Fifteen lakh people of five upazilas of Sylhet division have been suffering badly as Sylhet-Golapganj-Zakiganj-Biyanibazar road  has become almost unfit for movement due to lack of renovation for long. The road is the main mode of communication for the residents of Golapganj, Biyanibazar, Zakiganj, Kanaighat upazilas of Sylhet district and Borolekha upazila of Moulvibazar district. Also read : Sylhet’s Osmani hospital’s intern doctors call off strike Besides, goods of imports and exports between India and Bangladesh through Sutarkandi (Sheola) land port through are transported on this road. Locals said big potholes developed on the road due to lack of renovation for the last several years, making it unfit for movement of vehicles as well as pedestrians. Sometimes goods-laden trucks get stuck in these potholes and it takes almost double time to reach destinations because of the slow movement of vehicles on the road. Although this road has been in such a terrible condition for several years the authorities have not taken any initiative to repair it, they said.  Also read : Abandoned well at Beanibazar resumes gas supply to national grid Zahid Ahmed, a resident of Baraigram of Charkhai area said, the road is used by many school and college students, job holders, businessmen and people of all classes. Patients who come to the city for treatment have to endure untold sufferings during movement on the road. Enam Ahmed, vice president of Biyanibazar Chamber of Commerce, said it’s a very important road as it is used by residents of five upazilas but it has become dilapidated for lack of maintenance work. Abul Kashem Pallab,chairman of Biyanibazar upazila parishad, demanded immediate renovation of the road. Md. Mostafizur Rahman, executive engineer of Roads and Highways department, Sylhet, said the potholes were created on some portion of the road. Also read : Gas reserve found in abandoned well of Beanibazar  Biyanibazar-Chandarpur-Sylhet and Biyanibazar-Kalijuri-Sylhet roads which are under the supervision of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is used by the local people as alternative mode of communication with divisional city. But in the last few years the roads have also become vulnerable.

An additional 8 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcf/d) to the National Grid has resumed from the previously abandoned well no 1 of Sylhet's Beanibazar gas field. The gas lifted from the well began to be supplied to the national grid on Monday (November 28) evening nearly after five years, said Abdul Jalil Pramanik, general manager (Administration) of Sylhet Gas Field Limited (SGFL). He said that the supply of gas was supposed to start from Monday morning. However, on the advice of experts, we flowed out gas throughout the day and started to supply to the national grid from 6 pm, he added. Abdul Jalil said, “We completed all the experimental work on Sunday (yesterday). Read more: Abandoned Beanibazar well to add 8mmcf/d gas to national grid from Monday After the gas pressure test (testing) work, all the technical preparations had also been completed for the gas supply, he added. The Beanibazar gas field is under Sylhet Gas Field Limited (SGFL). About 7 million cubic feet of gas per day is being supplied to the national transmission line from well number 2 of this gas field. According to SGFL sources, there are two wells in Beanibazar under Sylhet Gas Field. Production from well no 1 started in 1999 and was closed in 2014. Production resumed in well no 1 at the beginning of 2016 and was stopped again at the end of the same year. From then the well remained abandoned. Managing Director (MD) of SGFL Md Mizanur Rahman said this well has more than 70 billion cubic feet of gas stored at a depth of 3,254 meters currently. After the gas pressure test, it was found that the well is capable of supplying 10 to 12 million cubic feet of gas per day. However, eight million cubic feet of gas will be supplied per day considering various technical aspects. It is expected to provide 125 to 130 barrels of condensate gas per day as a by-product. The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has asked to finish the ancillary work quickly after getting gas in well number 1 of Beanibazar gas field and supplying it to the national transmission line, he added. Read more: Gas reserve found in abandoned well of Beanibazar Besides, the three-dimensional seismic survey is going on in different areas of Beanibazar. There is a possibility of getting a new gas field from that survey, said SGFL MD. By the year 2025, all the companies in the country have taken a plan to increase 618 million gas by digging (work over) about 46 wells, he added. At present there are five gas fields under SGFL--Haripur gas field, Rashidpur gas field, Chhatak gas field, Kailashtila gas field and Beanibazar gas field. Among these, Chhatak gas field is abandoned while the remaining 12 wells are currently producing 91 million cubic feet of gas per day.

