AL runner wins in a low-turnout by-election
The by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency was marked by a very low turnout of voters yesterday.
4 September 2021, 18:00 PM
9 fish species on verge of extinction
On May 7, a fisherman in Sylhet caught a 180kg Baghair from the Kushiyara river and brought it to Lalbazar, a famous fish market in the city.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Local start-up shines thru gloom
Medical ventilator, a crucial lifesaving equipment, is still scarce in rural and certain urban hospitals where coronavirus patients continue to suffer and die.
16 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Data discrepancy leaves Sylhet residents puzzled
How many people actually died of Covid-19 in Sylhet division since the beginning of the pandemic?
6 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid situation dire in Sylhet
Eighty-year-old Lal Chan Bibi of Moulvibazar’s Barlekha upazila was suffering from Covid-19 symptoms for the last couple of days.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Work together to disseminate knowledge
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Renowned artist Arabinda Das Gupta no more
Reticent painter and art teacher Arabinda Das Gupta breathed his last at Sylhet Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital this morning at 10:22 am today. He was 68 years old.
18 July 2021, 05:54 AM
Another life lost to mismanagement?
On Thursday night, there were 54 patients admitted to the Covid-19 unit of a privately-owned Sylhet Community Based Hospital in the city.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Private hospital in Sylhet runs out of oxygen: one dead, many suffer
Oxygen crisis at the privately-owned Sylhet Community Based Hospital led to the death of a Covid-19 patient early Friday.
17 July 2021, 14:55 PM
Healthy company culture begets employee motivation
In 2015, a Harvard Business Review article by Lindsay McGregor and Neel Doshi explained the connection between company culture and employee motivation. It cites that global business leaders believe that a strong organisational culture is critical to success.
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM
World Population Day: Sylhet wakes up to family planning
At 26, Bina Roy, a tea garden worker at Khejuri Tea Garden of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, is already a mother of four after getting married at 16.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Surge in Covid Cases: Sylhet runs out of ICU beds
On June 20, Rafique Miah, an elderly resident of Sunamganj’s Jagannathpur upazila, tested positive for Covid-19. He was treated at a private hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) for three days till his condition improved, and then he returned home.
9 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Greens worried as new safari park planned
A proposal to build the country's third safari park in Lathitila forest of Moulvibazar has raised concerns among environmentalists as the construction of roads and structures will threaten the biodiversity of the forest area.
2 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Plight of the haor people
The struggles of the people living in the haor areas of the country’s north-eastern districts came to light during the early flash floods of 2017.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Tenants bar demolition of risky market
Built in 1975, Raja Mansion has been an integral part of the post-Liberation War literary and cultural history of Sylhet.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Disaster Management in Sylhet: City authorities caught napping
There are laws, rules and specific instructions on how a government authority should remain prepared all the time to face a disaster.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Experts urge alert after four mild tremors jolt Sylhet
After repeated mild tremors in Sylhet yesterday, experts warned the possibility of a major earthquake at Dauki Fault Line and urged all to stay alert.
29 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Focus on Sylhet’s prospects to reduce regional disparity
The government should exploit the opportunities in northeastern districts by taking adequate measures when formulating the national budget for fiscal 2021-22 as it would help reduce regional disparity, according to various experts.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Mayhem in Sunamganj: Jhumon Das, sued under DSA, still in jail
Jhumon Das Apon, accused in a Digital Security Act (DSA) case filed over criticising Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque on Facebook, has been in jail for over two months.
18 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Discipline is key to organisational growth
When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world early last year, the airline industry was among the first sectors that felt the crisis’s impacts as almost every country closed doors to protect itself from the raging pathogen.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM