Eid shopping gains momentum in Sylhet
With Eid-ul-Fitr just around the corner, shopping malls in Sylhet city are bustling with crowd as shoppers are busy completing their last-minute shopping.
12 June 2018, 18:00 PM
No urea production for 44 days
Urea production at Shahjalal Fertilizer Company Limited (SFCL) has remained suspended for 44 days due to gas crisis.
5 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Bill payment no longer a hassle
The traditional way of paying bills has always been a hassle for city dwellers. But the good news is that Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) has recently come up with an initiative allowing its residents to pay bills online.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
12 years of Nagarnat
With songs, dance and play, Nagarnat celebrated their 12 years of journey towards success in social awareness at the Muktaprangan of
14 May 2018, 18:00 PM
LafargeHolcim replaces 17-km conveyor belt
Lafargeholcim Bangladesh Ltd has replaced the old belt of its 17-kilometre-long conveyor with a new one to ensure the noise-free
14 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Malnichhara Tea Garden to pay for razing hillocks
The Department of Environment (DoE) has finally cracked down on the Malnichhara Tea Garden for cutting hillocks in its estate for tea plantation.
10 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Haor worried over harvest
Water entered the paddy fields in 88 villages of Sunamganj's Tahirpur and Dhamapasha upazilas early on Thursday after part of the Naotana dyke along the Tanguar Haor had been cut allegedly by some local fishermen.
28 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Tea workers demand pay hike
Tea workers of 23 gardens in Sylhet observed work abstention on Wednesday and threatened to go for an indefinite strike if their wages are not increased by tomorrow.
26 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Govt urges quick Boro harvest
The Water Development Board (WDB) in Sunamganj has urged the farmers to finish Boro harvesting as soon as possible as the water level of the rivers is on the rise.
24 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Where women not welcome!
Eidgah is an open-air place where Eid congregations take place twice in a year -- Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha, two largest religious
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Boro hit by neck blast disease
Thousands of Boro growers in Sunamganj are in fear of losing their crop due to attack by neck blast disease during harvesting season.
12 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Smiles after two years
Farmers in the haor region of Sylhet division are eyeing a bumper paddy harvest this season after floods devastated their farmlands two years in a row.
3 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Barak-Surma Theatre Festival 2018
Surma river of Sylhet and Barak river of Assam may be divided by a border but the Barak-Surma valley share common folklore, culture and traditions.
11 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Extracting stones at the cost of lives
2018 was supposed to begin on a positive note for 65-year-old stone worker Jahur Ali. Jahur had received an assignment to extract a huge pile of stones—more stones than he had collected in the recent past and that meant more money.
1 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Twelve-day theatre fest begins in Sylhet
Munier Chowdhury's iconic play “Kobor”, staged by Naboshikha Natyadal, opened a 12-day theatre festival in Sylhet's Kobi Nazrul
23 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Stone traders occupy Jaflong schoolground
The Ballapunji Government Primary School is set in the heart of Jaflong, a popular tourist destination around 60 kilometres away from Sylhet city.
12 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Celebrating month of language with "Bornomalar Michhil"
'Bornomalar Michhil' or 'Procession for Alphabets' is a programme that the people of Sylhet has been organising for the last five years to
1 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Renaissance of 'Nagri Script' celebrated in Sylhet
A book festival to mark the resurgence of Sylheti Nagri script was celebrated at Kazi Nazrul Auditorium in Sylhet city on Friday
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Sylhet stone quarries turn into death traps
It was during the evening of December 16, 2017. When the entire country was celebrating Victory Day, Hobi Miah, Helim Uddin and some other workers were illegally extracting stones from a pit at Kalairag of Companiganj upazila.
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM
A city of fading greenery
Sylhet, a city over 700 years old, has been facing a major crisis over the last 20 years where it has been steadily losing its greenery and turning into a concrete jungle like many other parts of the country.
20 December 2017, 18:00 PM