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Bangladesh: Rohingya man killed during gunfight between two criminal gans in Cox's Bazar

Jun 13, 2023, at 11:29 pm

Dhaka: In a suspected gunfight between two criminal gangs a Rohingya man was killed in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar area on Tuesday, media reports said.

Bangladeshi-American Kairan Quazi joins SpaceX as its youngest-ever engineer, guess his age

Jun 12, 2023, at 04:24 pm

14-year-old Bangladeshi American Kairan Quazi has joined  Elon Musk's SpaceX as the youngest-ever employee of the company.

Bangladesh: Four die in Cumilla road mishap

Jun 12, 2023, at 03:18 pm

Cumilla: At least four persons died as a van carrying them to Cumilla region in Bangladesh overturned and crashed underneath a covered van after a collision on Sunday, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Two friends die while recording TikTok video

Jun 12, 2023, at 01:13 am

Dhaka: Two friends died and another was hurt as they were allegedly recording a TikTok video on the Kakina-Mahipur road in Kaliganj upazila of Bangladesh on Saturday, media reports said.

Bangladesh: IMB members protest against China over attempt to destroy minaret, dome of mosque in Yunan 

Jun 11, 2023, at 12:23 am

Bangladesh showed solidarity with the Muslim community of Yunan province as the Islamic Movement Bangladesh (IMB) on Friday organized a protest against China for attempts to destroy the minaret and dome of the mosque in the Nagu area.

Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert

Jun 09, 2023, at 09:22 pm

Bangladesh must “immediately suspend” a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they face “serious risks” to their lives and freedom, a UN-appointed independent rights expert said on Thursday.

Bangladesh: Secondary schools to remain closed due to heatwave

Jun 08, 2023, at 05:50 pm

Dhaka/UNI: The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education announced that the classes of all secondary schools in Bangladesh will remain closed on Thursday, due to the heatwave.

Bangladesh: 13 die as truck hits pickup van in Sylhet

Jun 07, 2023, at 03:07 pm

Dhaka: At least 13 people died and eight others were hurt after a  truck rammed into a pickup van on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway in Sylhet city of Bangladesh on Wednesday, media reports said.

Free, fair elections not possible under Awami League govt in Bangladesh: BNP tells US Ambassador

Jun 07, 2023, at 04:50 am

Dhaka/ UNI: Bangladesh’s Opposition party BNP in a meeting with US ambassador Peter Haas on Tuesday accused the ruling Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of destroying the democratic institutions, including the electoral processes.

Bangladesh: Govt primary school briefly closed due to heat wave

Jun 06, 2023, at 12:05 am

Dhaka: The continuing heat wave will cause classroom activities in all government primary schools nationwide to be suspended for four days, according to a statement released on Sunday by Bangladesh's Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.

Bangladesh's second underground metro rail construction may begin next month

Jun 05, 2023, at 11:19 pm

Dhaka: The work on Bangladesh's second underground metro rail may start from July, media reports said.

Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Asian Phoenix and the Falling Star

Jun 05, 2023, at 08:42 pm

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global landscape has changed drastically, and this change has been no less drastic for the South Asian region. Two countries, Bangladesh and Pakistan, once part of the same nation, now stand worlds apart in their trajectories.

Bangladesh: 8 injured as blast-hit oil tanker catches fire

Jun 04, 2023, at 10:31 pm

At least 8 people were hurt as an explosion rocked an oil tanker that was anchored in the Shitalakkhya River in Narayanganj region of Bangladesh, media reports said.

Bangladesh: 12-year-old boy's body recovered from Dhanmondi Lake

Jun 03, 2023, at 07:23 pm

Dhaka: Police have recovered the body of a minor from Dhaka's Dhanmondi Lake, media reports said on Saturday.

Sheikh Hasina, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vow to strengthen bilateral relationships

Jun 03, 2023, at 03:22 pm

Dhaka: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who recently took charge of his office after winning a crucial poll for a third term, phoned Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and hoped to take the bilateral relationship to a new height.

UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees

Jun 03, 2023, at 12:32 am

The UN in Bangladesh on Thursday condemned a second cut in food rations for Rohingya refugees who are sheltering in the country, after a funding shortfall of $56 million compelled the World Food Programme (WFP) to enforce the cuts.

Bangladesh: Boy dies after flying rod from under-construction Dhaka expressway hits his head

May 29, 2023, at 11:04 pm

Dhaka: A boy died after he was hit on the head by a rod that dropped   from the elevated expressway construction site in Dhaka’s Mohakhali region on Monday, media reports said.

Ex-Dutch MP urges Pakistan to declare the atrocities committed during Liberation War as genocide

May 29, 2023, at 01:59 am

Dhaka:  Former lawmaker of the Netherlands Harry van Bommel has urged Pakistan to formally declare the atrocities the country committed during Bangladesh's Liberation War as genocide.

China, Bangladesh hold 12th Foreign Office Consultations in Dhaka

May 28, 2023, at 02:39 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh and China held the 12th Foreign Office Consultations at the State Guest House ‘Padma’ in Dhaka on Saturday.

US to bar visas to Bangladeshis responsible for undermining election process

May 25, 2023, at 04:54 pm

Dhaka/UNI: The United States has announced a new visa policy to support Bangladesh’s goal of holding free, fair, and peaceful national elections.

Macro-economic management policy of Bangladesh is prudent enough to avoid China's debt trap: Expert

May 25, 2023, at 05:04 am

Beijing/Dhaka: A top foreign policy analyst feels that the macro-economic management policy of Bangladesh is prudent enough to avoid China's debt trap.

Ex-Dutch MP Bommel says 1971 Bangladesh genocide will get global recognition

May 22, 2023, at 10:39 pm

Dhaka: Former Member of Dutch Parliament and human rights activists Harry van Bommel on Sunday said the genocide which occured in Bangladesh by the Pakistani Army in 1971 will get global recognition.

Bangladesh: Six people arrested for allegedly stealing 1C government money by hacking website

May 22, 2023, at 10:32 pm

Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday arrested six people for their alleged involvement in stealing more than  Tk1 crore (app. USD 93465) government money by hacking a website, media reports said.

Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest five people on charges of kidnapping, selling minor online 

May 19, 2023, at 10:28 pm

Dhaka: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers of Bangladesh have arrested five people on charges of selling a three-year-old boy online after kidnapping him from capital Dhaka city.

Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar-Bangladesh coastline, over 4 lakh people evacuated from Cox Bazar

May 14, 2023, at 06:42 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Mocha' hit the coastlines of Myanmar-Bangladesh coast on Sunday, with a maximum sustained wind speed of over 200 Km/h, which could see dangerous flooding on land around the Bay of Bengal.

Bangladesh evacuates half a million people as 'very dangerous' Cyclone Mocha threatens Rohingya refugee camp

May 14, 2023, at 07:43 am

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh authorities have launched a massive evacuation campaign to move almost half a million people away from the southeastern coastline as Cyclone Mocha, one of the most powerful cyclones seen in Bangladesh in almost two decades, is expected to make landfall in the country.

Bangladesh's economic growth may soon overcome China: Reports

May 10, 2023, at 12:38 am

The  International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in a report that Bangladesh may soon overtake India and Chinese economies in the next FY24.

Bangladesh: Several houses gutted in Rohingya camp fire

Apr 29, 2023, at 11:25 am

Cox's Bazar: Several houses were gutted as a fire broke out at a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar region on Friday, media reports said.

Bangladesh: 10 bodies recovered from fishing trawler in Cox's Bazar

Apr 24, 2023, at 10:21 am

Dhaka/Cox's Bazar: At least 10 decomposed bodies, who are believed to be fishermen, were found in a  trawler floating off Nazirertek Beach in Cox's Bazar area of Bangladesh on Sunday, media reports said.

Bangladesh reiterates its commitment to the EU for fair elections

Apr 18, 2023, at 05:11 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has reiterated the government's commitment to the European Union (EU) regarding free, fair and acceptable elections.