Bangladesh : Woman journalist hacked to death at doorstep of home
Aug 29, 2018, at 02:16 pm
Dhaka, Aug 29 (IBNS) : A woman journalist of a television channel in Bangladesh was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in front of her residence in Pabna district town on Tuesday night.
Bangladesh: Road accident claims 13 lives
Aug 25, 2018, at 08:06 pm
Dhaka, Aug 25 (IBNS): A bus collided with a human hauler in Bangladesh city of Natore, leaving at least 13 people killed on Saturday, media reports said.
Sheikh Hasina feels India-Bangladesh relationship is now at its best
Aug 13, 2018, at 05:21 pm
Dhaka, Aug 13 (IBNS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said currently the relationship of her nation with India has touched a newer height.
Aug 08, 2018, at 02:15 pm
Dhaka, Aug 8 (IBNS): Internationally acclaimed photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, taken into custody by Bangladesh police for his criticism of the Government, was on Wednesday shifted to the hospital for treatment, media reports said quoting officials.
Aug 08, 2018, at 09:19 am
Dhaka, Aug 8 (IBNS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina renewed her call to the international community, including Japan, to persuade Myanmar to take back Rohingyas who have crossed the border to enter her nation.
Aug 08, 2018, at 08:35 am
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): The Head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, on Tuesday urged government representatives and business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer more support and protection for over 700,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled violence and discrimination in Myanmar’s Rakhine State over the past year.
Shift Shahidul Alam to hospital for treatment: Bangladesh HC directs jail authorities
Aug 07, 2018, at 05:14 pm
Dhaka, Aug 7 (IBNS): Bangladesh High Court on Tuesday directed jail authorities to send prisoned photographer Shahidul Alam to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for his treatment.
Human Rights Watch asks Bangladesh government to stop attacks on student protesters, critics
Aug 07, 2018, at 09:56 am
Dhaka, Aug 7 (IBNS): Instead of prosecuting those responsible for unlawfully attacking student protesters demanding road safety, Bangladesh authorities are arresting students and targeting activists and journalists who are highlighting the abuses, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
Armed men attack US envoy's cars in Bangladesh: US Embassy
Aug 05, 2018, at 06:59 pm
Dhaka, Aug 5 (IBNS): A group of armed men attacked a convoy of cars carrying the US envoy to Bangladesh in the capital Dhaka on Saturday, media reports said on Sunday.
Bangladesh: World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’ - UN expert
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:08 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Sundarbans forest, a which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to several endangered species, is being threatened by “heedless industrialization”, according to a UN rights expert, who on Tuesday, called on the Government of Bangladesh to halt the process.
Bangladesh photographer who clicked kissing couple in public faces wrath
Jul 28, 2018, at 07:32 pm
Dhaka, July 28 (IBNS): A Bangladeshi photographer has alleged that he has been facing the wrath of self-proclaimed social media moral police for spreading 'obscenity' after he posted an image online where a couple could be seen kissing each other.
Rohingya encroachment aiding landslides in Bangladesh, says Minister
Jul 28, 2018, at 01:11 pm
Dhaka, July 28 (IBNS): With frequent deaths occurring in Bangladesh due to landslides, the country's Forest and Environment Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud said that illegal Rohingya establishments need to be checked in order to prevent the loss.
5G is Awami League's poll promise: Joy tells people of Bangladesh
Jul 25, 2018, at 08:11 pm
Dhaka, July 25 (IBNS): Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT affairs adviser, on Wednesday said Bangladesh is going to be one of the first nations in the world to deploy fifth generation mobile technology.
Rohingya cannot become ‘forgotten victims,’ says UN chief urging world to step up support
Jul 12, 2018, at 08:52 am
New York, July 12 (IBNS): Painting a grim picture of villages being burned to the ground and other “bone-chilling” accounts he heard from Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar, the UN chief has called on the world to answer their calls for help with real action.
New identity cards deliver recognition and protection for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Jul 07, 2018, at 07:26 am
New York, July 7 (IBNS): Rohingya refugees sheltering in Bangladesh will soon have credit card-sized plastic IDs – many possessing, for the first time ever, an individual identity document – providing another level of protection, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:02 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Monday, declaring that “nothing could have prepared me for the scale of the crisis and extent of suffering” he witnessed there.
