4.6 magnitude earthquake jolts Sylhet

A total of 87 women candidates are contesting in the Sylhet City Corporation elections, one in the general ward and one in the reserved ward (women councillor).

09:46 05 June, 2023

A case has been filed against seven people, including chief engineer of the Sylhet City Corporation, over the death of an army man who was killed after a steel pipe fell on his head from an under construction building of the city corporation.

22:03 04 June, 2023

Sylhet City Corporation election will be held after 16 days. This sacred land of Hazrat Shahjalal has accumulated during the election campaign. Candidates and workers-supporters entered the election field with symbols. Processions-meetings and road meetings are going on. Sylhet city is now active in campaigning, banner-festoon and miking.

13:16 04 June, 2023

Ignoring the party's strict warning, none of the BNP leaders and activists who were councilor candidates in the Sylhet City Corporation elections withdrew their nominations.

10:07 04 June, 2023

Book exchange festival has been organized for the third time by Innovator organization of book readers in Sylhet. This exchange program will be held on Saturday, June 10, from 3 pm to 6 pm.

11:20 02 June, 2023

Symbol allotment among candidates participating in Sylhet City Corporation election on Friday. The campaign war will begin soon after the allotment of symbols between the contending mayoral, reserved and general ward councilor posts.

09:27 02 June, 2023

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said that rain with gusty wind or thunder may occur temporarily in two places of the four divisions including Sylhet.

12:28 01 June, 2023

The three concerned organizations have called for an indefinite strike after miscreants attacked a petrol pump and a CNG station on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway and did not arrest them for violating the rules and not supplying gas. The leaders of the organization have announced that all petrol pumps and CNG stations in Sylhet district will be closed from June 4.

14:34 31 May, 2023

Even though the official campaign has not yet started, Sylhet City's polling ground is buzzing with complaints. The candidates are raising various allegations against each other. Some have complaints about level playing field and some have complaints like 'Election Commission in favor of government party candidates'. All in all, it's a busy polling place.

16:25 29 May, 2023

Two girls drowned in a pond in the Laldighi area of Sylhet town on Sunday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Taiba, 7, daughter of day laborer Salim Mia and Habiba, 7, daughter of Mamun Mia of the area.

12:21 29 May, 2023

Sylhet daughter-in-law Dr. Mantasha Ahmed has been nominated as the president of SAARC Business Council Bangladesh (SBCB). SBCB is a business chamber for women entrepreneurs. This business organization started with 33 successful entrepreneurs along with four advisors.

16:16 27 May, 2023

Holi Chowdhury, wife of Bangladesh Awami League nominated mayoral candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury in Sylhet City Corporation elections, has asked for prayers for her mayoral candidate husband.

15:57 27 May, 2023

287 candidates submitted nomination papers for general councilor post in Sylhet City Corporation election. The nomination papers of six people were canceled in the selection last Thursday. Out of the remaining 281, only one is a woman.

13:37 27 May, 2023

The nomination papers of 5 individual mayoral candidates in the Sylhet City Corporation elections to be held on June 21 have been declared cancelled.

11:44 25 May, 2023

A couple has submitted their nomination papers to compete in the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections slated for June 21.

16:16 24 May, 2023

Awami League candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury has submitted nomination papers for Sylhet City Corporation elections.

13:48 23 May, 2023

Sylhet's traditional 'Shitalpati' is getting Geographical Indication (GI) certificate of Bangladesh. Among the products produced by Bangladesh's soil, water, weather and human creativity, 18 products have received GI recognition so far. This time Shital Patti of Sylhet is ahead to take place in this list.

11:12 23 May, 2023

Awami League nominated mayor candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury will submit his nomination papers in Sylhet City Corporation Elections on Tuesday. He asked for the prayers of the people of the city.

11:02 23 May, 2023

The Awami League- and Jatiya Party-nominated mayoral candidates for the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation election have expressed disappointment with BNP leader and the incumbent mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury's decision to abstain from contesting the city polls, and urged him to reconsider his decision.

01:25 23 May, 2023

Preparations are underway to set up a 100-bed burn unit at MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet to provide quick and improved medical care to patients who have been burnt by fire. After the tender in 2018, there was a delay due to various reasons, but finally the burn unit from 3rd to 7th floor of the hospital is being built.

22:08 21 May, 2023

Awami League (AL) presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Saturday said that AL has always been an election-oriented democratic party, which believes in election to change the government.

12:12 21 May, 2023

Sylhet City Corporation Mayor and BNP central member Ariful Haque Chowdhury has withdrawn from the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections. The leader announced this decision in a public meeting at the historical registry grounds of the city on Saturday (May 20) afternoon. Arif's decision not to contest the election has received mixed reactions in Sylhet's political arena.

21:35 20 May, 2023

The journey of 4 trains has been canceled due to the derailment of two coaches of Sylhet-Udayan Express leaving from Chittagong at Kamalganj in Moulvibazar.

15:10 20 May, 2023

Current mayor and BNP central leader Ariful Haque Chowdhury will announce his decision on whether to contest in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections on Saturday afternoon.

11:36 20 May, 2023