Baby among 6 killed in road accidents in three dists
At least six people were killed in road accidents in three districts, namely Dinajpur, Sylhet and Chattogram, between Friday and Thursday night...
Tags : sylhet
Putting back stones begins, drives continue
The local administration on Friday started putting the stones, recovered from the hands of a racket, back to Sadapathar, a popular tourist destination at Bholaganj in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet...
HC seeks Bholaganj stone looters鈥� list
The High Court on Thursday directed the authorities to prepare a list of individuals involved in looting white stones from the Bholaganj stone quarry in Sylhet鈥檚 Companiganj upazila and submit it within 60 days...
UP chairman arrested over stone theft from Sada Pathor
Police have arrested Purba Islampur Union Parishad chairman in connection with the theft of stones from Sada Pathor, a popular tourist spot in Companiganj upazila of the district...
Drives launched against white stone looters at last
The authorities on Wednesday began drives against the people responsible for widespread looting of stones from Sadapathar, a popular tourist spot, at Bholaganj under Companiganj upazila in Sylhet district...
Action warranted for white stone plunder against ministry
THE ecological loss at the Sadapathar stone quarry in Sylhet is a case of a complete enforcement failure of all authorities. The largest stone quarry at Bholaganj, a wide, shallow section of the River Dholai with white stones, has been one of Sylhet鈥檚 most visited tourist spot for decades. But it now stands ruined, marked with muck and pits and the characteristic white stones...
Prime accused SI Akbar gets bail in custodial death case
Sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, prime suspect in a custodial death case, was released on bail from the Sylhet Central Jail on Sunday...
Four of a family among 5 injured in Sylhet gas cylinder blast
Five people, including four members of a family, suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in a house at Shah Paran area in Sylhet city on Saturday night...
Sylhet Engineering College:聽15 students hurt in clash with locals, 8 held
At least 15 students of Sylhet Engineering College were injured as a group of local people attacked them on Wednesday evening for not leaving a privately run sport centre even after their scheduled time.
Bogura, Rajshahi, and Sylhet to host NCL T20
The forthcoming NCL T20 will be held in Sylhet, Bogura, and Rajshahi, confirmed the chairman of the tournament committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Akram Khan, on Thursday.
PBPLC gifts bus to Sylhet Agricultural University
Pubali Bank PLC on Sunday donated a bus to Sylhet Agricultural University under its corporate social responsibility, said a press release...
Bangladesh-Netherlands T20I series to be held in Sylhet
The three-match T20I series between Bangladesh and the Netherlands are scheduled to take place at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, as stated by Bangladesh Cricket Board Cricket Operations Chairman Nazmul Abedeen Fahim on Sunday...
Two passengers missing, 28 injured as bus plunges into ditch in Sylhet
Two passengers of a bus went missing and 28 others were injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district on Friday night...
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.
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...
