Sylhet Division

SSC examinees, others suffer as transport strike begins in Sylhet

An indefinite transport strike, enforced by Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Federation (BRTWF), began in Sylhet division on Monday to press home their five-point demand. Commuters, including SSC examinees and office-goers,

Man held with 38 gold bars at Sylhet Airport

Shawdesh Desk: Customs Intelligence arrested a man with 38 gold bars, weighing 6kg, from Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport on Monday morning. The arrestee is identified as Porendra Das, 38,

Two accused in a murder case killed in Moulvibazar ‘gunfight’

Shawdesh desk: Two men, accused in a case filed for killing businessman Nazmul Hasan, have been killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Moulvibazar on Sunday

Children among 12 killed in Yemen car blast

Shawdesh Desk: At least 12 civilians, including children, were killed Saturday in a car bomb blast near the airport of Aden, the Yemeni government’s interim capital, security officials said. “Twelve civilians

Sylhet brothers held for violating sister

Shawdesh Desk: Police held two brothers in Sylhet’s Bishwanath Friday on charges of sexually assaulting their younger sister. Following the shocking incident in the early hours of the day in

Young Ansar Al Islam member arrested in Sylhet

Shawdesh Desk: Rapid Action Battalion-9 have arrested a youth on Monday night from Beanibzar upazila in Sylhet for allegedly being member of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam. The arrestee was identified

3 friends killed in Sunamganj road crash

Shawdesh Desk: Three friends were killed and three others injured as a passenger bus hit their motorcycle at Noagaon village in Purba Pagla union of Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj on

Handing over of Life Support Ambulances at Sylhet

Shawdesh Desk: At a ceremony held at the Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital (SOMCH), Sylhet on Tuesday (5 Oct) on behalf of the people and Government of India, High