Dhaka, Feb. 10 -- A mild earthquake struck Bangladesh on Tuesday afternoon, shaking its northeastern district Sylhet. The magnitude 4 tremor, with its epicentre in Gowainghat, was felt around 5:32pm,... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- Sylhet's election is unfolding without spectacle. Campaigns move through tea stalls and narrow roads, marked less by slogans than by calculation. Beneath the calm, rival camps measure... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- A clash has broken out between residents of two villages in Sylhet over a power struggle, leaving at least 15 people injured after the Sylhet-Sunamganj road was blocked for more than ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Several passengers travelling from Sylhet to the United Kingdom have been denied boarding at the airport despite having valid travel documents and tickets. As of Tuesday, at least 14... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has recovered 25 power gel sticks and 27 electric detonators from an abandoned school building in Sylhet's Kanaighat Upazila, materials the force des... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has solicited votes for his party's "Sheaf of Peddy" symbol during his visit to his in-laws' house in Sylhet. The party chief said, "Just as Dr Zubaida [... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 4 -- Tarique Rahman will be appointed the chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in "a day or two", senior leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. Speaking in Sylhet on S... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is scrambling to contain internal divisions across Sylhet's six parliamentary seats as Jamaat-e-Islami intensifies its ground campaign, sensing... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Police say two Bangladeshi men have been killed by gunfire allegedly from Indian Khasi people at the Sylhet border in Companiganj Upazila. The shooting took place on Friday afternoo... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has claimed that those who demanded elections are now "speaking differently", reflecting a shift in their stance. He said some parties initially... Read More