National,Education & Culture,Feature
As recognition of its internationally standard and sustainable research, Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) has been included in the database of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.Various time-befitting research projects result conducted by the researchers of Sylhet ...
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Encircled by tall trees, beneath the endless blue sky, lies the vast and picturesque campus of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet. At the heart of this campus glistens Rudra Sen Lake — a serene heaven where nature and beauty coexist in perfect harmony. Floating gra...
Travel & Tourism,Country
Tourist went missing on Wednesday while taking a bath in the river at Jaflong in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet District.The missing has been identified as Abu Sufian (26), son of Abdul Haque of Shingpur village in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet district.He was a computer mechanic by profession. Of...
For thousands of commuters, the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway has become synonymous with suffering. The journey from Sylhet to Dhaka, which once took considerably less time, now stretches to nearly 10 hours. Ongoing expansion works have turned the 209-kilometre route into a bottleneck, with traffic congestio...
Lieutenant General (Retd.) Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Adviser to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, has stated that the people will play the central role in ensuring free, fair, and participatory elections. He made these remarks during a views-exchange meeting held ...
A damning report by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has revealed massive looting of state-owned white stones from the Bholaganj area in Sylhet, allegedly with the direct involvement of police, administration, and political figures. The report exposes a network of corruption where money flo...
A fifteen-day tree plantation campaign and tree fair began on Saturday in Sylhet district with the slogan of 'Let's do planned afforestation, build a green Bangladesh.'On this occasion, a colorful rally was brought out this afternoon from Rikabi Bazar which ended on the fair premises of ...
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.The identities of the victims could not be known yet.Habibur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tamabil Highway Police ...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday seized a large consignment of smuggled goods worth about Tk 1.20 crore from different border points in Sylhet district.Acting on a tip-off, BGB personnel conducted drives in the early hours at Sangram, Protappur, Bichanakandi, Tamabil and Damdaia border ...
A Sylhet court on Wednesday sentenced eight people to death and seven others to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy in Biswanath upazila in 2021.Judge Syeda Amina Farhin of Sylhet Additional Session Judge Court-1 handed down the punishment.The court also sentenced 17 others accused to two...
Accurate data collection is vital for ensuring equitable development, said Aleya Akter, Secretary of the Statistics and Informatics Division of the Ministry of Planning. She made these remarks on Thursday in Sylhet, speaking as the chief guest at the Dissemination Programme on Poverty Map...
An indefinite transport strike began in Sylhet on Tuesday morning, causing widespread suffering to commuters and passengers across the city.The Sylhet District Road Transport Owners-Workers Unity Council called the strike on Monday to press home their six-point demands, including the removal of Sylh...
City
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter has criticised the lack of responsibility shown in preserving fish breeding cycles in the haor region, labelling it a shortsighted approach by both consumers and fish harvesters.“Haor fisheries are a gift of nature, and neglecting their preservatio...
The Khasi Seng Kut Snem festival, celebrated by the indigenous Khasia people, will begin from today in Sylhet.The Khasi community had earlier announced that this year's Khasi Seng Kut Snem festival would not take place due to financial difficulties. However, the festival to bid farewell to the o...
Adviser to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, Professor Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar, stated that flawed primary education affects the overall situation of the country. To develop the nation, primary education must be made dynamic. For this, everyone needs to play their part from their respe...
At least 34 people were killed and 76 injured in 36 road crashes in Sylhet Division in October, said a report of Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa), Sylhet.Among the deceased, 13 people were killed in road crashes, involving motorbikes, five were passengers of CNG-run auto-rickshaw or human hauler, seven p...
National,Back Page
New gas reserve has been found in an abandoned well at Sylhet Gas Field at Haripur of Sylhet. The Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL) authorities on Tuesday announced the discovery of gas while renovating an old gas well at Haripur.Managing Director of SGFL Mizanur Rahman said that new gas has bee...
A three-kilometer section of the WAPDA embankment of Water Development Board in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet is at extreme risk due to sand extraction. Over a hundred thousand people living in that area are passing their days in fear as a result.The sand is being extracted from outside the leased are...
A young man of 35-year-old was stabbed to death during an arbitration meeting over family feud at Baghmara village in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Monai Mia, son of Burkan Ali of Ghilachhara union.Local people said an arbitration meeting was ...
A college student named Arnab Talukdar, 17, drowned in the pond adjacent to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on Friday. The deceased was a resident of Madina Markets area of Sylhet city, and son of Kritish Talukdar.Arnab was a first-year ...
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