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Man stabbed to death in Sylhet

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 ...

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College student drowns in SUST pond

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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Expatriate stabbed to death

A 45-year-old expatriate was stabbed to death over land dispute in Sylhet's Dakshin Surma upazila on Thursday night.The deceased is Abdul Qaiyum, son of Abdul Majeed of Rustampur area of the upazila.The incident took place around 10:30 pm in Rustampur Talpara area under Moglabazar police station...

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Case filed against Jamaat activists in Sylhet Cyber Tribunal

A case has been filed Jamaat activists including former students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, under the Digital Security Act in Sylhet's cyber tribunal court.On Friday (March 1st), Sylhet district bar senior lawyer Advocate Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury  confirmed this.&nbs...

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Extortionists have no place on SUST campus: VC

Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor ,Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) said, extortions in any sector will not be tolerated in the university campus. Action will be taken within an hour in case of extortion. The Vice-Chancellor gave this statement at the opening ceremony of t...

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‘Help continue pace of dev thru objective journalism’

Informative and objective news publication is essential to continue the development process of the country. Journalists are contributing to the development of the country by presenting the socio-economic and infrastructural progress of the country to the world through their writings. That is wh...

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Best schoolteacher, schools get Nati’l Pry Edn Medal

Prizes and medals were awarded to the best contestants in the National Primary Education Medal Selection -2023 at the divisional level in Sylhet.  Divisional Commissioner Abu Ahmad Siddiqui presented the award and certificate to the winners as the chief guest on Monday at the auditorium of NDC ...

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Man held with Yaba pills in Sunamganj

Police in a drive arrested a man along with 65 pieces of Yaba pills from Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Saturday night.The arrested is Pronayan Talukder, 35, a resident of Savaripara village under the upazila. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a raid at Chamordani Union P...

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378 SUST researchers placed in the list of world best researchers

378 teachers-students of Sylhet Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have been ranked among the world's best researchers in the Alper Dogger (AD) Scientific Index Ranking-2024. Recently, this list was published on the AD Scientific Index website.It is known that 14 lakh 41 thous...

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New Mayor Anwaruzzaman vows to work for development of Sylhet city

Newly elected mayor of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Md Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury took charge of his office on Tuesday (November 8, 2023), pledging to work for the development of the city.The Awami Leauge-backed mayor took charge of the SCC five months after winning the city polls.Outgoing BNP-backed m...

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‘Hridoye Fenchuganj’ stands by teen-aged girl for treatment

Hridoye Fenchuganj International Online Group has set up a unique example of humanity as the online group has come forward to help teen girl for better treatment abroad.The online group collected Tk. 7 lakh for better treatment of Class III student Nazira abroad. The amount collected for teenag...

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Two to die for killing mother, son

A Sylhet court has sentenced two people including a woman to death in the case filed over the murder of a woman and her son in Sylhet city in 2018.Additional Metropolitan and Sessions Judge Nur-e Alam Bhuiyan handed down the verdict to maid servant Tania and her lover Mamun on Thursday.The court als...

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Kanaighat Press Club gets new committee

The biennial election of Kanaighat Press Club for two-year executive committee (2023-2025) was held at the office of the press club at Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet on Saturday (May 6).  Nizam Uddin, Kanaighat Correspondent at Dainik Uttorpurbo and Dainik Jayjaydin; and Mahbubur Rashid, Kanaighat...

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Cultivable land increases in Sylhet

Cultivable land has increased in the Sylhet district. An additional 12,600 hectares of uncultivated fallow land has been brought under cultivation in the district this year. Different types of vegetables including rice, mustard, and pineapple are cultivated in these lands.According to Sylhet Agricul...

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Sylhet Zila Parishad land recovered after 18 years

Sylhet Zila Parishad has conducted an eviction drive years to rescue its lands occupied illegally for the last 18 years at the city’s Badaghat bazar area. On Sunday morning, the authorites concerned launched the drive and demolished 70 semi-buildings and tin shade shops installed in the o...

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AL, BNP plan to hold rallies same day in Sylhet city

Tension rises as Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh National Party (BNP) called counter rallies on same day in Sylhet City. Though the both parties called their rallies at the same ground, later AL shifted its location to a different place in the city but tensions remaining as the rallies a...

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Teacher released from detention upon student protest in Sylhet

Debabrata Chowdhury, an English teacher of MC Academy school and college of Golapganj upazila in Sylhet was released from police custody on the protest of the academy students in Sylhet on Thursday.Debabrata was detained on Wednesday night by Golapganj model police station in a case of Bangladesh Te...

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No 2022-like floods if disaster journalism evolves

Experts, mass media activists and people of flood-hit areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts have said that the northeastern region of the country has not yet overcome the effects of the record-breaking devastating floods that occurred in 2022.   Pre-preparedness would have reduced the da...

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Severe cold forecast in Sylhet

A mild winter is blowing in several districts of the country. Moreover, the Meteorological Department has predicted light or drizzle for the next five days. The forecast also said that after the rains, the temperature across the country may drop again. As a result, there will be a feeling of se...

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Victory Day celebrated in Sylhet

The victory was won for the blood of three million martyrs and the glory of two million mothers and sisters. The final victory was achieved on 16 December 1971 with the surrender of the Pakistani army. Various programs are undertaken in Sylhet on the occasion of this days. The Great Victory Day was ...