Somali pirates has released hijacked Bangladeshi cargo vessel MV Abdullah and all 23 crew members after keeping hostage for 32 days, an official of the owner company of this ship said....
A coalition of opposition forces in Myanmar has taken control of the busiest border crossing into Thailand. The military regime which seized power in Myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with Thailand. Troops had suffered weeks of attacks by ethnic Karen insurgents, allied with...
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Bandarban district administration has safely evacuated 240 families from the bordering Ghumdum area in Naikhongchhari of Bandarban district. The evacuation was made on Wednesday following an instruction of Bandarban Deputy Commissioner Shah Mozahid Uddin. They will stay in a safe place until the situation becomes normal, said...
Bangladesh police have arrested nearly 8,000 opposition figures in a nationwide crackdown since officers broke up a major rally in the capital a week ago, a report said Sunday. The sweeping wave of detentions comes ahead of a general election due in January....
After a series of devastating losses, