Prime minister Tarique Rahman leaves Dhaka for Moulvibazar via Sylhet
Prime minister Tarique Rahman left Dhaka for Moulvibazar on Wednesday morning to attend two family card distribution programmes and a political meeting...
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Trust Bank leads student banking confce in Sylhet
Trust Bank PLC recently organised ‘Student Banking Conference-2026’ at Zilla Shilpakala Academy Auditorium in Sylhet, said a press release...
Karmasangsthan Bank holds business review meeting in Sylhet
Karmasngsthan Bank organised business review meeting-2026 on Saturday as part of the 90-day special programme at Rainbow Guest House in Sylhet with participation from all regional managers, branch managers, and second officers...
Sylhet nurse first adult to die with measles symptoms
An intern nurse died with measles symptoms at a public hospital in Sylhet city on Monday morning, being the first adult to die in Sylhet division with the disease or its symptoms.
Sylhet-Guwahati direct flight to be launched soon
Commerce minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said on Sunday that a direct flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines would be launched soon between Sylhet and India’s Guwahati.
Two killed, 15 injured in Sylhet road crash
Two people were killed and 15 others injured when a coach hit a stationary bus on the Sylhet–Dhaka Highway at Tajpur Kadamtala in the Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet district on Sunday.
Elderly man killed in Sylhet road accident
A 60-year-old man was killed in a road accident in the Sarighat Dakshin Bazar area of Jaintapur Upazila on Saturday....
Derailment halts rail link with Sylhet
Rail communication between Sylhet division and the rest of the country remained suspended for about three hours after a wagon of an oil tanker partially derailed inside the Lawachara National Park in Sylhet on Friday afternoon...
BMD predicts heavy rain in four divisions
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast moderately heavy to heavy rainfall in Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours starting from 9:00am...
Three more children die from measles-like symptoms in 24 hours in Sylhet
Three more children died in Sylhet showing symptoms of measles in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the death toll in the division to 55...
Bicyclist killed in Sylhet road accident
A bicyclist was killed in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet after being hit by a speeding truck on Thursday night, police said.
Cattle smuggling from India before Eid frustrates farmers in Sylhet
Rampant smuggling of cattle from India into the country through illegal border crossings along the Sylhet division has allegedly been going on for several weeks before Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festival of Muslims, worrying local farmers about getting fair prices for their domestic animals...
Bangladesh clean sweep Pakistan
Taijul Islam’s six-for led Bangladesh to a memorable 78-run victory over Pakistan in the second and final Test to clinch the series 2-0 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday...
BSF pushes in 9 Bangladeshis through Sylhet border
Border Security Force of India pushed nine people, including children and women, into Bangladesh through a border point at Goainghat upazila in Sylhet late on Tuesday night...
Unfinished journey of tea workers
ONE hundred and five years ago this day in 1921, thousands of tea workers from gardens in Sylhet and Chittagong walked out onto roads of the colonial Bengal with a single desire — to go home. They carried no weapons and harboured no rage. They only longed for a return to their native land, their ‘muluk.’ The journey, brutally crushed at the Chandpur steamer...
BGB retaliates after BSF firing along Sylhet border
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Monday retaliated against the firing by India’s Border Security Force at the Sylhet border.
Pubali Bank opens booth, hands over two buses to SUST
Pubali Bank PLC recently inaugurated the ‘SUST Electronic Banking Booth’ and handed over two student buses to Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet to facilitate improved transportation services for students...
Govt should act fast to save farmers from debt trap
THE flooding of the haor region spanning seven districts, caused by excessive rainfall in April 27–May 4, has damaged boro crop standing on thousands of hectares of land. The Met Office recorded an average of 605 millimetres of rainfall across the Sylhet division in April, which is more than double the average monthly rainfall of 295 millimetres. Boro, which is the largest...
Pubali Bank opens green lounge at Sylhet airport
Pubali Bank PLC has opened ‘Pubali Bank Green Lounge’ at domestic terminal of Osmani International Airport in Sylhet, said a release...
Bank Asia partners with The Palace Luxury Resort
Bank Asia has partnered with The Palace Luxury Resort, Habiganj, Sylhet to offer exclusive stay privileges for its credit cardholders, said a press release...
Sylhet promises more to pacers
The cloud covering the Lakkatura Tea Estate in Sylhet wasn’t that dark when Pakistan had finished their practice session while Bangladesh were about to begin theirs at Ground-2 in the Sylhet International Stadium ahead of the second Test starting on May 16...
4 held with fake notes worth Tk 5 lakh in Sylhet
Four alleged members of a counterfeit currency note racket were arrested in Sylhet early Wednesday, with counterfeit notes worth Tk 5,02,700 recovered from their possession...
Death toll in Sylhet road accident rises to nine
The death toll from a head-on collision between a truck and a pickup van in South Surma upazila of Sylhet has risen to nine, as another victim died from his injuries...
Eight workers killed as truck, pickup collide head-on
At least eight people, including two women, were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in the Dakshin Surma area in Sylhet on Sunday morning.
Prime minister Tarique Rahman inaugurates Notun Kuri Sports in Sylhet
Prime minister Tarique Rahman inaugurated the Notun Kuri Sports programme in Sylhet on Saturday to help create new athletes, and urged all — irrespective of political affiliation — to work together to strengthen the country’s sports sector...
Prime minister Tarique Rahman seeks public support to take Bangladesh forward
Saying that his government’s main responsibility is to protect the interests of people and resolve their problems, prime minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged citizens of all strata to stand by his government to help them taking Bangladesh forward and placing it alongside developed nations...
PM declares plan to improve road, rail communications between Dhaka, Sylhet
Recalling his difficult road journey back to Dhaka from Sylhet during the election campaign, prime minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that his government had started working to improve both road and rail connectivity between the two districts to make travel faster and more comfortable...
Prime minister reaches Sylhet on daylong official visit
Prime minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Sylhet on Saturday morning on a daylong tour to join several programmes, including inauguration of a canal excavation and the Notun Kuri Sports...
Paddy, rice collection begins May 3 in six haor districts
The government has taken initiatives to preserve and sell Boro paddy and rice of farmers in Netrokona, Kishoreganj, Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar and Habiganj, affected by sudden tidal surges...
PM to visit Sylhet on Saturday
Prime minister Tarique Rahman will go to Sylhet on a day-long tour on Saturday....