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BPL 2023: Sylhet Strikers make a flying start winning a low-scoring match
Sylhet Strikers won the first match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) beating Chattogram Challengers by eight wickets on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
The match was scheduled to take place at 2:30 pm, but it kicked off a half hour earlier - a further testament to the subpar management of the BPL.
Sylhet won the toss and sent Chattogrma to bat first.
Chattogram had a disappointing start as Mehedi Maruf was run out for 11 in the 3rd over and Darwish Rasooli, their Afghan recruit, was out for a mere 3 runs in the 4th. Their hopes of a major score were pinned on Al-Amin, but he too fell for just 18 runs. Skipper Shuvagata Hom's single run only added to their woes, further worsening the situation.
But, Afif Hossain got the innings back on track with 25 runs off 23 balls with 3 fours. Unmukt Chand couldn't make a big score as he was out for 5 runs.
Mrittunjoy Chowdhury added 3 runs while Nihaduzzaman scored 8 runs before getting out. Malinda Pushpakumara and Mehedi Hasan Rana remained unbeaten and added 6 and 2 runs respectively. At the end of 20 overs, Chattogram Challengers made 89 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.
For Sylhet, Rejaur Rahman Raja bagged four wickets conceding only 14 runs in four overs.
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In reply, Sylhet Strikers had to do better on a difficult Mirpur surface to take the lead. They started well, with Najmul Hossain Shanto making 43 runs off 41 balls.
Colin Ackermann was out for 1 run but Zakir Hasan made a quick 27 runs off 21 balls to set up a winning total. Mushfiqur Rahim remained not out on 6 runs as Sylhet Strikers achieved their target in 12.3 overs.
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the former Bangladesh captain, made a return to competitive cricket after an eight-month hiatus, captaining the Sylhet Strikers in this edition of the BPL.
Two flights from Middle East make emergency landing in Sylhet due to dense fog
Two airplanes, carrying passengers from Qatar and Saudi Arabia headed for Dhaka airport, made emergency landings at Sylhet Osmani International Airport due to dense fog on Tuesday.
The airplanes of US-Bangla Airlines and Biman from Doha of Qatar and Dammam of Saudi Arabia respectively made the emergency landing.
Belayet Hossain, an officer of US-Bangla at the Osmani airport, said the US-Bangla flight carrying 140 passengers was supposed to land at Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport in the capital in the morning but it landed at the Osmani airport at 8.20am due to the dense fog.
Biman flight makes emergency landing in Sylhet
Later, the airplane with the passengers took off for Dhaka when normalcy returned around 10.20am, he said.
Borhan Uddin, controller of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Sylhet office, said the Dammam-return flight made the emergency landing in Sylhet around 10am due to the adverse weather in Dhaka.
The airplane, however, left the airport for Dhaka an half-hour after its urgent landing, he added.
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Autorickshaw driver crushed under wheels of train in Sylhet
A 35-year-old CNG run-autorickshaw driver was crushed under the wheels of a train in Lalamatia area of the Sylhet city on Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased—Ali Hossain, was son of Abdul Khaleq of Paschim Bilerbon village under Zakiganj upazila.
Majedul Islam, sub inspector of Government Railway Police (GRP) in Sylhet, said the accident happened around 3pm when the speeding Sylhet-bound train ‘Surma Mail’ crashed into the autorickshaw driven by Ali while it was crossing the Lalmatia Rail Line under Mogla Bazar police station, leaving him dead on the spot.
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On information, members of the GRP rushed to the spot and recovered the body, he said.
The body will be handed over to the victim’s family after completing the legal procedure, he added.
Unidentified man crushed under train in Sylhet
An unidentified man got crushed under a speeding train in Sylhet on Sunday.
Locals spotted the disfigured body of the man lying at Shibbari rail crossing at South Surma area in the city in morning and informed railway police, said SM Kamal Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Sylhet railway police station.
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The body has been recovered and he might have been hit by Dhaka bound Kalni Express train in the morning, said the OC.
The body has been sent for an autopsy and efforts are on to know his identity, he said.
Bangladeshi shot dead at border by Indian Khasi people: Jaintapur police
A Bangladeshi man was shot dead, allegedly by Indian Khasi people, near the Goabari border area in Sylhet's Jaintapur upazila early Sunday.
The deceased, Madassir Ali, 52, was a resident of Guabari Adarsha village in the same upazila.
Confirming the matter, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Jaintapur Police Station, Golam Dastgir Ahmed, said that Madassir went to collect betel nuts near the border area on Saturday night.
“Khasi people from the Indian side opened fire at him,” he said.
The body was recovered by the police and sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.
3 arrested for raping, killing mentally-challenged woman in Sylhet
Police arrested three people in connection with the killing of a mentally-challenged woman after raping her in Gowainghat upazila of the district.
The arrestees--Jabbar Miah, son of Jalil Miah of Mujibnagar village, Bachhu Miah, son of Barek Miah of the same village and Sebul Miah, son of Harunur Rashid of Budhigaon Haor village, were all residents of the upazila.
Probas Kumar Singha, senior assistant superintendent of police (Gowainghat circle) of the district police, disclosed these at a press conference at Gowainghat police station on Tuesday noon.
He said the arrestees were Yaba addicts and accused of several cases including theft and other anti-social activities.
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The accused hit upon a plan to rape the mentally-challenged woman when they were taking Yaba at the house of Jabbar on the night of December 11.
As per plan, they took away the woman to a hillock on the pretext of giving her food and other things, he said.
The trio killed her by hitting her on the head and other parts of the body with sticks and stones when she tried to resist their attempts to rape her, the police officer narrated.
Police recovered the body from the hillock upon information from the locals as they spotted her on December 12 morning, he said.
