The green cost of development
During mass development in an urban area, the monetary cost is always disclosed. But what about the environmental cost, which is more valuable than money?
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Shop owners in Sylhet, Rangpur in a festive mood at last
Various businesses across the Rangpur and Sylhet regions are seeing an influx of customers ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, which is likely to be celebrated on May 13 this year.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
No challenge, no growth
Every leader has his time in the sun, and it is all about reinventing the sunlight when it is gloomy. Eclipse comes from complacency, and people suffer from inertia if there is no challenge in life.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Invest in talent to reach new heights
Investment in talent can create a sustainable competitive advantage for organisations and take them to the next level. It also makes society better.
27 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Those who saved lives at the cost of their own
“Don’t just chant slogans and hold processions; form an emergency first-aid squad and prepare for massive bloodshed.”
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Same crisis, a year later
On April 5 last year, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital Assistant Professor Dr Md Moyeen Uddin tested positive for Covid-19. He was the very first of such patients in Sylhet, and was the first doctor of the country to have succumbed to the virus on April 15.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
A system doomed to fail
Two UK expatriates who were on mandatory institutional quarantine at Hotel Star Pacific in Sylhet city ‘forcibly’ went out on Tuesday morning.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Fear, despair grip them
“They took away all of my savings and the gold jewellery we had for my daughter’s wedding. We managed to flee minutes before they attacked,” 55-year-old Jhorna Rani Das said, describing the attack on her house.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Wait for justice marks 3yrs
On the afternoon of March 3, 2018, renowned educationist and writer Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal was attacked by a youth with a knife at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) in Sylhet.
2 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Remains of old bridge narrowing Sari river
The road that connects Bangladesh’s Sylhet to Indian’s Shillong through Jaintapur-Tamabil was constructed in 1932.
26 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Trafficking of Woman with Forged Passport: Syndicate teams up with officers
A human trafficking syndicate formed a nexus with immigration police personnel at Sylhet Osmani International Airport and got a woman trafficked to the United Kingdom with a fake passport, a CID probe has found.
18 February 2021, 18:00 PM
MC College Gang Rape: Husband held overnight for testifying at court
The husband of the woman gang-raped at a college in Sylhet last year was arrested on Saturday just so that he testified in the court the next day.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Akhaura-Sylhet Rail Line: Derailments all too frequent
After a freight train carrying diesel derailed at Gutigaon village of Sylhet’s Fenchuganj around Friday midnight, the fuel spilled from the tank wagons. Hearing the news, several locals rushed to the spot with whatever they had and started collecting the diesel.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Murder of Sunamganj Fisherman: Family fears unfair probe
The family of Shyamacharan Barman, a fisherman brutally murdered in Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila last month, fear they will not get justice as they say a local lawmaker is influencing the case.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Majestic Pailgaon zamindar house to be protected by govt
The government is taking steps to protect the centuries-old mansion of the Pailgaon Chowdhurys -- once a notable zamindar family in the region, in present day Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj.
1 February 2021, 18:00 PM
A protective eye on avian species
Through the lenses of cameras and binoculars, researchers are now looking out for our avian friends who kept on flying for thousands of kilometres in search for sanctuary during the winter.
31 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Sylhet gears up but challenges remain
With residents of Sylhet eagerly waiting for the Covid-19 vaccine, the authorities concerned are struggling to ensure a smooth vaccination campaign.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
After 16 years, family still awaiting justice
Today marks 16 years since former finance minister and Awami League (AL) leader Shah AMS Kibria was killed in a grisly grenade attack at an AL rally in Habiganj’s Baidderbazar area on January 27, 2005.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Solution at a standstill
Goods-laden trucks rushing to cross Sylhet city through the busy Amberkhana intersection continue to claim lives, with two persons being killed in two separate accidents last week.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Who stole the pond?
In the 19th century, the famous Majumdar family of Sylhet dug up a large pond to fulfil local people’s need for water in greater Amberkhana area in Sylhet city.
18 January 2021, 18:00 PM