Sylhet

'Sorry, Sir!'

Netizens stir social media being infuriated by the public humiliation of a school teacher in Narayanganj in presence of a lawmaker.
17 May 2016

Learning only on sunny days

Students of Monohorpur High School in Moulvibazar's Kulaura upazila are attending classes under the open sky as the tin-built roof of the
14 May 2016

SUST student found dead

Police recover the hanging body of a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) from a mess.
8 May 2016

Farmers in northeastern Bangladesh in trouble

Flash floods triggered by heavy rain and hailstorms have damaged Boro paddy massively in the haor areas of Sunamganj and Sylhet.
4 May 2016

40 Sylhet schools suspend classes

Academic activities at 40 primary schools in Gowainghat and Jointapur upazilas of Sylhet have remained suspended for the last week as the institutions are still under floodwater.
25 April 2016

Flash flood hits northeastern Bangladesh city of Sylhet

Heavy rain and the onrush water from the hills triggered a flash flood in Gowainghat and Jointapur upazilas of Sylhet
24 April 2016

Storm kills 2, damage houses in northeastern Bangladesh

Nor'wester swept through Sylhet and Sunamganj on Thursday night, killing two people and damaging houses.
22 April 2016

Unusual surrender of a duty-free car

The owner of an unregistered luxury car left his vehicle in front of the Customs Intelligence office in Sylhet, apparently being unable to pay the taxes and get the vehicle registered.
20 April 2016

Man drops luxury car at customs after failing to pay tax

Sylhet customs officials find a Lexus luxury car abandoned outside their office. The car carries a letter, apparently from the owner who chose to remain anonymous, that says the vehicle has been surrendered to the tax collectors out of respect for the law.
20 April 2016

Slain secular activist Nazim buried in Sylhet

Slain secular activist Nazim Uddin Samad has been buried at his family graveyard at Baraut village in Bianibazar upazila of Sylhet.
8 April 2016

Bridge sinks, Sylhet’s rail link with Dhaka, Ctg snapped

Rail communications of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong remain suspended as a railway bridge in Moulvibazar goes under water due to overnight rain.
4 April 2016

Kibria killing accused Arif gets bail, no bar to release

A local court grants bail to Sylhet city’s suspended mayor Ariful haque Chowdhury in case filed in connection with the killing of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria.
27 March 2016

Sylhet city crippled

We are at a loss to understand why the authorities are assuming such a lacklustre attitude in solving the water scarcity in Sylhet...
25 March 2016

UP member killed in clash over 'teasing' girl

A Union Parishad member was killed and at least 24 others were hurt as an altercation between two groups of villagers over punishing a man for teasing a girl turned violent in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet yesterday.
4 March 2016

1 killed, 25 hurt in Sylhet clash over ‘teasing girl’

A Union Parishad member dies and at least 25 are injured when a clash breaks out between groups of villagers over an incident of eve teasing in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet.
4 March 2016

Rain erodes soil, disrupts Dhaka’s rail link with Sylhet, Ctg

Train services of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remain suspended since this morning as a heavy rain eroded earth underneath the rail track in Moulvibazar.
25 February 2016

Rubel misses out on Bangladesh Cricket Board contract

Bangladesh Cricket Board awarded young Mustafizur Rahman with a contract for 2016 while Rubel Hossain, a key member of Tigers' pace attack during the 2015 World Cup was left out of the list of contracted players.
23 February 2016

More than 7 involved

More than seven people were involved in the killing of the four children at Sundartiki of Bahubal in Habiganj, said accused Jewel Mia in his confessional statement before a magistrate yesterday.
21 February 2016

Nature Quest: In quest of the Jewels of Haors

People say that we do not have the tradition of rose cultivation here in Bangladesh. The rose cultivation in our country is entirely a new phenomenon. The Middle Eastern or European countries are referred to as the origin of rose.
18 February 2016

All they want is justice

Minara Begum could hardly speak to anyone since villagers dug her son's body out of a sand pile on Wednesday. Shell-shocked, she just shed tears silently, holding the boy's clothes tight.
18 February 2016