Tenants bar demolition of risky market
Built in 1975, Raja Mansion has been an integral part of the post-Liberation War literary and cultural history of Sylhet.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Disaster Management in Sylhet: City authorities caught napping
There are laws, rules and specific instructions on how a government authority should remain prepared all the time to face a disaster.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Experts urge alert after four mild tremors jolt Sylhet
After repeated mild tremors in Sylhet yesterday, experts warned the possibility of a major earthquake at Dauki Fault Line and urged all to stay alert.
29 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Focus on Sylhet’s prospects to reduce regional disparity
The government should exploit the opportunities in northeastern districts by taking adequate measures when formulating the national budget for fiscal 2021-22 as it would help reduce regional disparity, according to various experts.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Mayhem in Sunamganj: Jhumon Das, sued under DSA, still in jail
Jhumon Das Apon, accused in a Digital Security Act (DSA) case filed over criticising Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque on Facebook, has been in jail for over two months.
18 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Discipline is key to organisational growth
When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world early last year, the airline industry was among the first sectors that felt the crisis’s impacts as almost every country closed doors to protect itself from the raging pathogen.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM
The green cost of development
During mass development in an urban area, the monetary cost is always disclosed. But what about the environmental cost, which is more valuable than money?
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Shop owners in Sylhet, Rangpur in a festive mood at last
Various businesses across the Rangpur and Sylhet regions are seeing an influx of customers ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, which is likely to be celebrated on May 13 this year.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
No challenge, no growth
Every leader has his time in the sun, and it is all about reinventing the sunlight when it is gloomy. Eclipse comes from complacency, and people suffer from inertia if there is no challenge in life.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Invest in talent to reach new heights
Investment in talent can create a sustainable competitive advantage for organisations and take them to the next level. It also makes society better.
27 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Those who saved lives at the cost of their own
“Don’t just chant slogans and hold processions; form an emergency first-aid squad and prepare for massive bloodshed.”
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Same crisis, a year later
On April 5 last year, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital Assistant Professor Dr Md Moyeen Uddin tested positive for Covid-19. He was the very first of such patients in Sylhet, and was the first doctor of the country to have succumbed to the virus on April 15.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
A system doomed to fail
Two UK expatriates who were on mandatory institutional quarantine at Hotel Star Pacific in Sylhet city ‘forcibly’ went out on Tuesday morning.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Fear, despair grip them
“They took away all of my savings and the gold jewellery we had for my daughter’s wedding. We managed to flee minutes before they attacked,” 55-year-old Jhorna Rani Das said, describing the attack on her house.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Wait for justice marks 3yrs
On the afternoon of March 3, 2018, renowned educationist and writer Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal was attacked by a youth with a knife at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) in Sylhet.
2 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Remains of old bridge narrowing Sari river
The road that connects Bangladesh’s Sylhet to Indian’s Shillong through Jaintapur-Tamabil was constructed in 1932.
26 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Trafficking of Woman with Forged Passport: Syndicate teams up with officers
A human trafficking syndicate formed a nexus with immigration police personnel at Sylhet Osmani International Airport and got a woman trafficked to the United Kingdom with a fake passport, a CID probe has found.
18 February 2021, 18:00 PM
MC College Gang Rape: Husband held overnight for testifying at court
The husband of the woman gang-raped at a college in Sylhet last year was arrested on Saturday just so that he testified in the court the next day.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Akhaura-Sylhet Rail Line: Derailments all too frequent
After a freight train carrying diesel derailed at Gutigaon village of Sylhet’s Fenchuganj around Friday midnight, the fuel spilled from the tank wagons. Hearing the news, several locals rushed to the spot with whatever they had and started collecting the diesel.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Murder of Sunamganj Fisherman: Family fears unfair probe
The family of Shyamacharan Barman, a fisherman brutally murdered in Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila last month, fear they will not get justice as they say a local lawmaker is influencing the case.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM