Bangladesh

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has sent back security personnel,including army men and Border Guard Police (BGP) members, to Myanmar who took refuge in Bangladesh amid the ongoing internal conflict in the country. They were sent back from the BIWTA ghat in Cox’s Bazar around 6am on Thursday. Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Shaheen Imran confirmed the matter. Earlier in the morning, the 288 ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for speaking out against all forms of aggression and atrocities, and say ‘no’ to wars. “We must speak out against all forms of aggression and atrocities, and say ‘no’ to wars,” she said adding that Bangladesh supports the UN Secretary General’s ‘New Agenda for Peace. The prime minister was addressing the 80th Session ...

Today marks the eleven-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse, a catastrophic event in Bangladesh’s garment industry history that claimed the lives of approximately 1,134 workers and left 2,500 others injured in 2013. Regarded as one of the largest industrial disasters in the global clothing sector, the quest for justice remains elusive even after over a decade. Every year, ...

The United Kingdom has expressed interest to strengthen cooperation in the development of Bangladesh’s aviation industry. This was conveyed by UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke during a meeting with Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Mohammad Faruk Khan at his residence today (24 April). “…The UK is interested in expanding cooperation in a wider range of new potential areas, ...

A court in Dhaka on Wednesday granted bail to Mamunul Haque, former Joint Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam, in three more cases. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque gave him bail on Tk 10,000 bond after a hearing. Of the three cases, two were filed with Paltan Police Station in the capital in connection with a clash between the leaders ...

A red carpet was rolled out to accord warm reception to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she arrived in Bangkok this  afternoon on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin. On her arrival at Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok at 01:08 pm (local time), the premier was received by Thai Deputy Prime ...

Severe heat wave is sweeping over several northern and southern districts as mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over three divisions and rest parts of other districts, said a met forecast. “Severe heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Pabna, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jashore and Patuakhali,” it said. Mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Rangpur ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on Wednesday for Bangkok on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin to strengthen the bilateral ties between the two countries. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:13am on Wednesday, said PM’s Speechwriter ...

Bangladesh and Qatar on Tuesday signed five agreements and five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to enhance mutual cooperation between the two countries, reports BSS. The agreements are avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect of taxes in income between Bangladesh and Qatar, cooperation in legal field between the government of Bangladesh and State of Qatar, maritime ...

Md Atiqur Rahman Habib, joint news editor of ‘Dainik Bhorer Kagaj, passed away following a battle with brain tumor at a city hospital on Tuesday morning. He was 48. “M Atiqur Rahman breathed his last around 5:00am while undergoing treatment at National Institute of Neuro Sciences and Hospital in the capital,” family sources said. He left behind his wife, numerous ...