Refugee Leader Killing: Bangladeshi court sends two suspects to 3-day remand
Oct 03, 2021, at 11:45 pm
Cox's Bazar: A local Bangladeshi court on Sunday sent two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Rohingya refugee leader Mohib Ullah at a refugee camp in Ukhiya to three days police custody, media reports said.
US: Bangladeshi man sentenced to 46 months in prison for human smuggling
Sep 29, 2021, at 02:30 pm
Washington: A Bangladeshi national was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented individuals from Mexico into the United States.
Bangladesh records 31 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 31 new deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Unidentified people damage Durga idol in Kushtia
Sep 22, 2021, at 10:13 pm
Dhaka: Unidentified people have damaged an idol of Hindu deity Durga that was being created for the upcoming festival in Kushtia region of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Police arrest 10 female Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh members
Sep 18, 2021, at 12:43 am
Satkhira: Bangladesh police have arrested 10 members of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh group Satkhira, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Hindu man arrested for making ‘derogatory remarks’ against Prophet
Sep 17, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Dhaka: A Hindu man has been arrested in Bangladesh for making allegedly making slanderous remarks against Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) in Bhola.
Bangladesh: Police arrest two members of banned terror group Ansarullah Bangla Team
Sep 17, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Mymensingh: Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Police have arrested two members of banned terror group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Muktagachha upazila in Mymensingh city of Bangladesh, media reports said.
Schools reopen in Bangladesh after 543 days break due to COVID-19
Sep 13, 2021, at 12:53 am
Dhaka: Ending a long break of 543 days amid COVID-19 outbreak, schools reopened in Bangladesh on Sunday as students returned to classrooms to take their lessons.
Bangladesh: RAB members arrest 4 JMB terrorists
Sep 04, 2021, at 04:04 pm
Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion members have arrested four members of the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh outfit from Mymensingh region of the country, media reports said.
Bangladesh registers 3,948 new COVID-19 cases
Aug 30, 2021, at 04:01 am
Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: Bangladesh reported 3,948 new COVID-19 cases and 89 new deaths on Sunday, taking the tally to 1,493,537 and death toll to 26,015, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Bangladesh: Female member of terror outfit 'Ansar al-Islam’ arrested
Aug 30, 2021, at 03:22 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh security forces have arrested a female member of a banned terror outfit 'Ansar al-Islam’.
Bangladesh: Country's first metro rail makes trial run
Aug 30, 2021, at 02:57 am
Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: Bangladesh's first metro rail in the capital Dhaka made the trial run Sunday on a section of the 20.1-km project, known as Mass Rapid Transit Line-6 (MRT 6).
Bangladesh records 80 new deaths due to COVID-19 in past 24 hours
Aug 28, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh, a country that recorded a severe COVID-19 pandemic, registered 80 new deaths due to Coronavirus and 3,436 new cases between 8am Friday and 8am on Saturday, media reports said.
Bangladesh is role model in birth control: Health Minister Zahid Maleque
Aug 27, 2021, at 11:38 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has shown remarkable progress in population control since its liberation from Pakistan in 1971. Health Minister Zahid Maleque told the official news agency BSS that the country has made remarkable progress in population control and it is now a role model in the world.
Bangladesh plane makes emergency landing in Nagpur after pilot suffers heart attack
Aug 27, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Nagpur/UNI: A Biman Bangladesh plane going from Muscat to Dhaka made an emergency landing at Nagpur on Friday after the pilot suffered a heart attack, an airport official said.
Bangladeshi nationals stranded in Afghanistan will be brought back: Shahriar Alam
Aug 23, 2021, at 11:20 pm
Dhaka/UNI: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said the government is taking measures to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in Afghanistan.
Indian retired Army Brigadier warns Bangladesh against China's 'debt trap' policy
Aug 22, 2021, at 06:17 am
A geo-politics expert and ex-Indian Army personnel has warned that the Bangladeshi leadership must be conscious of the country getting into a Chinese debt trap as Beijing is investing more in the country over the past several years.
Bangladesh: Police arrest Madrasa teacher for 'raping' minor
Aug 21, 2021, at 10:22 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested a madrasa teacher for allegedly raping a 10-year-old student from Hilful Fuzul Madrasa in the Bishapara area of Hili Hakimpur upazila, media reports said.
Dhaka declines Washington's request to host Afghans
Aug 18, 2021, at 12:50 am
Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: Bangladesh has brushed aside a request of the US government to provide temporary relocation shelter to some Afghan people who worked for the US-led entities in trouble-ridden Afghanistan, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said Monday night.
Police chief says some Bangladeshis have left homes to join Taliban
Aug 14, 2021, at 10:01 pm
Dhaka: Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam has revealed that some Bangladeshi nationals have left home to join the Taliban insurgents in their war to seize control of Afghanistan.
Rohingya refugees receive first COVID vaccinations in Bangladesh
Aug 13, 2021, at 07:21 pm
New York: More than 4,000 Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh have received their first COVID-19 vaccine shots, as part of a national inoculation drive to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: JMB 'bomb maker' Forkan, 2 other arrested
Aug 11, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Dhaka: The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan police arrested three suspected Neo-JMB members, media reports said.
Bangladesh starts inoculating Rohingya refugees against COVID-19
Aug 10, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Dhaka/UNI/Sputnik: Bangladesh launched COVID-19 vaccination campaign for Rohingya refugees in camps near the southeastern city of Cox's Bazar, the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia said on Tuesday.
Fighting COVID-19: Bangladesh receives 30 ambulances gifted by India
Aug 07, 2021, at 12:03 am
Dhaka/UNI: As many as 30 ambulances from India as a gift to Bangladesh from the Indian government, have arrived at Benapole, an official said here.
Bangladesh: Lightning hits wedding party boat on Padma River, 17 dead
Aug 04, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Dhaka: At least 17 people died as lightning hit their boat on the Padma River at Shibganj area in Bangladesh on Wednesday, media reports said.
Bangladesh registers 9369 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Aug 01, 2021, at 12:03 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh, the country struggling to contain the recent spike in cases, registered 9,369 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Deadly flooding, landslides devastate Rohingya refugees
Jul 30, 2021, at 06:13 pm
New York: Three days of strong winds and heavy monsoon rain on sprawling refugee sites in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar have taken Rohingya refugee lives and wreaked havoc and destruction, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: Judicial Magistrate dies of COVID at Jhalokhati
Jul 28, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Dhaka/UNI: A senior judicial magistrate Sania Akhter died from COVID-19 infection on Wednesday morning at Jhalokhati Barishal.
Bangladesh decides to vaccinate Rohingyas: FS Masud Bin Momen
Jul 28, 2021, at 11:46 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh government has decided to vaccinate the Rohingyas as part of an inclusive vaccination programme.
Sheikh Hasina sends mangoes to Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Jul 24, 2021, at 03:58 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent mangoes to her Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan as “a gesture of goodwill”, media reports said on Saturday.