The police station’s Sub Inspector Jahirul Islam Khan filed a murder case accusing some individuals as unidentified on the same day.
The clueless case’s Investigation Officer Emrul Kabir arrested Jabbar, Bachhu and Sebul on December 15, 18 and 19 respectively from several areas.
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Clothes and other valuables of the victim were recovered from the spot upon information revealed from the accused, he said, adding that the arrestees landed in jail through a court.
Sylhet tea workers bring out torch procession demanding dues
Tea workers in Sylhet brought out a torch procession to press home their three-point demand including payment of their dues at Malinichhara Tea Estate on Tuesday.
The workers under the banner of ‘Tea Garden Education Rights Implementation Council’ brought out the procession from Malinichhara Tea Estate and paraded towards Lakakkatura, Choukidekhi and ended at Rest Camp around 5:30 pm.
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Organiser Adhir Baurir, chief organiser Sanjay Kanta Das expressed solidarity with the workers and spoke at the procession.
Speakers from the procession said as per the rules, a bilateral deal was scheduled to be held per two years for raising the wages and other facilities of the workers but no deal has been signed yet in 2021-22.
The Tea Estate Owners did not pay any heed to the demand of the workers, they said.
The daily wage for the tea estate workers has been raised to Tk 170 from Tk 120 after a 19-day movement in August, but the owners did not provide their extended arrears for the last 19 months.
They demanded payment of their dues immediately.
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The tea workers also threatened to go for another movement if their demand goes unheeded and the owners and government would be held responsible for that.
The workers also demanded Tk 500 wage daily and 5kg of ration.
They also demanded to provide education stipend and educational materials to their children free of cost.
The workers at the country's 167 tea plantations went on a strike in August last to press for increasing their daily pay to Tk300, given the recent price hike of the essential commodities.
Momen wants direct air connectivity with Guwahati
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has sought efforts on resuming Guwahati-Dhaka air service and underscored the need to have direct air connectivity between Guwahati and Sylhet.
He also highlighted the importance of having direct bus service between Sylhet-Silchar for promoting people-to-people contacts, boosting bilateral ties and ensuring collective prosperity in the region.
Foreign Minister Momen raised the issues when High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma met him at his office on Tuesday. They discussed issues of mutual interest.
Momen recalled with satisfaction the arrangements made by the government of India during his recent visit to Silchar, Assam on December 1-3 to participate in the first edition of the Silchar-Sylhet Festival.
The Prime Ministers of both Bangladesh and India on numerous occasions have emphasized on building common platforms for promoting understanding and cooperation to further strengthen Bangladesh-India ties.
Read more: "Bangladesh-India are connected through the heart"
Following their guidance, this festival revisited the connection, heritage, historical cultural and linguistic affinity between the two countries in order to strengthen the age-old people-to-people ties, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Foreign Minister thanked India for inviting Bangladesh to attend the G20 meetings as a ‘guest country’ for the tenure of their G20 Presidency.
He noted that this would uphold their image in the regional settings.
Read more: India offers free transit to Bangladesh for exports to third countries
Momen also called for bolder solidarity to address the issues faced by the Global South to tackle the combined challenges of the COVID-19 crisis, the crisis in Europe, and financing for climate emergency and SDG implementation.
Sylhet-Silchar Festival to boost ties with India's north-east: Momen
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said engagements such as the first Sylhet-Silchar Festival 2022 will boost Bangladesh's ties with India's north-east.
The prime ministers of both countries have emphasised building a common platform of understanding and cooperation to further strengthen Bangladesh-India ties, he added.
The foreign minister is attending the first-of-its-kind two-day Silchar-Sylhet Festival 2022, which was inaugurated on December 2 in Silchar, in India's north-eastern state of Assam.
The peace and stability in Bangladesh are also helping Indian states neighbouring Bangladesh, Momen said on the sidelines of the festival.
Sylhet and Silchar have shared close cultural ties for ages. The festival, which aims at boosting bilateral ties, is being organised by India Foundation in association with the Bangladesh Foundation for Regional Studies. It coincided with the 75th year of India's independence and the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's liberation.
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, minister of state for external affairs of India, met Momen, Saturday on the sidelines of the festival.
Read more: Momen inaugurates ‘Bangabandhu Corner’ and ‘Bangabandhu garden’ at NIT, Silchar
They discussed issues of mutual bilateral interest and appreciated the joint efforts in arranging the festival.
Lawmakers Iqbalur Rahim, Gazi Mohammad Shahnewaz; Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Mustafizur Rahman, and former foreign secretary Shamsher Mubin Chowdhury were present at that time.
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3 constables dismissed for trying to trap Sylhet college student in drug case
Three constables of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) have been dismissed for trying to trap a college student in a false drug case.
The dismissed constables are Md Jhunu Hossain Joy, Imran Mia, and Mohammad Abdullah appointed at SMP police line, confirmed Additional Deputy Commissioner of SMP Sudip Das confirmed on Thursday
On October 13, Saifur Rahman Asad, 18, son of police inspector Abu Sayed, sold his Android phone online at Tk 16,000.
After receiving the money Asad went to Hazrat Shahjalal Mazar Sharif area with a friend when those police constables apprehended them. They claimed to have recovered yaba from Asad and his friend’s bag while searching.
Asad protested their allegation and informed the matter to his father, who is also a police officer working at the Police headquarters.
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Later, Sub Inspector Jamal Bhuiyan from Shah Paran police station took them and released them after they signed a bond.
On November 24, an investigation report submitted by SMP ADC (force) Saleh Ahmed of police lines found proof of the allegations against the constables being true, said ADC Sudip Das.
Departmental cases and other actions will be taken against the dismissed constables, he said.