About 964,000 people in Sylhet and 792,000 in Sunamganj had been affected by the flooding and authorities said they had set up more than 6,000 shelters to help the displaced, BSS reported.

The flooding situation in Sylhet has worsened due to persistent rain and mountain runoff. Nearly 500,000 people in five Upazilas and the Sylhet Metropolitan Area are marooned by the waters. Over ...

Two explosions ripped through a crowd on Saturday, killing six people and injuring around 50 others in Bangladesh's northeastern city of Sylhet as army commandos stormed a terrorist hideout ...