SCC election: Violation of polls code rampant
Violating the electoral code of conduct, most of the mayoral and councillor candidates in Sylhet City Corporation elections have been seen putting up laminated posters and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) banners around the city roads.
1d ago
Race for Councillor: BNP struggling to rein in grassroots
Ignoring the BNP’s decision of boycotting the five city polls, some 25 grassroots party leaders, including six incumbent councillors, have filed nomination forms to run for councillor in the June 21 Sylhet city polls.
1w ago
Now party unity, voter turnout key challenges for AL
As the scheduled nomination collection and submission day for the upcoming Sylhet City Polls concluded yesterday, it seems that fate is on the side of the Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate.
2w ago
Polls code violations rampant in Sylhet
The Sylhet City Corporation election is scheduled for June 21, and despite warnings from the Election Commission, mayoral candidates have been continuously violating electoral rules by running campaigns in the city ahead of schedule.
3w ago
AL in Sylhet City Polls: Rift feared because of ‘an outsider’
The Awami League’s decision to nominate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, who is not even a part of any party units in Sylhet, may create a rift in the grassroots ahead of the upcoming mayoral polls.
She finally gets to mourn her father
Shahrin Rahman had been longing for a place to mourn her father Lt Col Abul Fazal Ziaur Rahman, who was taken away by the Pakistani occupation army in 1971 when she was just five years old.
Battle to get AL nomination heats up
As the Sylhet City Corporation election is approaching, tensions are high among those who are vying for mayoral nomination from Awami League.
UCEP-StanChart training countering Covid job losses
s soon as the coronavirus pandemic hit Bangladesh in early 2020, thousands of people, mostly in the informal sector, lost their jobs.
SUST Movement: A year of unkept promises
A year has gone by since the students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) suspended their movement for the removal of the vice chancellor and other demands.
First national bamboo park disappears in plain sight
In 2012, the forest department took an initiative to protect threatened varieties of bamboo by creating the country’s first national bamboo park in Sylhet.
Surma dredging plan may be futile
This year was a disastrous blow for Sylhet’s people, due to a devastating flood that continued for around two months from May 12.
‘Struggle for right to vote starts now’
The BNP’s only aim is to end the regime, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told yesterday’s rally in Sylhet city.
Sylhet city virtually stops
People in general suffered on the roads in Sylhet due to the transport strike allegedly centring yesterday’s BNP rally.
BNP divisional rally: Strikes on yet Sylhet all set
Though the transport strike almost cut off Sylhet from the rest of the country, BNP activists continued to arrive in the city yesterday to attend today’s rally.
BNP prepares for a grand Sylhet rally
BNP leaders and activists have been campaigning hard to ensure over “four lakh people” join the party’s upcoming rally in Sylhet city.
Jamaat chief’s son linked to militant outfit
Rafat Chowdhury, son of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, is the Sylhet regional coordinator of Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit Ansar Al Islam and has been inspiring youths to leave their homes for so-called jihad, claimed police yesterday.
Demand is there, production is not
While visiting Sylhet, one particular item in the kitchen markets always catch the attention of tourists -- a round-shaped lemon-like fruit.
Historic Keane Bridge awaits restoration
More than seven centuries ago, Sylhet town flourished in the hilly terrain on the Surma river’s northern bank.
Critically endangered 150kg Baghair being sold openly in Sylhet
A 150-kg Gangetic Goonch, commonly known as Baghair fish, is on display for sale at the traditional Lalbazar fish market in Sylhet city today (October 25, 2022).
Sylhet far from a digital city
The initiative to upgrade Sylhet as the country’s first digital city was praised, and the introduction of free Wi-Fi and surveillance cameras to detect crime was widely applauded.
Factories weighed down by weak infrastructure
Some 132 small and cottage industrial units inside two estates of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Sylhet have long been suffering due to the poor infrastructure and other facilities available to them.
Rift between AL, rebel candidates intensifies
The rift between the ruling Awami League candidate and a rebel candidate has become visible in Sunamganj, ahead of the Zilla Parishad election, to be held tomorrow.
Cargo complex at airport to boost export from Sylhet
The history of people from Bangladesh’s Sylhet division living in European countries, especially the United Kingdom, goes back around 350 years and the diaspora there has kept growing over the centuries.
Waste of money or lack of awareness?
Why do we need foot overbridges? The answer is simple. They are built to prevent accidents, on roads which are usually broad and difficult to cross.
Salman Khan’s clothing brand to open outlet in Dhaka tomorrow
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s clothing brand ‘Being Human' is all set to open its first franchisee outlet in Bangladesh tomorrow.
Sylhet Gas Fields: Production to go up 7 times
Sylhet Gas Fields (SGFL) is aiming to increase gas production by seven times by 2025 by way of exploring new gas reserves, digging eight new wells and workover of 11 abandoned wells.
Sust student on solo protest against unkept promises
Almost seven months have passed since the students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) suspended their movement for the removal of the vice chancellor and other demands.
Sylhet’s citrus getting popular at home and abroad
What is the maximum amount of money a person would be willing to spend on a single citrus fruit? If you guessed between Tk 15 and Tk 40, you would be dead wrong.
