Boro harvesting is underway across the Haor regions of Sylhet Division and Netrokona, with farmers racing to cut their crops amid fears of flash floods.
As farmers across the Sylhet division prepare for the boro paddy harvest, they aim for a good yield due to favourable weather and increased cultivation.
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Seventy-year-old Shamsul Haque remembers how clean the Balutikar canal was when he moved to Kallagram village in Sylhet 20 years ago.
When a mob of at least a hundred locals was about to attack Minoti Rani’s house on the night of December 3 at Manglargaon village in Sunamganj, she grabbed her child and ran to the riverbank, leaving her home and belongings behind.
Land-grabbing, illegal sand-mining, and the iron grip over Sunamganj’s wetlands — these are just a few of the dark allegations that people whisper about former Awami League MP Mouazzam Hossain Ratan.
As the sky darkens and the familiar rumble of thunder echoes across the horizon, farmers and fishermen working in open fields and water bodies sense the imminent danger of lightning. In Bangladesh, lightning is one of the deadliest natural disasters, claiming hundreds of lives each year.
The tourism sector of Bangladesh has been hit hard by the 2024 national elections, unfavourable weather, recurring floods and anti-discrimination movement in the current year compared to last year, as people are unwilling to travel for fear of violence.
The battle for Sylhet city mayor in all likelihood will be “one-sided” today but the races of councillors will be tight, said voters of the city.
With no formidable opponents in sight, rain has emerged as the major hurdle for Sylhet Awami League, which may result in a low voter turnout at the city corporation polls scheduled for today.
Candidates fear a low voter turnout in tomorrow’s Sylhet City Corporation polls as there could be flooding in the city with the Surma flowing just below the danger level.
As the campaigning for Sylhet City Corporation polls will conclude tonight at 12:00am, the mayor and councillor candidates are passing a busy time.
With a vision for a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and technologically advanced Sylhet city, the Awami League’s mayoral candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury yesterday unveiled his 21-point election manifesto.
With only four days remaining for Sylhet City Corporation Polls scheduled for June 21, seven mayoral candidates are leaving no stones unturned in their campaign efforts, despite the occasional rainfall.
In 2021, after 19 years of upgrading Sylhet municipality to a city corporation, the city area was expanded from 26.50 to 79.50 square kilometres.
A show-cause notice has been served on Aftab Hossain Khan, a leader of Swechasebak League and a councillor candidate for ward-7 in the Sylhet City polls, for allegedly organising a showdown with arms outside the home of a rival candidate with a group of 20 to 25 men.
Violating the electoral code of conduct, most of the mayoral and councillor candidates in Sylhet City Corporation elections have been seen putting up laminated posters and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) banners around the city roads.
Ignoring the BNP’s decision of boycotting the five city polls, some 25 grassroots party leaders, including six incumbent councillors, have filed nomination forms to run for councillor in the June 21 Sylhet city polls.