Police in separate drives arrested three people and recovered four geckos, a lizard type creature locally known as ‘takshak’ from Humayun Rashid Chattar and Hazrat Shahjalal Dargah Gate areas in South Surma upazila of the city on Wednesday night.The arrestees were identified as Manir Uddin,60, a resident of Dharakul village in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali district, and Abdul Majid,48, and Julhas Miah,48, both residents of Mullapara village in Panchhari upazila of Khagrachhari district....

Muggers snatched away Tk1.28 lakh from a couple at Taltola in the city on Tuesday afternoon. The victims were identified as Rabindra and his wife, hailing from Mirzajangal area of the city.Rabinrda said a gang of eight muggers on four motorcycles intercepted them in front of Hotel Bilash at Taltola and snatched away his wife’s vanity bag while they were returning to their residence. The bandits took away Tk 1.28 lakh, which the couple had just withdrawn from a bank,...

The local administration imposed a ban on swimming in the Piyain river at Jaflong of Goainghat upazila from Friday, following the drowning of five tourists in the river on Thursday afternoon.Besides announcing the ban using mikes at market places, additional forces of police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Village Defence Party (VDP) have been deployed in the area to implement the ban.The district’s Deputy Commissioner (DC) M Shahidul Islam said it was very inspiring that a huge number of tourists...

An old man was killed as he attempted to stop a clash between two brothers at Angarjore village in Goainghat upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Sikandar Ali, 70, a resident of the village.Locals said one Alauddin of Angarjore village had an altercation with his brother Alim Uddin over a trivial matter in the morning and at one stage, they attacked each other.When neighbour Sikandar moved forward to stop the clash between the two siblings, a brick chip thrown...

A man was killed and seven people were injured as a gas cylinder exploded at a bakery in East Kushighat area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Ismail Khan, 35, son of late Iskandar Khan of Dilgaon village in Chunarghat upazila of Habiganj district.Locals said the accident took place around 8pm when the gas cylinder of ‘Pusti Bakery’ went off with a big bang at a room, leaving bakery employee Ismail dead on the spot and...

A young man went missing while swimming in the Piyain River at Jaflong in Goainghat upazila on Wednesday.The victim was identified as Kamrul Islam, 20, son of Khorshed Ali, a resident of Shahi Eidgah area in the city.Goainghat Police Station officer-in-charge Abdul Hye said Kamrul along with his friends went to the river for swimming around 4 pm.At one stage, Kamrul was carried away by the strong current of the river.Being informed, divers rushed to the spot and started a...

Academic activities at a good number of government primary schools in Sylhet division are being badly hampered due to acute crisis of teachers.Some 1,464 posts of teachers, including 430 of headmasters, have remained vacant for long in four districts-Sunamganj, Sylhet, Habiganj and Moulvibazar-under the division, said sources concerned.The district-wise vacancies are as follow: 540 posts of teachers in Sylhet, 414 posts in Sunamganj, 267 in Habiganj and 243 in Moulvibazar.At the schools in Sylhet, three posts of headmasters, out of...

A good number of people at Mahtabpur village under Lamakazi union in Biswanath upazila have been able to develop the standard of their livelihood through dried fish business.The business centring dried fish which has huge demand in the domestic market has created wide employment opportunity for many people of Mahtabpur.During visit to the village recently, this correspondent found dried fish traders and the workers employed by them passing very busy time.They were either collecting fishes from arats (wholesale fish markets)...