Bangladesh

DHAKA Tens of thousands of female Bangladeshi migrants across the world, especially in the Middle East, are facing deprivation, despite their activeness in boosting their host countries' economy. According to the records of the South…

DHAKA Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called on President Ram Nath Kovind, who is on a three-day State visit to the country, and both sides reviewed progress in the multifaceted and comprehensive bilateral ties.…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Pakistan recovered from a precarious 24-4 to beat Bangladesh by four wickets on Friday in the first of their three Twenty20s. The match was in the balance with three overs to go, then Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz…

Bangladeshi-Swedish creator Taslima Nasreen over the ongoing violence against Hindus in Bangladesh. Taslima Nasreen said Hindu houses, temples, shops have been destroyed in Bangladesh, however, nobody has been brought to justice because PM…

DHAKA Protests erupted for a second day in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday, amid a wave of violence against local Hindus following a viral social media image perceived as insulting to the country’s Muslim majority. Some 10,000…

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh Bangladesh needs to send more than 80,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal after sealing an agreement for the United Nations to provide help, officials said today. Some 19,000 of the…

DHAKA The US-Bangla Airlines is all set to operate a direct flight to Maldives capital Male from November 19 as the first-ever Bangladesh carrier. The country's largest private service in phrases of the fleet number will operate three…

DHAKA Five Rohingya men have been arrested over the killing of a prominent community chief in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, police said Sunday, including that they have been probing links to a militant group. Mohib Ullah -- a…

DHAKA Bangladesh’s foreign minister vowed “stern action” today against the killers of Rohingya refugee leader Mohib Ullah as calls grew to investigate his shooting. Mohib Ullah, who was in his late 40s, was killed by unknown gunmen in…

COX'S BAZAR Unidentified assailants on Wednesday (Sept 29) shot dead a top Rohingya community leader during a refugee camp within the Bangladesh resort district of Cox's Bazar, officials said. Mohib Ullah was talking with other…

Dhaka A seven-year-old child was raped in Bhasan Char Rohingya camp . The victim's mother filed a case with the local police station accusing an unknown man on Sunday night. The incident took place when the kid , a resident of…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh observes a 65-day-long ban to catch hilsa fish to permit its breeding, the continual fishing from the Indian side leaves this ban irrelevant, say experts. Hilsa is valued fish for the Bengali population…

Washington A US federal decide in Philadelphia has sentenced a Bangladesh husband and wife to prison phrases for plotting to offer aid to the Daish, the Justice Department stated. United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams…

DHAKA, Bangladesh One of South Asia's most majestic beasts faces the threat of being driven out of its natural habitat in the landmark Sundarbans coastal mangrove forests amid unsafe infrastructure projects, a lack of protection…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh will launch a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for Rohingya in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar district amid calls for vaccinating the persecuted people. Rohingya refugees aged 55 and above will get…

SM Najmus Sakib | DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh continued Tuesday to experience coronavirus deaths and infections in a third consecutive wave despite successive lockdown restrictions for months to stop the spread. The south Asian…

Md. Kamruzzaman | DHAKA, Bangladesh At least 52 people have been killed and 35 others injured in a massive fire that broke out at a food processing factory in Bangladesh’s industry-hub district of Narayanganj, the eastern closest city to…

DHAKA, Bangladesh A court in Bangladesh on Sunday awarded conditional bail to a journalist known for her strong reporting on official corruption amid protests at home and abroad calling for her release. Rozina Islam, a senior reporter…

BANGKOK, Thailand Thailand on Friday said it has detected its first locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus variant discovered in India, as it announced the formal rollout of its national vaccination plan next month. The Center…

DHAKA, Bangladesh A journalist in Bangladesh known for her strong reporting on official corruption was arrested on charges of violating a colonial-era official secrets act which carries a possible death penalty, authorities said Tuesday.…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Thousands of Muslims led by activists from an Islamic political party demonstrated in Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to denounce attacks by Israel against Palestinians. After the end of Eid a—Fitr prayers at Dhaka’s…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Tens of thousands of people left Bangladesh’s capital on Thursday to join their families in home villages to celebrate the Islamic religious festival of Eid al-Fitr, despite stark warnings that the exodus could worsen…

DHAKA, Bangladesh India’s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh. Health experts warn of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up its vaccination drive, and as more…

Dhaka Bangladesh has decided to close its border with India for the next 14 days to control the spread of the deadly virus. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told Sunday a ban on entry from India has been imposed in line with the…

DHAKA, Bangladesh At least 11 Rohingya refugees died in COVID-19 infections, while some 507 others contracted the deadly disease in one of the world's largest refugee camps in Cox's Bazar of Bangladesh since March last year, according to…

