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Youths urged to stand by flood-hit people

‘Mehmankhana’, a Dhaka’s Lalmatia-based initiative of a group of youths who voluntarily feed poor people, has been distributing cooked food among flood-hit people at Zakiganj upazila in Sylhet since May 22. A 15-meber team of the ‘Mehmankhana’ is now staying at the...

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Sylhet Rly District Police observe historical 7th March

Sylhet Railway District Police organized a cheerful festival to celebrate the historical 7th March 2022. In the beginning of the celebration, they present a visual video of 18 minute long historical speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Sheikh Shariful Islam police Super of Sylhet District Pol...

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New 11 wards of Sylhet city initially demarcated

Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) has primarily completed the boundary demarcation process of 11 new wards and the formation of three reserved wards.Residents of the areas can submit any suggestions or objections to preliminary decision of demarcating the expanded areas of the SCC till March 8. People a...

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UP election vote held in festive mood

Peaceful voting was held on Wednesday in the fifth phase of the ongoing Union Parishad (UP) elections. Polling was held continuously from 8 am to 4 pm amid tight security of various law enforcement agencies. According to the district election office, the election was held in a festive atmosphere in ...

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Tourists pour into Sylhet

Tourist spots in Sylhet are now extremely busy for three days in a row. Hoteliers are struggling to accommodate tourists in Sylhet.Tourists across the country went out to visit different places on the holiday of the great Victory Day. Tourists have been coming to the tourist centers of Sylhet since ...

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Winter veg supply rises in Sylhet

The supply of winter vegetables has risen noticeably in the markets of Sylhet district. As a result, prices of the winter vegetable have started declining.The prices of all types of vegetables have come down more or less but the prices of tomatoes have gone up instead.On Monday, visiting various veg...

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50,000 prepaid gas meters to be installed in Sylhet

Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited has taken initiative to introduce prepaid gas meter in Sylhet for the first time. The project adopted for this purpose will cost more than Tk 117 crore. Under the project, 50,000 prepaid gas meters will be installed in Sylhet city. Therefore...

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Third phase of UP polls held in Sylhet

Polling was held peacefully in 77 unions of Sylhet division without any complication or untoward incident under the strict surveillance of the law enforcements.Police, Ansar and village-police were in charge of security at every center in Sylhet during the polls. BGB was also on patrol.The Sylhet Me...

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Storytelling night ‘Grameen Kichchha Pala’ held

A storytelling night ‘Grameen Kichchha Pala’ was held on Thursday evening (November 18) in front of the thousand-year-old historical Jainteshwari Bari at Jaintiapur upazila in Sylhet. Rural, local and classic stories were told at the event from the evening to midnight. Storytellers ...

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UP polls end in Sylhet with great enthusiasm

The people of Sylhet were almost accustomed to seeing the disinterest of the voters in the last few elections. However, the second phase of the ongoing Union Parishad elections in Sylhet has changed that picture. At this stage, voting ended on Thursday (November 11) in 44 centres in the divisio...

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Commuters suffer due to countrywide transport strike

Finding no buses on the road on the first day of the countrywide transport strike on Friday, common passengers across the country were seen travelling long distances on foot.The indefinite-term long transport strike started across the country from Friday morning in protest of the hike in diesel and ...

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SAU achieves remarkable success in 15 yrs

Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) has passed 15 years of success. The university started its academic operation on November 2, 2006 with the aim of teaching agriculture and creating skilled graduates in the Alurtal area of Sylhet city, surrounded by hills and plains. This university has shown uni...

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Sylhet people to face fresh trouble over land management

The sufferings of people in Sylhet over land dispute are increasing significantly. People are regularly harassed with cases over the land. And now, a new trouble for the people of Sylhet is in the offing as the 'press' of Sylhet Zonal Settlement Office is being shifted to Dhaka. Zonal S...

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Durga Puja being celebrated at over 2,500 Mandaps in Sylhet

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community, started across the country on Monday (October 11) with the Shashthi puja.The main puja of Goddess Durga started on this day and the puja mandapas will be open till Vijaya Dashami on next Friday. More than two and a half ...

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‘Vehicle mafia’ cripples Sylhet traffic

There are numerous illegal stands of microbuses, private cars and CNG-powered auto-rickshaws across the city of Sylhet. Vehicles are being kept on both sides of many roads. As a result, people are suffering in hour-long traffic jams in these places every day. Besides, new stands are being set up bes...

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Illegal tri-wheeler stand beside Sylhet Kotwali Police Station

Despite ban of easy-bikes (battery powered tri-wheeler) by Sylhet City Corporation, the whole city is swarmed by these vehicles. Even a huge easy-bike stand was set up beside the Kotwali Police Station in Sylhet city.People in the area are questioning the role of authorities as these menacing vehicl...

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Durga Puja knocking on the door

The main formalities of Durga Puja, the major religious festival of the Hindu community, will begin on October 11 this year. During this Puja religious Hindu men and women will worship goddess Durga amid a festivity. Already, most of the eye-catching Durga idols have flourished in an eye-catchi...

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Jananetri Sheikh Hasina Shishu Park launched experimentally after 15 yrs

After a long wait of 15 years, ‘Jananetri Sheikh Hasina Shishu Park’, built at Alampur in South Surma of Sylhet district, was finally launched on an experimental basis by Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) on Saturday afternoon. At this stage, the concerned contractor will 'check'...

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Unauthorised LPG cylinder trade increases risk in Sylhet

Gas cylinder business is going on in Sylhet without any safety standard. The use of LPG cylinders in the country has increased several times in the last five years due to the closure of new gas connections in residential buildings for several years. In this way, the competition among the marketing c...

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Two sisters found dead on building rooftop

Police recovered the bodies of two sisters from the rooftop of a building in Majumdari area in Sylhet city on Tuesday morning (September 20). The deceased were identified as Rani Begum, 33, and Fatema Begum, 27, daughters of Kalim Ullah of the area.Khan Mohammad Mainul Jakir, officer-in-charge ...