Sunamganj

Sunamganj (Bengali: সুনামগঞ্জ, is a town in the Sylhet Division of northeastern Bangladesh.

It is located on the banks of the Surma River, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) west-northwest of Sylhet, the divisional headquarters.

[2] Nader Bakht was elected to a second consecutive term as mayor of Sunamganj in January 2021, as an Awami League candidate.

[3] Days later, a warrant was issued for his arrest on allegations that in 2019 he supplied fake birth certificates to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Sunamganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 60.46%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 949 females per 1000 males.