Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday...
4 arrested with 479 bottles of wine
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested four people at Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday night after recovering 479 bottles of foreign made wine in their possession...
Sylhet tourist spots bustle with visitors
Tourist spots in the Sylhet region have been experiencing a record number of visitors during the ongoing 10-day public holiday to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims, which began June 5...
Garment factory worker raped, 2 arrested
Two people, including a hotel manager and its security guard, were arrested for allegedly raping a female ready-made garment factory worker at the hotel in Sylhet early Sunday...
Doctor dies after being hit by truck in Sylhet
A female doctor who was riding a rickshaw died after being crushed under a reckless truck in Sylhet on Sunday....