UN chief applauds Bangladesh for ‘opening borders’ to Rohingya refugees in need
Jul 02, 2018, at 08:56 am
New York, July 2 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has applauded Bangladesh for giving a safe haven to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees driven from their homes in Myanmar by systematic and widespread violence.
Jun 27, 2018, at 09:45 am
New York, June 27 (IBNS): The UN chief on Tuesday condemned the killing of a peacekeeper from Bangladesh, who was supporting the delivery of humanitarian aid to vulnerable civilians in South Sudan.
World Bank provides $700 million to improve primary education in Bangladesh
Jun 15, 2018, at 08:45 pm
Washington, June 15 (IBNS): The World Bank has approved $700 million to improve the primary education sector in Bangladesh.
Rohingya refugee shelters ‘washed away’ in Bangladesh monsoon rains: UN agency
Jun 12, 2018, at 09:10 am
New York, June 12 (IBNS): Two days of heavy monsoon rains have caused severe structural damage to camps in Bangladesh hosting one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday
Bangladesh ‘drug-offender’ killings must stop, says UN human rights chief
Jun 07, 2018, at 08:49 am
New York, June 7 (IBNS): The alleged extra-judicial killing of suspected drug offenders must be “immediately halted” and their perpetrators brought to justice, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said on Wednesday.
UN rights office urges restraint over intensifying violence in northern Myanmar
May 16, 2018, at 03:12 pm
New York, May 16 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights arm has voiced deep concern over escalating conflict between the military and armed groups in Myanmar’s Kachin and Shan provinces that has displaced over 100,000 civilians and trapped many in the midst of active fighting.
Dangers persist for nearly a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: WHO
May 09, 2018, at 02:11 pm
New York, May 9 (IBNS): Renewed efforts are underway in Bangladesh to protect nearly one million Myanmar refugees from cholera, amid a warning from the UN health agency on Tuesday that “we’re not out of the woods yet”.
Bangladesh court defers Khaleda Zia's bail hearing till Wednesday
May 08, 2018, at 10:05 pm
Dhaka, May 8 (IBNS): Bangladesh Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned an appeal hearing against BNP leader Khaleda Zia’s bail in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case till Wednesday, media reports said.
Minor raped in Bangladesh, one arrested
May 07, 2018, at 02:51 pm
Dhaka, May 7 (IBNS): Police have arrested a person for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl at Sundorpur village in Chunarughat upazila of Bangladesh's Habiganj district, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh defers launch of first commercial satellite Bangabandhu-1
May 05, 2018, at 11:45 pm
Dhaka, May 5 (IBNS): Telecommunication and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said lunch of Bangladesh's first commercial satellite, Bangabandhu-1, has been deferred.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina urges OIC member nations to stand beside Rohingyas
May 05, 2018, at 11:27 pm
Dhaka, May 5 (IBNS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged Organisation of Islamic Cooperation members to stand beside Rohingya people who have been forced to leave Myanmar last year.
Bangladesh: 5 killed while on way to join Rangamati UZ chairman’s funeral
May 04, 2018, at 09:26 pm
Dhaka, May 4 (IBNS): Unknown gunmen shot dead five people as they were heading to attend funeral of Rangamati's Naniarchar upazila chairman Shaktimaan Chakma in Bangladesh on Friday, media reports said.
Apr 21, 2018, at 01:22 pm
New York, Apr 21 (IBNS): The arrival of pre-monsoon rains in southern Bangladesh has revealed an alarming level of risks for Rohingya refugees, United Nations humanitarian agencies said on Friday, warning that they do not have the funds needed to protect hundreds of thousands of desperate people once the rainy season begins in earnest.
Conditions ‘not yet conducive’ for Rohingya refugee to return home to Myanmar – UN agency
Apr 14, 2018, at 12:29 pm
New York, Apr 14 (IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency and the Government of Bangladesh on Friday signed a cooperation agreement on the safe, dignified return of Rohingya refugees to their homes in Myanmar, “once conditions there are conducive.”