An additional 8 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcf/d) is set to be added to the national grid from a previously abandoned well of Sylhet's Beanibazar gas field from Monday. The well no 1 of the gas field will supply the gas to the national grid, said Sylhet Gas Field Limited (SGFL) General Manager Abdul Jalil Pramanik on Sunday. Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) started digging the abandoned well on September 10 and confirmed the finding of the gas reserve on November 10. Read more: Gas reserve found in abandoned well of Beanibazar Abdul Jalil said, “We completed all the experimental work this afternoon.” After the gas pressure test (testing) work, all the technical preparations have been completed for gas supply to the national grid at the final stage, he added. “If everything goes well, gas supply will start from this well to the transmission line from Monday morning,” Jalil said. The Beanibazar gas field is under Sylhet Gas Field Limited (SGFL). About 7 million cubic feet of gas per day is being supplied to the national transmission line from well number 2 of this gas field. According to SGFL sources, there are two wells in Beanibazar under Sylhet Gas Field. Production from well no 1 started in 1999 and was closed in 2014. Production resumed in well no 1 at the beginning of 2016 and was stopped again at the end of the same year. From then the well remained abandoned. Read more: New gas found in Bhola field amid crisis Managing Director (MD) of SGFL Md Mizanur Rahman said this well has more than 70 billion cubic feet of gas stored at a depth of 3,254 meters currently. After the gas pressure test, it was found that the well is capable of supplying 10 to 12 million cubic feet of gas per day. However, eight million cubic feet of gas will be supplied per day considering various technical aspects. It is expected to provide 125 to 130 barrels of condensate gas per day as a by product. The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has asked to finish the ancillary work quickly after getting gas in well number 1 of Beanibazar gas field and supplying it to the national transmission line, he added. Besides, the three-dimensional seismic survey is going on in different areas of Beanibazar. There is a possibility of getting a new gas field from that survey, said SGFL MD. By the year 2025, all the companies in the country have taken a plan to increase 618 million gas by digging (work over) about 46 wells, he added. At present there are five gas fields under SGFL--Haripur gas field, Rashidpur gas field, Chhatak gas field, Kailashtila gas field and Beanibazar gas field. Among these, Chhatak gas field is abandoned while the remaining 12 wells are currently producing 91 million cubic feet of gas per day.

Bapex, the state-owned gas and oil exploration entity, has found fresh gas reserve in an abandoned well of Beanibazar under Sylhet Gas Field. Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) officials expect that they will get 10 MMCFD (million cubic feet per day) daily from the well. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid made the announcement on Thursday in a post from his verified Facebook page. Read more: IMF team attends BERC presentation on setting power, gas tariffs “Along with that 100 barrels of condensate will be produced from the well daily. Hopefully within a short time we will be able to add the newfound gas and condensate to the national grid,” he said. Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) started drilling the well on September 10 and confirmed of finding of the gas reserve on Thursday morning. Nasrul Hamid said by 2025, they will dig 46 new exploration, development and workover wells. “We are hopeful of adding around 620 MMCFD gas to the national grid from these wells,” he said. According to Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL), there are two wells in Beanibazar under Sylhet Gas Field. Production from well no 1 started in 1999 and was closed in 2014. Production resumed in well no 1 at the beginning of 2016 and was stopped again at the end of the same year. From then the well remained abandoned. Engineer Shahinur Islam, Managing Director of SGFL, said, "We will soon be able to start production from this well after completing some other activities. Before the start of drilling, it was estimated in the Development Project Performa (DPP) that 5 MMCFD gas will be found in the well but now it seems the amount of available gas will be more.” Read more: New gas found in Bhola field amid crisis Apart from Beanibazar well, digging of Kailashtila-8 and Goainghat-10 wells in Golapganj and installation work of 1 transmission pipeline in Rashidpur is going on under Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL),he said. SGFL's gas production will further increase after completion of these projects, he said.

A suspected Indian citizen’s half-decomposed body was recovered from Kushiara river in Beanibazar upazila in Sylhet on Thursday. Police recovered the body around 7:30 after being informed by locals who spotted the floating body. Read: Another body washes ashore on Cox’s Bazar beach Police have recovered a smartphone and a money bag with a mobile SIM card and some Indian visiting cards with the body. “From the possessions we are primarily suspecting the man was an Indian citizen,” said Officer-in-Charge of Beanibazar police station Hillol Ray. The body was sent for an autopsy after filing a primary inquiry report, said the OC.

In a surprising turn of events, a man who had gone missing 48 years back, has finally been traced by his children through the Facebook in Beanibazar upazila of Sylhet.

He crossed the Atlantic to reach Bangladesh from the USA, but could not complete a 280-km journey from Dhaka to meet his mother in Beanibazar after long 24 years.

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a construction worker from Lauta union in Beanibazar upazila on Saturday evening.

Beanibazar, Sept 11 (UNB) – Beanibazar, a frontier upazila, is a thriving market for stolen and illegally imported Indian motorcycles.

Beanibazar, June 16 (UNB)— In recent times, youths in Sylhet have become desperate to migrate to European countries, even at great risk to their finances and personal safety. The tendency is particularly acute among the residents of Beanibazar upazila.