 DHAKA A community-based organization of the Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar has appealed for the inclusion of representatives of the persecuted Muslim people in the national unity government formed in Myanmar to counter the military regime.…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Police in Bangladesh on Saturday opened fire at workers of a power plant protesting for a wage hike and payment of pending dues, killing at least five people and injuring five more. The incident occurred at a…

Dhaka The US remains very focused on helping all concerned in finding a solution to the Rohingya crisis and restoring democracy in Myanmar, John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, said on Friday. He appreciated…

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh A whale carcass washed ashore at Himchhari beach in Cox's Bazar Friday morning. The dead marine mammal, which is around 35 feet in length and five feet in width, is assumed to have weighed around three tons.…

KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation on Thursday brought back over 100 migrant workers from Bangladesh as part of a pilot scheme to overcome labour shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a freeze on recruitment of new…

New study on climate change induced migration calls for ensuring basic rights and services "Migration is now a common phenomenon. Push factor and the pool factor are mainly responsible for migration. In addition, climate change-induced…

Amid ramped up vaccinations across the world to fight the coronavirus pandemic, a third wave of the virus has already taken a toll on the Asia-Pacific region. Countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the…

DHAKA, Bangladesh At least four people were killed and dozens were injured when activists of a non-political Islamic group clashed with police in Bangladesh's largest port city on Friday afternoon, according to local police. Several…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bangladesh on Friday amid protests against his visit to the capital Dhaka. Modi’s two-day visit came on Bangladesh’s golden jubilee of independence and the 101st birth…

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh The United Nations on Wednesday released $14 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for thousands of Rohingya families affected by Monday’s disastrous fire in a camp at Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar.…

Daulatdia, Bangladesh Meherun Nisa walks along the narrow lanes of Bangladesh's largest brothel every day, knocking on the doors of small shacks where sex workers live to persuade them to get vaccinated for Covid-19. Nisa feels…

Dhaka Bangladesh is under “no obligation” to shelter 81 Rohingya Muslim refugees adrift for almost two weeks on the Andaman Sea and being assisted by neighbouring India, said Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. India’s coast…

Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh has begun administering coronavirus vaccines to sex workers from the country's largest brothel, a vast warren of shacks home to around 1,900 prostitutes. The South Asian nation has so far vaccinated nearly…

Dhaka Border killings and smuggling are going to be at the top of the agenda for a home secretary-level meeting between India and Bangladesh expected to be held on February 27. The meeting is set to be held a month before Indian Prime…

DHAKA, Bangladesh A devastating fire in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka burnt down over 100 shanties on Sunday evening, officials and locals said. “Primarily we came to know that nearly 150 houses have been damaged due to the fire,” local…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh condemned the military coup in their homeland and said it makes them more fearful to return. A counterinsurgency operation by Myanmar’s military in 2017…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh Army on Tuesday denied procuring a Mobile Interceptor Device from Israel, as shown in an Al-Jazeera documentary "All the Prime Minister's Men." “Bangladesh Army denounces the false information provided in…

Dhaka Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has ruled out any plans to immediately bolster security along the border with Myanmar, despite media reports suggesting that Myanmar’s border with Thailand will be closed. Tensions have been running…

Dhaka, Bangladesh Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume commercial flights to Nepal from February 18, after a 10-month suspension due to Covid-19 pandemic. Although flight operations on different international routes from…

Chittagong, Bangladesh Some 1,463 more Rohingyas have arrived at Bhashan Char in Noakhali from the camps in Cox's Bazar on the second day in the third phase of relocation process. The persecuted Myanmar citizens reached the island in…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh on Friday moved 1,778 more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the country’s south in the third phase of its relocation drive. “All ships carrying those Rohingya from the southern port city Chattogram…

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh A Rohingya youth was killed in a shootout between two groups at the Palongkhali Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Jabed, 25, a resident of block D/4 of Tanjimarakhola…

Dhaka, Bangladesh An Indian citizen has been arrested with a fake UK visa at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) for trying to enter the UK by a flight of the Biman Bangladesh airlines. The Armed Police Battalion (APBn)…

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Four Unicef schools for Rohingya children in refugee camps in Bangladesh have been destroyed in a fire, officials said on Tuesday, with the UN children's agency calling it arson. It was unclear who might attack…

Dhaka,Bangladesh No breakthrough is expected from a foreign secretary-level tripartite meeting on the protracted Rohingya crisis between Bangladesh, Myanmar and China on Tuesday, senior diplomats told. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh's border security forces on Sunday seized a huge quantity of narcotics worth $1.8 million in a pre-dawn raid on Myanmar border, an official statement said. On a tip off, the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB)…

DHAKA, Bangladesh In a first, Bangladesh plans setting up a space observatory center as part of the birth centenary celebrations of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, the country's founder, officials said on Sunday. A proposal has been sent for…

Lalmonirhat,Bangladesh A Bangladeshi man has been shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh-India border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 30, son of Joynul…

