The construction work of Shahjalal Fertilizer Factory at Fenchuganj is going on in full swing and the work is expected to be completed by June next.M/S China National Compete Pant Import and Export Corporation Ltd has been implementing the project at a cost of Tk about five thousand and fifty crore with M/s Chanda Engineering Company Ltd . Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated Shahjalal Fertilizer Factory Project at Fenchuganj on March 24, 2012 and 38 -month time was fixed to...
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Lack of repair and maintenance of a large number of decrepit roads across Balagonj upazila has led to immense sufferings to local people. Talking to locals and officials while visiting different areas, the correspondent found that a good number of roads are in very bad shape and those need urgent repair works.The most decrepit roads include Sylhet – Sultanpur – Balagonj, Gohorpur – Doyamir road, Murarbazar, Jamalpur, Sultanpur, Azizpur, Tajpur – Balagonj road, Goalabazar – Syedpur, Tajpur – Khasikapon road...
Illegal drug business has been going on unabated in Railway station area of Dakshin Surma upazila of the district. According to sources, various kinds of drugs, including phensidyl, heroin and ganja, are being smuggled into the country from India by some youths. Women are also being involved in this criminal activity. They sell drugs here and also send them to different parts of the country, A large number of youths, students, day labourers, rickshaw-pullers and drivers are drug addicts in...
Flash flood, triggered by torrential rains for the last couple of days and onrush of hill waters, has inundated vast areas in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts.In Sylhet, vast areas of Goainghat, Jaintapur, Kanaighat and Companiganj upazilas were submerged, leaving many people marooned. The rise of water level in all major rivers, including Surma and Kushiyara, has worsened the situation.Sylhet Water Development Board sources said the Surmar River was flowing 25 cm above the danger level at Kanaighat point.Road link between...
The people have already started early Eid shopping despite higher prices of Eid items, including clothes, much ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festivity to avoid abnormal rush at the last moment in the city markets.According to the market sources and local observers, Eid shopping in all markets, shopping malls, complexes and makeshift wayside markets marks huge sales amid tight security measures in the divisional city. Hundreds of men, women, housewives, students, girls, boys, youths and adolescents have been buying Eid items...
House rents in Sylhet city keep soaring for the recent years much to the suffering and anxiety of the tenants. Apathetic towards the hardship of the tenants, the owners mostly raise rents of their houses just as per their whim ignoring the existing law. According to the house rent law, no owner can increase the rent of his/her house unilaterally or force to give an advance for it; but the provisions are hardly abided by the house owners. The owners...
Notorious dope gangs, popularly known as ‘Ogyan Party,’ have become active in the Sylhet ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.Members of the gangs snatch money and other valuables from people after making them unconscious through sedatives.The dope gangs especially operate at shopping centres and bus terminals in the city where shoppers and passengers throng ahead of Eid.Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital (SOMCH) sources said at least 4-5 victims take treatment at the hospital everyday after being robbed by the members of the...
The law enforcement agencies, including Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP), have taken special security measures to control law and order situation in the city ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Criminal incidents like robbery, theft, mugging and extortion have increased in the industrial and port city Sylhet as the biggest festival of the Muslims draws near. Members of the law enforcing agencies are patrolling the city streets regularly to provide security to passengers, shoppers as well as city dwellers. SMP Commissioner Md Mizanur Rahman...
Traffic congestion has taken a serious turn on different roads in the Sylhet ahead of the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival, causing immense sufferings to city dwellers.The government’s efforts to ease traffic congestion during the fasting month of Ramzan have virtually failed to make any impact on city traffic, sources concerned said.Indiscriminate parking of cars in front of shopping malls, disobeying of traffic rules, jaywalking and road digging by various utility service providers are mainly intensifying the traffic jam in the city.Frequent...
Syed Iqbal, a 35-year-old physically challenged youth, looks beaming as Union Information Service Centre (UISC), set up in Kamalbazar under Dakshin Surma upazila of the district around three years back, has brought a major change in his life as he is earning a satisfactory income by providing ICT-based services to people.He said, ‘I have earned around Taka 80,000 and Taka 85,000 in May and June last respectively by providing around 37 categories of services to people through this UISC established...
Commission agents of physicians and clinics have long been dominating the premises of the Sylhet Medical College Hospital, causing severe difficulties to the patients and their attendants.Sources in the hospital said assistants and agents of the doctors and clinics receive a huge amount of money from the patients and their attendants, referring them to certain clinics and pathological laboratories for various medical tests, prescribed unnecessarily.The agents take positions at any place of private-run hospitals, bus stands, railway stations and many...
Power shortage and water crisis in Sylhet have turned into a serious problem in the last few days amid sweating summer heat that has made the peoples’ life miserable.In the city, people of Housing Estate, Shahjalal Upashahar, South Surma, Taltala, Subid Bazar, Ambarkhana, Mendibagh, Shibganj, Akhalia and Tuker Bazar are the worst sufferers due to frequent load shedding and water crisis.Sources said the city corporation was supplying only one-third water of the total daily demand of people, paralysing their lives...