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Flash flood fears grow as dyke works miss deadline in Sunamganj, Netrakona

6 March 2026, 02:32 AM
76 percent of the work had been completed by the deadline, say BWDB officials
6 March 2026, 02:32 AM
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Sust students free VC, others after 14 hours

20 January 2026, 04:28 AM
Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology have postponed their protests against the High Court order that suspended the Sucsu and hall union polls slated for today.
20 January 2026, 04:28 AM
Dhaka Sylhet highway poor condition

Dhaka-Sylhet highway: Road of endless misery

5 October 2025, 18:35 PM
Tk 16,919cr megaproject shows only 15% progress in 5 years
5 October 2025, 18:35 PM
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The struggle against concrete invasion

3 October 2025, 19:24 PM
From the beaches of Cox’s Bazar and Kuakata to the hill slopes of Sajek Valley and the wetlands of Sylhet, Bangladesh’s major tourist destinations are expanding without proper planning or regulation..Makeshift shops, unauthorised hotels, risky embankments, and unregulated boating threaten
3 October 2025, 19:24 PM
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From the archives / Small tremors signal big quake threat: Is Bangladesh ready?

21 September 2025, 16:30 PM
Millions unprepared as unplanned urbanisation leaves Dhaka most exposed to catastrophic losses
21 September 2025, 16:30 PM
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Sada Pathor Looting: Admin officials, law enforcers involved

20 August 2025, 18:23 PM
Some government officials  including members of law enforcement agencies were involved in the rampant looting of stones from Bholaganj’s Sada Pathor area, found a probe committee of the Sylhet district administration.
20 August 2025, 18:23 PM
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Amid the Sada Pathor outcry, Jaflong reels too

15 August 2025, 18:51 PM
Amid an outcry over the ruin of Sada Pathor in Sylhet’s Bholaganj, another popular tourist spot in the district has similarly been ravaged by a syndicate of plunderers.
15 August 2025, 18:51 PM
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Sada Pathor stripped bare

13 August 2025, 18:06 PM
Bholaganj’s Sada Pathor, a broad, shallow stretch of the Dholai River where smooth white stones once lay against the backdrop of Meghalaya’s hills, has long been one of Sylhet’s top tourist attractions.
13 August 2025, 18:06 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Work together to disseminate knowledge

“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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