ANKARA Bangladesh’s embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara observed the homecoming day of the South Asian nation’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Sunday. Every year, Bangladesh celebrates the day with festivity…

Cox's Bazar,Bangladesh A Rohingya refugee was killed in a gunfight between two rival groups at the Chakmarkul Rohingya camp in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nur Hakim, 30. As many as 10 Rohingyas…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh on Monday began relocating the 2nd batch of Rohingya refugees to a remote island, amid concerns from rights groups. Speaking, Rohingya refugee set to be relocated said that 15 buses carrying nearly 1,000…

While one appreciates the concern that North American imams and Muslim leaders have for the Rohingya population, it serves to become another example of certain segments of the international community’s compulsion to provide sanctimonious…

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh A Cyclone Preparedness Program (CPP) volunteer has been rescued hours after being abducted from a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) rescued the volunteer from a hilly area…

For a true resolution to the Rohingya crisis, two things need to happen without any compromise. The first is the voluntary repatriation of the Rohingya to their homeland of Rakhine under the right conditions. This means that they must be…

DHAKA,Bangladesh A rebound in garment orders after demand crashed during spring shutdowns is helping to revive the Bangladesh economy. Apparel makers, the country’s main export industry, say they are looking ahead to Christmas orders from…

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Dhaka,Bangladesh The Rohingya crisis requires a political solution that lies in the repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar by addressing root causes, creating right conditions and holding the wrongdoers accountable, Ambassador Rabab…

Dhaka, Bangladesh Against the backdrop of continued deployment of troops by Myanmar near the border, Bangladesh is fully aware and prepared to face any situation that may arise from the actions of the country’s second neighbour, multiple…

India has long been seen as Bangladesh’s staunchest ally, going as far back as Bangladesh’s Liberation War, in which India played a crucial role. To that end, Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla’s words which stated that…

The Indian government on Monday banned exports of all types of onions to Bangladesh, citing a shortage in supply in India itself due to heavy rainfall and floods. The ban comes close to a year after India announced its move of not…

BANGKOK Two soldiers who deserted from Myanmar’s army have testified on video that they were instructed by commanding officers to “shoot all that you see and that you hear” in villages where minority Rohingya Muslims lived, a human…

DHAKA, Bangladesh An underground gas pipeline near a mosque exploded during evening prayers outside Bangladesh’s capital, leaving 16 Muslim worshipers dead and dozens injured with critical burns, officials said Saturday. The blast…

Dhaka,Bangladesh A total of 251 people have been killed in floods caused by heavy seasonal rains and onrush of water in parts of Bangladesh, said a government report. According to the daily flood report of the country's Health Emergency…

DHAKA, Bangladesh When the Dharala River burst its banks in early July, Kamal Hossain left his home with five members of his family to take shelter in a school in northern Bangladesh, carrying their most prized belongings: cattle, a few…

DHAKA, Bangladesh One more Rohingya refugee in the crammed camps of Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar has died of coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday. With the latest fatality, the number of virus-linked deaths among the…

SEOUL The South Korean government said Sunday that it will strengthen visa and entry restrictions for those from Pakistan and Bangladesh from this week, as the country has recently reported a surge in novel coronavirus cases imported from…

DHAKA, Bangladesh When her father tested positive for COVID-19, Sumona Khanom struggled to get a bed for him at an already overwhelmed Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The family struggled, too, with a lack of money to buy food. She was…

Dhaka, Bangladesh Rohingya refugees attempting to reach Malaysia by boat from Bangladesh are being held hostage by human traffickers who have demanded large ransoms from their relatives with threats of violence, according to several…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh’s former Health Minister Mohammed Nasim died on Saturday of massive cardiac arrest in the capital Dhaka, where he had tested positive for coronavirus. On Saturday Nasim, 72 and still a ruling party lawmaker,…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh and Myanmar are at odds over the origin of two coronavirus cases confirmed among the latter’s Rohingya community. The dispute started when Myanmar’s Health Ministry confirmed that two Rohingya men -- a Muslim…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysian authorities detained 269 Rohingya refugees and found a body on board a suspected smuggling boat they said had been intentionally damaged so it couldn’t be turned back to sea. How long the Rohingya were at…

Dhaka,Bangladesh Untreated medical waste is prolonging the Covid-19 pandemic, threatening biodiversity and provoking some worst return from nature in the form of future health hazard. In today’s world, human beings are producing waste at…

NEW DELHI The powerful cyclone that struck India and Bangladesh last month passed through the vast mangrove forests of the Sundarban delta, a UNESCO world heritage site. The mangroves dissipated some of Cyclone Amphan’s energy, shielding…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh’s crammed Rohingya camps are threatened with the coronavirus outbreak as the infection tally rose to 21 with eight new cases reported on Friday, a government official said on Saturday. The first COVID-19 case…

