Sylhet
#JusticeforRajon
Thousands of posts have flooded different social media platforms in a protest against the brutal killing of 13-year-old Rajon in Sylhet.
13 July 2015, 06:48 AM
64 injury marks found on Rajon's body: Autopsy
Autopsy report of Md Samiul Alam Rajon, who was brutally tortured to death in Sylhet, says the victim died due to brain haemorrhage.
13 July 2015, 06:27 AM
Brutal!
A thirteen-year-old boy is beaten to death for his alleged involvement in theft in Sylhet's Kumargaon.
12 July 2015, 10:53 AM
Dhaka-Sylhet-Ctg train services resume after 10 hours
Rail communications of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet resume after 10 hours of suspension due to derailment of five oil tankers of a freight train.
5 July 2015, 08:41 AM
Sust teachers confine VC soon after he returns from 2-month leave
A group of teachers confines Vice-Chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) to his office after he returns from a two-month leave.
22 June 2015, 06:35 AM
Speedy tribunal to try Kibria murder case
The case filed over the murder of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria has been shifted to Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet.
11 June 2015, 15:23 PM
Analysis: Ban, an answer to Ansarullah?
Government’s ban on Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an Islamist outfit blamed for the killings of two free-thinkers and bloggers in Dhaka and one in Sylhet in a span of only 75 days, came on the heel of utter failure of law enforcing agencies.
26 May 2015, 10:25 AM
Derailment halts Ctg rail link for 5hrs
Chittagong's rail link with rest of the country remains snapped for over five hours after a Dhaka-bound train derailed in Akhaura railway station in Brahmanbaria.
21 May 2015, 05:43 AM
UN experts condemn recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh
Condemning recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh, UN human rights experts warn that it is an alarming signal of deterioration of the space for freedom of expression.
13 May 2015, 17:26 PM
Case filed over Ananta murder
Case filed accusing four anonymous assailants over brutal killing of writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy. No one arrested until now.
13 May 2015, 05:20 AM
Killing of blogger Ananta blow to free speech: HRW
The killing of secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das is part of an alarming trend of violent intolerance toward freedom of religion and speech in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch says.
13 May 2015, 03:47 AM
UK, EU condemn blogger Ananta murder
United Kingdom and European Union have strongly condemned the brutal murder of Ananta Bijoy Das, blogger and organiser of local Gonojagoron Mancha in Sylhet.
12 May 2015, 13:03 PM
Gonojagaran Mancha calls 6-hr hartal in Sylhet
Gonojagaran Mancha calls a six-hour hartal in Sylhet division tomorrow, protesting the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.
12 May 2015, 11:14 AM
Storm halts Syl-Dhaka-Ctg rail link for 7hrs
Train services of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong resume after seven hours as at least 35 trees fell on railway tracks during a nor’wester in Moulvibazar.
22 April 2015, 05:06 AM
35 SUST teachers resign from administrative posts
Thirty-five teachers of Shahjajlal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet resign from a total of 43 administrative posts.
20 April 2015, 11:47 AM
3 of a family burnt in Sylhet septic tank fire
A woman and her two children suffered burns in a fire that broke out from the toxic gas of a septic tank of their house in Sylhet cit
4 April 2015, 07:00 AM
Abducted boy’s body found at Sylhet cop’s house
The body of a kidnapped boy is recovered from a police constable’s house in Sylhet city
15 March 2015, 12:27 PM
Detectives raid Farabi’s Sylhet house
DB conducts a drive in the Sylhet residence of Shafiur Rahman Farabi, prime suspect in the blogger-writer Avijit Roy killing.
8 March 2015, 13:17 PM
3 found dead in Sylhet
Three people, including a teenage girl, have been found dead in different parts of Sylhet district
6 March 2015, 09:54 AM
Derailment halts Dhaka-Ctg-Sylhet train service
Rail communication of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet has been disrupted following a train derailment in Brahmanbaria.
5 March 2015, 10:28 AM