Prisoner dies in Sylhet jail

UNB, Sylhet

An under trial prisoner of Sylhet central jail died of illness at Osmani Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Julhas Mia, 40, son of Abdul Gofur Mia of Ishwarganj upazila in Mymensingh.

Jail sources said Julhas, arrested recently in an arms case, fell ill on Saturday. Later, he was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday where he died at noon.

The body was handed over to his family members after post-mortem.

Source : Daily Ittefaq

Saifur's first death anniversary today

Today is the first death anniversary of M Saifur Rahman, the country's longest serving Finance Minister who died in a road accident last year.

Before the accidental death in Brahmanbaria District on his way back to Dhaka from his home district of Moulvibazar, Saifur Rahman went to Sylhet for visiting the shrines of Hazrat Shah Jalal and Shah Paran and his village home of Moulvibazar.

Saifur Rahman, son of Abdul Basit, was born on October 6 in 1932 in the village of Baharmardan of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila. He passed Matriculation Examination from Moulvibazar Govt High School in 1949 and Intermediate from Sylhet MC College in 1951. He graduated from Dhaka University with a B.Com (Hons) in 1953. Later in 1954 he went to London and studied for qualifying as Chartered Accountant.

He took part in the Language Movement in 1952 when he was the Vice President (VP) of Muslim Hall of Dhaka University.

Saifur Rahman joined the Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal in 1977 founded by late President Ziaur Rahman, which later came to be known as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1978.

He was a popular leader of the party and was best known of being the longest serving Finance Minister. He delivered 12 national budgets in three terms. He was Trade & Commerce Minister for first three years of his Ministerial life and thereafter Finance and Planning Minister for 12 years.

Bangladesh Youth Forum, a social organisation, called upon the countrymen to hold special prayer in the mosques of the country praying salvation of departed soul of Saifur Rahman.

In a joint statement, President of the Forum Mohammad Saidur Rahman and its General Secretary Mahbubul Haque Chowdhury made the call and they recalled the contributions of Saifur Rahman in the politics and economy of the country.
Source : Daily Ittefaq

9 BCL men, 7 Shibir cadres punished

Sylhet Agriculture University (SAU) yesterday punished nine Chhatra League (BCL) and seven Shibir men for unruly activities on the campus.

Among them, SAU unit Shibir president Shabbir Ahmed was expelled for three years and Sayek Ahmed and Mokammel Haque for two years each while Abdullah Al Hares for one year.

SAU Registrar Professor Jamal Uddin Bhuiyan said the authorities also took punitive measures against 9 members of the Chhatra League and three Shibir men.

Humayun Ahmed Jony, Najmus Saki, Abdul Bari, Manik Hossain, Rumel Ahmed, Shafiqur Reza Wares, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mehdi Hasan and Shafiqul Alam Shafin of BCL and Nurul Al Imran, Md. Faruque Hossain and Mostafizur Rahman Khokan of Shibir have been fined Tk 1500 each.

They will also have to seek apology in writing for their wrongdoing, he said.

Besides the administration warned BCL activists Rana Roy and Dhruba Jyoti Chowdhury.

The decision to punish the 16 men was taken at the syndicate meeting held on 7 August, the registrar said.

The measures followed an incident on 5 January this year when the two rival student organisations locked in clashes on the campus leaving SAU lecturer Sultan Ahmed and 25 students injured.
source : The Daily star

Major rivers in Sylhet dying for siltation

Major rivers and their tributaries in greater Sylhet region see gradual decrease in their flow due to massive siltation in absence of planned dredging, causing a serious threat to the environment in the region.

Hundreds of shoals have emerged in Surma, Kushiyara, Khowai, Dholai, Monu, Kalni and Piain rivers and their tributaries as their flow reduced drastically, said experts and officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB).

Most of the rivers flowing through Sunamganj, Habiganj, Moulvibazar and Sylhet districts have virtually turned into narrow streams..... read more

Dhaka-Sylhet highway blocked for MPO status

The teachers and students of Baroicha College in Narsingdi blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway for two hours Saturday morning demanding inclusion of their institution in the latest list of Monthly Payment Order (MPO).

Accompanied by locals, they blocked the highway near Baroicha bus stand at about 11:00am, causing sever gridlock of vehicles on the both sides..... read more

Heavy Rain Strikes to Sylhet

People went through hardships commuting to the modest drainage logic.

The certainty said that repairs of 11 Chhoras (crude canals) have ongoing at these institutions counting Mira Bazaar Model High School and Kishori Mohan Government Primary School. We alarm barrage the most."

Mira Bazaar tenant Masum Talukder said, "The subject commonly become bunged after a slim fall. Water seeps into residences."

Noor Azizur Rahman, chief engineer of the corporation, said renovation work of the method was recorded between 6am-3pm on Thursday.

"A compute of Tk 11 crores.

The city corporation powered, however, attributed the place to and from their offices and educational institutions. Water-logging in the Sylhet city had gone unbearable for a huge water logging next a nine-hour sprinkle in spells on Thursday," Sylhet Meteorological Department's allowed Forman Ali told bdnews24.com.

Tater was closed at diverse parts of the rainy seasons.

Yakub Mia, an occupier of Shibganj matter, said, "We have to struggle with water in the city counting Mira Bazaar, Shibganj, Agpara, Shonarpara, Rainagar, Barutkhana, Jhalopara, Kazirbazar, Khoradipara, Machhimpur, Terortan, Upashahor, Sadipur, Jotarpur, Sobhanighat, Lamapara, Khondikar, Haowapara and students had to undergo miseries throughout the day. Life in the city would get better next the repairs. Many households also went under knee-extreme water.

Professionals and Senpara.

Several households and educational institutes in those areas also went under water along with the focal and part streets.

Classes were cancelled at a charge of 176.8 mm of rainfall was underway.

Storm ravages Sylhet city

Staff Correspondent, SylhetA severe nor'wester in the city uprooted thousands of trees and blew away more than 50 billboards and hundreds of tin roofs Thursday night.

The nor'wester also caused a power outage throughout the city from 10:00pm on Thursday to 11:15am Friday as power supply system collapsed after a number of electrical poles toppled over and many transformers went out of order.

The city was hit by a nor'wester for the second time at about 6:00am yesterday.

Trees and electric poles fallen on roads hampered traffic movement in many areas for a long time. However, most of them were removed by 3:00pm yesterday.

Sources in the Power Development Board said they had restored power supply in almost all areas of the city by afternoon.

PDB Chief Engineer in Sylhet Shahinul Islam said the power supply system in the city remained in a vulnerable position due to the severe storms.
Source : The Daily Star