DHAKA The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in over a decade killed at least 82 people, officials said, as rescue teams scoured devastated coastal villages on Thursday, hampered by torn down power lines and…

NEW DELHI A strong cyclone was moving toward India and Bangladesh on Tuesday as authorities were trying to evacuate millions of people while maintaining social distancing. Amphan is expected to make landfall on Wednesday morning, and…

DHAKA, Bangladesh More than 670 makeshift dwellings for Rohingya refugees in a camp across Bangladesh's southern district of Cox's Bazar were damaged in a fire on Tuesday morning, according to officials. "We've been confirmed about the…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh suffered its highest daily death toll from coronavirus on Sunday, with 14 people succumbing to the disease, according to the latest data from the government. The country has now recorded 228 deaths from the…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh suffered its highest daily death toll from coronavirus on Sunday, with 14 people succumbing to the disease, according to the latest data from the government. The country has now recorded 228 deaths from the…

DHAKA, Bangladesh A group of eminent citizens and journalists’ unions are demanding that Bangladesh release a number of people who have been arrested for allegedly criticizing the government on online platforms. They also reiterated their…

DHAKA, Bangladesh A global human rights watchdog on Tuesday voiced concerns over safety of 29 Rohingya refugees, who have been quarantined at a remote island by Bangladeshi authorities. “Bangladesh authorities have quarantined 29 Rohingya…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh police have locked down a temple run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Hindu religious organization, after 34 of its members were tested positive for coronavirus, officials…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged Bangladeshi authorities to allow Rohingya refugees stranded in the Bay of Bengal for weeks to come ashore. “The Bangladesh government should immediately allow hundreds of…

The rapid spread of the coronavirus has raised fears about the world’s refugees and internally displaced people, many of whom live in war-ravaged countries ill-equipped to test for the virus or contain an outbreak. Limited testing means…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Police officers in Bangladesh remain vulnerable to contracting the novel coronavirus while working in the field to ensure people’s safety amid a lack of adequate safety equipment. According to local media reports, at…

DHAKA, Bangladesh A Bangladeshi diplomat in Saudi Arabia has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a Foreign Ministry statement said on Saturday. According to the statement, the labor counsellor at Bangladesh’s mission in Jeddah…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Sixty-six policemen in a station in Bangladesh’s mid-southern district of Gopalganj, were quarantined Saturday after an officer tested positive for COVID-19, the facility’s head confirmed Sunday. “As part of the highest…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh imposed a nationwide lockdown Tuesday to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in the wake of four deaths and at least 39 infections. Authorities declared a ban on passenger travel via water, rail and on…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Police have arrested 13 people in northern Bangladesh for alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during Bangladesh's 1971 independence war with Pakistan. The suspects were arrested in separate operations Saturday…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Large numbers of protesters in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka gathered after weekly Friday prayers demanding the cancellation of an upcoming visit by India's premier. Accusing India's Narendra Modi of "killing Muslims" and…

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday supplied 1,000 sewing machines with pedal, 32 office tents, 32 rescue kits and 99 family tents for the Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar camps. The relief materials were…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh foreign minister reiterated his strong stance Saturday for not allowing to enter the country a British woman who joined the Daesh/ISIS terror group in 2015 as a teen. “Bangladesh will not accept British…

DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh started erecting barbed-wire fences around Rohingya refugee camps to rein in illegal trafficking of the vulnerable refugees, the government said Saturday. Other measures, including “installation of watchtower…

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh At least 14 people drowned and dozens more were unaccounted for after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank off southern Bangladesh early Tuesday, officials said. Some 130 people were packed on the fishing trawler…

DHAKA Investigators from the International Criminal Court have begun collecting evidence for a case involving alleged crimes against humanity by Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims causing them to flee to neighboring Bangladesh, a court…

NEW DELHI India’s top court on Wednesday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nationwide protests and a security crackdown that led to more than 20 deaths. The Supreme…

Thimphu, Bhutan Nepal ,India and Bangladesh have finally taken the initiative to open a road network connecting the three South Asian nations, excluding the fourth party, Bhutan. Although Bhutan was also part of the initiative, it…

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar An independent commission established by Myanmar’s government has concluded there are reasons to believe that security forces committed war crimes in counterinsurgency operations that led more than 700,000 Rohingya…

TONGI, Bangladesh Hundreds of thousands of Muslims raised their hands and prayed for the welfare of the world as they joined a final prayer Sunday in wrapping up a three-day Islamic congregation near Bangladesh’s capital. The Biswa…

DHAKA, Bangladesh More than 5,000 casualties in road accidents across Bangladesh in 2019 marked an alarming rise compared to figures in previous year, said a report published on Saturday. In 2019, deaths in road crashes in Bangladesh…