Sylhet

Roads in different areas of Sylhet are submerged due to heavy rains and water flowing from upstream. Photo: Debashish Debu
Bangladesh

How a Facebook post became lifesaver for a Sylhet family trapped in floods

On Wednesday (29 May), around 11:00pm water levels had risen above knee-deep inside his home, leaving his family, particularly the women and children, vulnerable

Vehicle movement has been disrupted as many roads in different areas of Sylhet are submerged due to heavy rains and water flowing from upstream. Photo: Debashish Debu
Bangladesh

Flood in Sylhet: 5 upazilas submerged, 3 lakh marooned

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Heavy rain likely in Sylhet from 2 June: Met office

Flood in Sylhet district in 2023. File Photo: TBS
Environment

Sylhet braces for flood as all rivers cross danger level

Downpour on an umbrella. Photo: UNB
Environment

Sylhet at flood risk with 400mm of rainfall predicted by Wednesday

Meteorologists forecast heavy rainfall across the country until 12 May, with showers expected daily. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Environment

Scattered thunderstorms expected over Sylhet division today: Met Office

Representational Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Sylhet city residents fume over holding tax hike of up to 500 times

This file photo shows a rickshaw passenger holding an umbrella for the rickshaw puller on a rainy day in Dhaka. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
Bangladesh

Heavy rainfall forecasted, Sylhet at risk of potential floods

Representational image
Infrastructure

Repeated fires at Sylhet power plant raise safety concerns

Firefighter are working to douse the flame which erupted at the Kumargaon 225 MW Power Station in Sylhet on Monday, 15 April. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Fire at Sylhet power plant under control, supply disrupted

Hundreds of devotess gather at the historic Shahi Eidgah Maidan in Sylhet for the main Eid-ul-Fitr congregation on Thursday, 11 April. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Sylhet celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr with grand congregation at historic Shahi Eidgah Maidan

Power cuts plague Sylhet: Frustration growing among residents and businesses
Bangladesh

Power cuts plague Sylhet: Frustration growing among residents and businesses

A man with a bundle of corrugated tin sheets on a rickshaw at Sobhanighat area of Sylhet on Wednesday. Tin price witnesses a sudden jump in Sylhet as the demand has surged following the hailstorms on 31 March that destroyed thousands of houses in the district. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Hailstorm before Eid: Many in Sylhet have to choose tin sheets over clothes