Unidentified miscreants attacked on the residences of BNP leader Dildar Hossain Selim in Sylhet city on Friday night. The houses were attacked belonged to Sylhet district BNP formar Vice-President Dildar Hossain Selim Security guard Abdur Razzak, who was on-duty Ali Complex also claimed of seeing over four person took off on foot at Selim house. officer-in-charge of Sylhet Kotwali police ...

Despite a government direction to resume academic activities in Sylhet schools during the ongoing hartal and blockade, the schools are yet to be become fully functional. School authorities said that the parents and guardians are afraid to send their children to schools due to the risk of arson attacks. The teachers, however, hoped that the situation will improve from next ...

Bean farming is gradually becoming popular here as more and more farmers are cultivating the vegetable on their lands. The vegetable, produced aplenty, is supplied to the local market after meeting up the local demand. Sources said, farmers are passing busy times in harvesting bean from their lands. Farming of bean requires less cost and time, so a number of ...

A cotton godown was burnt down in fire incident in Bagbari area of Sylhet city of the district on Friday evenning at 3 pm. Police and fire service sources said the fire had originated from a heap of cotton godown owned by Kamal Bording and engulfed the whole godown. On information, a fire-fighting team from Sylhet fire service station rushed ...

The Economist in its latest issue commented that it is unclear whether there is any peaceable way out in Bangladesh. An article of the London-based news magazine titled ‘Politics in Bangladesh on the boil,’ said an adviser to Mrs Zia thinks a UN-monitored election would be one possibility. However, the UN squandered much of its credibility in this context during ...

Tower Hamlets Council and its partners across the NHS are encouraging residents to be a ‘proud quitter’ on No Smoking Day, Wednesday March 11. This year’s national campaign is focusing on ex-smokers who share their reasons and motivations for quitting. Stop smoking advisers will be seen across Tower Hamlets providing free and friendly advice, information and support on local stop ...

Tower Hamlets Homes (THH) has helped to get 132 apprentices new training and work opportunities by teaming up with its Decent Homes contractors. Such has been the success of the programme that almost half of all the apprentices have been offered full-time work or further training with the contractors. Across the borough energetic Decent Homes’ apprentices are covering all aspects ...

Labour London Assembly Member John Biggs has spoken out to condemn this month’s ticket office closures at Aldgate East and Bethnal Green which marks the start of a project to close several ticket offices across Tower Hamlets. Mr Biggs said the move will leave passengers in Tower Hamlets paying more money for less staff support. The closure comes after it ...

Fact:    There are currently 650 total members of parliament in the UK. Fact: Only 148 are women. Fact: Of those 148 women, only 6 are Asian. But what is the reason for this poor representation – is it that politics is simply a sexist and racist space that no-one in their right minds wants to step into? Or are we ...

Crossing the divide: dozens of designs have been submitted for a new Nine Elms to Pimlico bridge. All of them struggle with the differing elevations of the two sides. This one deploys snaking ramps in an attempt to overcome the problem New bridges — for cyclists and pedestrians — across the Thames in central London are set to change the ...