Sylhet Division is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya,Assam and Tripura to the north,east and south respectively,and by the divisions of Chittagong to the southwest and Dhaka and Mymensingh to the west.
Sylhet is a metropolitan city located in the northeastern region of Bangladesh. It is the administrative center of Sylhet Division and is situated on the banks of the Surma River. Sylhet is the fifth-largest city in Bangladesh,with a population of approximately 530,000 people as of 2022.
The Meghna is one of the major rivers in Bangladesh,one of the three that form the Ganges Delta,the largest delta on earth,which fans out to the Bay of Bengal. A part of the Surma-Meghna River System,the Meghna is formed inside Bangladesh in Kishoreganj District above the town of Bhairab Bazar by the joining of the Surma and the Kushiyara,both of which originate in the hilly regions of eastern India as the Barak River. The Meghna meets its major tributary,the Padma,in Chandpur District. Other major tributaries of the Meghna include the Dhaleshwari,the Gumti,and the Feni. The Meghna empties into the Bay of Bengal in Bhola District via four principal mouths,named Tetulia (Ilsha),Shahbazpur,Hatia,and Bamni.
Netrokona is a district of the Mymensingh Division in north-east of Bangladesh.
The Barak River or Barbakro flows 900 kilometres (560 mi) through the states of Manipur,Mizoram and Assam in India. It flows into Bangladesh where it bifurcates into the Surma river and the Kushiyara river which converge again to become the Meghna river before forming the Ganges Delta. Of its total length,524 km (326 mi) is in India,31 km (19 mi) in Bangladesh. The upper part of its navigable part is in India —121 km (75 mi) between Lakhipur and Bhanga,declared as National Waterway 6,(NW-6) since the year 2016. It drains a basin of 52,000 km2 (20,000 sq mi),of which 41,723 km2 (16,109 sq mi) lies in India,1.38% (rounded) of the country. The water and banks host or are visited by a wide variety of flora and fauna.
Dilwar Khan was a Bangladeshi poet. Known as Gono Manusher Kobi,he was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1980 and Ekushey Padak in 2008 by the Government of Bangladesh.
The Surma is a major river in Bangladesh,part of the Surma-Meghna River System. It starts when the Barak River from northeast India divides at the Bangladesh border into the Surma and the Kushiyara rivers. It ends in Kishoreganj District,above Bhairab Bāzār,where the two rivers rejoin to form the Meghna River,which ultimately flows into the Bay of Bengal in Bhola District.
The Surma-Meghna River System is a river complex in the Indian Subcontinent,one of the three that form the Ganges Delta,the largest on earth. It rises in the Manipur Hills of northeast India as the Barak River and flows west becoming the Surma River and then flows south as the Meghna River,a total of 946 kilometres (588 mi) of which 669 kilometres (416 mi) are within Bangladesh,to the Bay of Bengal.
The Kangsha is a river in the northern parts of Mymensingh and Netrakona districts of Bangladesh. The Someshwari is one of the rivers that join it from the north.
The Makunda River is a branch of the Surma in Chhatak and Bishwanath Upazilas,Sunamganj District,Bangladesh. Many important places such as Rajagonj,Boiragi Bazar,Koro Para village,Singer Kach Bazaar,Lakeshbor,Buria and Jahidpur are established on the bank of the Makunda.
The Bangabandhu National Football Championship,previously known as the Sher-e-Bangla National Football Championship or the Sher-e-Bangla Cup is a district-level national football tournament in Bangladesh,contested by districts and government institutions of the country. The tournament is run under the supervision of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).
The Keane Bridge is a notable landmark of Sylhet city,Bangladesh. This bridge is called the gateway to Sylhet city.
BNS Surma is a Padma-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy. She is serving the Bangladesh Navy from 2013.
Dakshin Surma,also known as South Surma,is an upazila of Sylhet District in Sylhet Division,Bangladesh.
The 2017 South Surma Upazila bombings was a combined police and army raid of a suspected militant hideout in South Surma Upazila,Sylhet,Bangladesh on 25 March 2017. During the raid,the militants targeted the Bangladesh Armed Forces who were surrounding the militant occupied compound in Sylhet. There were two suicide bombings which killed four civilians and two police officers and wounded more than 40,some critically. An army lieutenant colonel later died from his injuries. Bombs exploded and gunfire was reported when the military launched Operation Twilight to clear the militant hideout. ISIL claimed responsibility however,Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal denied the claims of ISIL and blamed the local Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh for the attacks. Finally the Bangladesh Army neutralised four militants at the suspected hideout.
Sylhet-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury of the Awami League.
The 2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship,also known as 2020 Walton National Football Championship,is the 24th edition of the National Football Championship,the premier competition in Bangladesh for teams representing districts and government institutions. It is organized and hosted by the Bangladesh Football Federation. A total of 78 participants nation-wide will participate in the tournament.
Jahanara Begum (1614–1681) was a Mughal princess.
