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Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury will announce whether he will be a candidate in the Sylhet city elections on Saturday (May 20) at the Sylhet Registry Ground, he said earlier. He also applied to the Sylhet Metropolitan Police three days ago seeking permission for the rally.

19:08 19 May, 2023

The central leaders of the party have arrived in Sylhet to participate in the exchange meeting in support of Bangladesh Awami League nominated mayoral candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury in the upcoming elections of Sylhet City Corporation.

17:05 19 May, 2023

Sylhet's senior scholar, Muhtamim of Jamia Qasimul Uloom Dargah Madrasa, Shaikhul Hadis and Chief Mufti Maulana Muhibbul Haque Gachbari passed away. (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raziun).

12:22 18 May, 2023

Party or election - which one will Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury leave? We still have to wait two whole days for the answer to this question. He said once again that he will hold a public meeting on May 20 and inform the people of Sylhet about the decision.

10:08 18 May, 2023

On the occasion of the Sylhet City Corporation election, another person has collected nomination papers for the post of Mayor. A total of 418 women and men have purchased nominations for the post of mayor and 8 councilors. Candidates have been collecting nomination forms from the returning officer of the Sylhet regional election office since April 27. Can be collected till 23 May.

01:04 18 May, 2023

Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka Chief Coordinator and Expert Physician Professor Dr. Samant Lal Sen said that a 100-bed burn unit will be set up in Sylhet soon. Necessary preparations are also underway for this. He said, Hon'ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working for everyone irrespective of caste, religion and caste. As long as the Prime Minister is there, the country will be developed.

15:45 17 May, 2023

After two days of heat wave, Sylhet has finally seen relief rain. The people of Sylhet were panting because of the heat. In the meantime relief returned to Sylhet in the rain.

16:59 16 May, 2023

A letter has been sent to 32 leaders of the party on behalf of the city BNP urging them not to run for councilor posts in the Sylhet City Corporation elections. Nasim Hossain, president of Mahanagara BNP, confirmed on Monday afternoon that these letters have been handed over to potential candidates in the last three days.

11:03 16 May, 2023

A memorial meeting was held in Sylhet on the occasion of the first death anniversary of language struggler, brave freedom fighter and former finance minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith.

14:49 15 May, 2023

1 lakh 66 thousand 21 voters have increased in the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections. Due to the inclusion of 15 new wards and the increase of 39 thousand 121 voters in the last 5 years in 27 wards, the total number of voters in 42 wards of SCC is 4 lakh 87 thousand 753 people. The number of voters in the new 15 wards is 1 lakh 26 thousand 900.

11:35 15 May, 2023

The Sylhet Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has postponed the SSC examination on Monday (May 15) in Sylhet due to the severe cyclone 'Mokha' in the Bay of Bengal.

17:29 14 May, 2023

Communal fundamentalist forces are emerging at various levels of society and state structure; Culture activists have expressed fear that the anti-liberation war forces are creating division among people in the name of religion.

00:52 13 May, 2023

Science writer and blogger Anant Vijay Das' comrades have demanded a permanent memorial be built at the site of his killing. Such demands were made at the commemoration ceremony organized on the 8th anniversary of Anant's murder on Friday.

16:06 12 May, 2023

Sylhet City Corporation election will be held on June 21 through EVM. The political arena of Sylhet has already become active around the elections. Mayor Arif and the new Awami supported candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury are at the center of all discussions about the SCC elections, but there are 369 other people in the race to buy nominations.

23:35 10 May, 2023

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start direct Hajj flights from Osmani International Airport in Sylhet to Saudi Arabia from May 23 for the convenience of the pilgrims.

13:38 09 May, 2023

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four members of the new militant organization 'Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya' from the Barashala area of Sylhet Airport. RAB said that they were arrested after the operation on Monday night.

12:30 09 May, 2023

Awami League nominated candidate Md. Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury has collected the nomination papers for Sylhet City Corporation election.

21:20 08 May, 2023

Shireen Akhter of Sylhet has been elected the first Bangladeshi woman councilor in the local elections of Chester City, UK. She has won the election by participating in the election from the Labor Party and is the first Bangladeshi councilor from the Upton area of Chester City.

16:09 07 May, 2023

Four missing children have been rescued from Dakshin Khozarkhala Colony of Dakshina Surma in Sylhet Nagar. They are kidnapped by a woman who says they are going to Jaflong. The police also arrested that woman.

13:19 07 May, 2023

Bholaganj border haat in Companyganj upazila of Sylhet was finally launched after several delays.

14:00 06 May, 2023

The land port on the Indo-Bangla international border at Dawki in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills will be inaugurated by Union minister of state for home affairs, Nityanand Rai, on Thursday in the presence of state deputy chief minister Preston Tynsong and the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.

23:18 05 May, 2023

Sylhet City Corporation Election Management Committee has been announced by Bangladesh Awami League Organizing Secretary and Sylhet Division Leader Ahmed Hossain.

11:00 05 May, 2023

A peace procession has been taken out in Sylhet city on the occasion of the auspicious Buddha Purnima. This peace procession was taken out on the initiative of Sylhet Buddhist Association on Thursday (May 4) afternoon.

19:16 04 May, 2023

'We will go to the elections in the context of Sylhet' - Sylhet Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury's statement on Monday has caused discomfort in his party BNP. However, BNP leaders hope that this will not be the last word of Arif. They believe that Arif will not go to the polls in the end.

01:42 04 May, 2023