Dwoha Chowdhury

A woman was diagnosed with Covid-19 days on Sunday night, days after giving birth to a child at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital last Friday.

Like elsewhere, use of disposable gloves and masks has increased rapidly in Sylhet due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but most of the items are not being disposed of properly and thrown on roads, posing a serious health risk.

Md Moyeen Uddin, assistant professor at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH), died of Covid-19 yesterday.

Allegations of irregularities and corruption are surfacing over the recently completed rehabilitation and maintenance work on more than 600 kilometres of different levees in Sunamganj.

With most places closed down, street animals which occupy urban spaces with us and often rely on scraps from people are having to go hungry. In Sylhet, people have taken it upon themselves to feed the monkeys at the shrine of Chashni Pir at Amberkhana area.

Marking World Autism Awareness Day, amid the shutdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak, Sylhet Art and Autism Foundation launches an online helpline for children with special needs.

Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) -- with the help of the government, councillors and locals -- is all set to support around 66,000 underprivileged families.

Days before the nation started to panic over the crisis of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical professionals and sufficient resources for infected patients, a private medical college hospital in Sylhet was prepared.

Days before the nation started panicking due to the crisis of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical professionals and medical resources for infected patients, a private medical college hospital was prepared.

The atrocities unfolded on women by Pakistani occupation forces during the War of Liberation in 1971 have left an indelible scar in the psyche of the nation. While the nation moves on leaving behind the trauma, it holds dear the glorious sacrifices the heroines and heroes of the country made during the nine-month-long struggle.

Amid a shortage of hand sanitizers against the growing demand, Carew and Co (Bangladesh) Ltd, the country’s sole state-owned distillery, has stepped forward to produce the alcohol-based solution for masses as part of its social responsibility.

A hospital that has been struggling with lack of equipment and staff members for a decade has been declared “Corona Isolation Centre” in Sylhet, without any upgrades.

The country’s only state-owned distillery has already produced hand sanitisers on a test basis and will start marketing it soon at affordable prices.

In a bid to become the first “digital city” of the country, Sylhet now provides free high-speed internet to its residents through WiFi connection.

The government banned three-wheelers plying on highways in August, 2015. Almost five years have gone by during which multiple High Court orders were issued, but these small slow vehicles are still readily available on national and regional highways of Sylhet.

Sylhet city was highly praised recently for ridding one of its roads from cobwebs of overhead cables, but expanding the project to other areas of the city is like traversing a room full of wire-traps.

The wildlife conservation centre in Tilagarh Eco Park of Sylhet has turned into a death trap for animals since it started operation in November 2018.

When Sylhet municipality was upgraded to city corporation in 2002, no one was concerned about the rapid urbanisation that might hit the city, especially in the suburban areas.

As a precaution to avert possible dengue outbreak, Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) started a special anti-mosquito drive yesterday.

Imphal Talkies and The Howlers, a folk-rock band from Manipur, India, will perform in three consecutive shows from February 13 to 15, in Sylhet, Habiganj and Moulvibazar.