Sylhet, Bangladesh News

DHAKA: Rapid urbanisation is taking a huge toll on the countrya s arable land as more and more farmland is being transformed into homesteads, threatening the countrya s goals of attaining food security, better health, more education and economic progress.

First European flight of United Airways starts operation: Biman's performance improving after corporatisation: Quader BSS, Dhaka Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader yesterday said the performance of Biman Bangladesh Airlines is improving following its corporatisation.

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Mahmud Ali was a true Bengali politician who remained committed to the cause of a united Pakistan and also the equal rights of all the federating units, former foreign secretary Akram Zaki said this here on Tuesday.

UNB, Dhaka The prize distribution ceremony of DRU-BKMEA Sports Festival, organized by Bangladesh Reporters Unity , was held at DRU on Monday afternoon.

BDR headquarters yesterday constituted six special courts, two of them in Dhaka, as per the Bangladesh Rifles Order 1972 to initiate trials of the February 25-26 mutineers.

It is good news that the Government of Bangladesh has decided to join the Asian highway but the parliamentary committee's recommendations for accepting proposed routes of AH1 or AH2 do not seem to reflect due considerations given to our national interest.

UNB, Bhairab A nonstop Kishoreganj siege programme enforced by people in Bhairab and Kuliarchar upazilas began yesterday demanding that Bhairab and Kuliarchar upazilas be upgraded into a full-fledged district.

The grenades that went missing from the Chittagong 10-truck arms cache in 2004 were used in all grenade attacks including the one on August 21 Awami League rally, detained former BNP state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar has told interrogators.

Staff Reporter The Jalalabad Association, a Dhaka-based organisation of Sylhet people, at a meeting yesterday paid homage to former finance minister M Saifur Rahman.

Six tribal separatists from the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura have surrendered to security forces after fleeing their camps in Bangladesh, police said here Monday.

The Border Security Force has asked its Bangladesh counterparts to hand over militants from India's northeast and convicted Indian nationals hiding in their territory, a BSF spokesman said here Sunday.

UNB, Sylhet At least six people were injured in a clash between the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League and rival Chhatra Dal at Bhurki Bazar in Biswanath upazila on Friday night.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought a road to Bhutan through India for bettr trade and people-to-people contact.

The polls began at 9am and ran through to 5pm with the participation of only two groups.

The BSF will hand over a list of around 100 camps of different militant groups located in Bangladesh and seek action against them during a four-day meeting with top BDR commanders in Sylhet beginning Wednesday, official sources said.

UNB, Dhaka Chittagong and Sylhet cities are on the risk list of earthquake, as these two major cities are located in between Indian and Burmese tectonic plates.

Jamayet Ali Tea is a variable evergreen bushy shrub or small tree with leathery deep green leaves and fragrant white flowers, cultivated commercially for the production of tea in Sylhet, Moulovibazar, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.

Staff Reporter Another earthquake, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, shook different parts in north and northeastern regions, including Sylhet and Mymensingh, in the early hours of Friday.

UNB, Dhaka Holder Abahani Limited made a good start in the Citycell Bangladesh League beating newcomer Sylhet Beanibazar SC by 3-1 goals in opener at the Bangabandu National Stadium on Sunday.

Police yesterday raided the Dhaka central office and Sylhet divisional office of recently banned Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh, and seized its publications, and various other documents and properties.