Dwoha Chowdhury

Indiscriminate hunting, trapping and selling of local and migratory birds at different upazilas in Sylhet is posing a serious threat to nature and biodiversity.

Like most children of his age, Tafim Hossain loves to play cricket. He dreams of becoming a batsman and one day play for the national team.

In a remote village called Moheskhola under Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj, a monument was built in 2013 to commemorate the Liberation War and freedom fighters of the first sub-sector under Sector-5.

Shukria Begum, the 11-month-old daughter of Hamida Begum, was having breathing difficulties and was showing signs of diarrhoea in late October. Hamida took her to a nearby doctor at Shahbajpur Bazar of Moulvibazar's Baralekha upazila on 28 October as her condition deteriorated.

Have you ever heard of a committee representing England's Conservative Party in Dhaka? Do the Republicans have a pro-youth front serving Donald Trump's agenda in Sylhet? The answer to both would be an overwhelming no.

Imrul Kayes did not play a match during the two-Test series in West Indies in July this year. The 31-year-old left-hander, who played his last Test against Sri Lanka in Mirpur in February this year, failed to score even a fifty in his last 16 innings since making 78 against

Mehedi Hasan Miraz exuded confidence about taking a leadership role in the spin attack in the absence of the injured Shakib Al Hasan against the visiting Zimbabweans in the first Test starting on November 3, which will also be the first to be played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Leaders at the Jatiya Oikyafront's maiden public rally yesterday asked people to unite for ensuring a free and fair election and “restoring” their right to vote.

Jatiya Oikyafront, the newly-floated alliance of the BNP and several other parties, holds it first-ever rally today in Sylhet amid hurdles and uncertainty over its next programmes.

The law clearly states it's illegal and there were protests by locals, yet the Sadar upazila sports field, now known as Sheikh Russel Mini Stadium in Sylhet's Shahi Eidgah area is once again being set up as a venue for Sylhet International Trade Fair 2018, denying children and youths their right to play.

Despite having a steady apparel business in Sylhet city, Abdur Rokib Roki always wanted to venture into new territories.

Only a couple of days remaining till Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community, begins and Sylhet city is buzzing with activity.

Though Eid-ul-Azha is just a few days away, sale of sacrificial animals at cattle markets in Sylhet is yet to get momentum.

Like previous years, designated spots have been allotted for cattle markets in Sylhet ahead of Eid-ul-Azha this year, and apart from those, no other spots are allowed for selling sacrificial animals.

BNP candidate Ariful Haque Choudhury was declared elected mayor of Sylhet yesterday as he defeated his nearest rival Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran of Awami League by 6,196 votes.

A housewife was allegedly gang-raped in Karnaphuli upazila in Chittagong district early yesterday, police said. Three men were arrested in this connection.

After the arson attack at the lone hostel of MC College, different units of police investigated and reinvestigated the case for almost five years. But none of them could specify who might be behind the torching.

First it was internal conflict that kept Jatiya Party from fielding a candidate. Then came the dilemma about whether they should support the ruling Awami League, an ally, or simply play the role of the opposition party.

Jamaat-e-Islami lost their registration as a political party in a High Court verdict in 2013, and lost its privilege to take part in any election, although it is a major part of BNP-led 20-party alliance.

It's a tough road ahead for the BNP mayoral candidate. Not only Ariful Haque Chowdhury has to face a rebel BNP candidate, but also a Jamaat-e-Islami-backed independent candidate in the July 30 Sylhet city polls.