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Sylhet's rail link with other parts of country suspended after train breakdown

Relief train from Akhaura reached the spot, started rescue operation
27 November 2025, 07:57 AM

Elected Jamaat MPs will not accept govt plots or tax-free cars: Shafiqur

Ameer says party aims to protect people’s rights, welcomes strong criticism for mistakes
6 November 2025, 15:34 PM

Sada pathor looting: Suspended BNP leader held

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-9) on Saturday night arrested suspended BNP leader Shahab Uddin, prime suspect in the case filed over the looting of large-scale white stone from Sada Pathor area in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila.
14 September 2025, 18:01 PM

'If a single stone is removed, I will ruin your lives'

Newly appointed Sylhet DC visits Sada Pathor area
21 August 2025, 16:34 PM

Looting of white stones in Sylhet: ACC launches probe

A nine-member team of ACC visited the place
13 August 2025, 14:52 PM

Sylhet transport owners, workers call off transport strike after 7hrs

The indefinite transport strike in Sylhet, enforced by road transport owners and workers from 6:00am today, has been called off following assurances from the local administration
8 July 2025, 07:56 AM

Indefinite transport strike paralyses Sylhet, causes public suffering

Due to the strike, no long-distance buses left Sylhet and no buses entered the city's central terminal
8 July 2025, 04:40 AM

Four of a family killed in Sylhet hillock collapse

The incident occurred around 2:00am in Bakhtiarghat area under Lakshanaband Union of Golapganj upazila
1 June 2025, 03:24 AM

Bangabandhu's mural demolished in Sylhet

At around 9:50pm, protesters arrived in a procession with an excavator belonging to Sylhet City Corporation. Breaking through the main gate, they entered the premises and tore down the mural
5 February 2025, 19:03 PM

Time will tell if AL can join polls: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday said that time will determine whether Awami League can retain its registration and participate in the upcoming national election.
11 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Wife, lover, associate to die for murdering husband in Sylhet

Al Imran and his wife came on a trip to Jaflong on April 15 last year and the next day, Imran's dead body was found
28 November 2024, 12:46 PM

6-yr-old killed, body hidden in pond mud

The body of six-year-old Muntaha Akhter Jarin, who went missing on November 3, was recovered from a pond near her home in Bhararifoud village of Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila early yesterday.
10 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Muntaha murder: Agitated locals torch suspects' house in Sylhet

Agitated locals set fire to the house of two local women detained in connection with the murder of Muntaha Akhter Jarin, a six-year-old girl who went missing on November 3 in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet
10 November 2024, 10:08 AM

RAB arrests SUST BCL president Khalilur Rahman

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested president of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Khalilur Rahman from Mymensingh's Bhaluka last afternoon
29 September 2024, 07:29 AM

Ex-justice Manik gets bail in case over attempting to flee to India

He was sent to jail as he is accused in several other cases
17 September 2024, 05:38 AM

Justice Manik’s condition improving after surgery

The health condition of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik, who had to undergo a surgery at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital soon after his arrest, has been improving
25 August 2024, 07:35 AM

Clashes break out in Sylhet

Clashes broke out between the police and the protesters around 12:00pm today, half an hour after hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the Court Point area in the city of Sylhet as part of their non-cooperation movement
4 August 2024, 08:40 AM

Several injured in clash between police, SUST students

Several protesting students and two members of police were injured as law enforcers fired shotguns and rubber bullets at quota protesters outside Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet this afternoon
18 July 2024, 08:38 AM

SUST closed, students ordered to leave dormitories

The notification also instructed all students to vacate the dormitories by 3:00pm
17 July 2024, 10:34 AM

Flood damages in Sylhet estimated to be over Tk 800 crore

Recent flooding has caused damage amounting to over Tk 800 crore in Sylhet, according to sources at the district administrations and the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC)
27 June 2024, 06:43 AM