Kushiyara water-sharing deal: Hope rekindled after all these years
The Rahimpur canal in Sylhet’s Zakiganj upazila is only about three kilometres away from the source of the Surma and the Kushiyara rivers.
Trip to manage waste or waste money?
The government recently allowed the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor to visit a factory in the US, from which SCC bought 20 vehicles for a waste management project.
Dhalai river at the mercy of sand traders
An authorised balumahal (sand quarry) leaseholder has been extracting sand from the banks of Dhalai river in Sylhet’s Companiganj, posing a serious threat to the environment.
Six months of SUST Movement: A story of unkept promises
Six months have gone by since the students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) suspended their movement for the removal of the vice chancellor and other demands.
Sylhet all set to inaugurate modern bus terminal
After the 1897 Assam earthquake, the greater Sylhet region adopted a sustainable design for buildings. Known as “Assam type” structures, they are now considered a heritage.
So much for the schedule
Sunday night was quite shocking for Sylhet residents, as Division-2 of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) published a load-shedding schedule stating that many areas of the city would face blackouts for 12 to 13 hours.
Nature’s revenge
For around a month now, all four districts in the Sylhet division have been enduring floods with the water receding slowly from many areas and thousands left to suffer.
‘Haors are no longer haors’
Q. What is happening to our haors (the vast wetlands in the country’s north-eastern region) and how has that impacted the flood situation?
Flood victims in north: A roof over their heads is all they need now
Sitting in a roadside garage near what used to be her home, Nasima Begum, 70, was seen trying to salvage whatever was edible from paddy she had stored earlier.
Waterborne diseases on the rise
The yard and kitchen of Aparna Rani Das’s house in Gagra village, on the edge of Hakaluki haor in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha upazila, is submerged in knee-deep water since June 17.
Floods in northeast: Private relief efforts outpace govt’s
Around 3:00am last Wednesday, one family was seen hard at work making 400 bags of relief to be taken for distribution the next morning.
A loss of Tk 200cr in livestock, poultry
Rearing cattle has always been easy for the people of haor areas in the country’s northeastern region due to ample supply of natural fodder like grass.
Flood damages: Farmers face hunger after loss of crops
When the floods came this year, it was not just the rice in the paddy fields that were washed away, but also those stored at homesteads -- leaving many in a state of food insecurity.
Time to rebuild
Laki village of Tawakkul union in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila straddles a massive haor, silhouetting the emerald mountains of Cherrapunji.
Relief distribution in a coordinated way
All relief -- government or non-government -- is to be distributed in a coordinated way by committees formed in upazilas and unions of the Sylhet division.
Inaccessible, in distress
Thousands of people in 93 unions -- one-third of the total 336 in Sylhet division -- suffer immensely as no humanitarian aid could reach them as yet.
Relief not reaching those who need it most
Shamim Ahmed, a young resident of Eklimnagar village in Sunamganj’s Chhatak upazila, has been stranded with no relief since the flood hit his home six days ago.
‘Hungry for two days’
“Sir, please note down my name. I have five daughters and we have been going hungry for two days.”
June 6, 2023
SCC election: Violation of polls code rampant
Violating the electoral code of conduct, most of the mayoral and councillor candidates in Sylhet City Corporation elections have been seen putting up laminated posters and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) banners around the city roads.
May 25, 2023
Race for Councillor: BNP struggling to rein in grassroots
Ignoring the BNP’s decision of boycotting the five city polls, some 25 grassroots party leaders, including six incumbent councillors, have filed nomination forms to run for councillor in the June 21 Sylhet city polls.
May 24, 2023
Now party unity, voter turnout key challenges for AL
As the scheduled nomination collection and submission day for the upcoming Sylhet City Polls concluded yesterday, it seems that fate is on the side of the Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate.
May 16, 2023
Polls code violations rampant in Sylhet
The Sylhet City Corporation election is scheduled for June 21, and despite warnings from the Election Commission, mayoral candidates have been continuously violating electoral rules by running campaigns in the city ahead of schedule.
April 18, 2023
AL in Sylhet City Polls: Rift feared because of ‘an outsider’
The Awami League’s decision to nominate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, who is not even a part of any party units in Sylhet, may create a rift in the grassroots ahead of the upcoming mayoral polls.
March 19, 2023
She finally gets to mourn her father
Shahrin Rahman had been longing for a place to mourn her father Lt Col Abul Fazal Ziaur Rahman, who was taken away by the Pakistani occupation army in 1971 when she was just five years old.
March 11, 2023
Battle to get AL nomination heats up
As the Sylhet City Corporation election is approaching, tensions are high among those who are vying for mayoral nomination from Awami League.
February 2, 2023
UCEP-StanChart training countering Covid job losses
s soon as the coronavirus pandemic hit Bangladesh in early 2020, thousands of people, mostly in the informal sector, lost their jobs.
January 17, 2023
SUST Movement: A year of unkept promises
A year has gone by since the students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) suspended their movement for the removal of the vice chancellor and other demands.
December 14, 2022
First national bamboo park disappears in plain sight
In 2012, the forest department took an initiative to protect threatened varieties of bamboo by creating the country’s first national bamboo park in Sylhet.
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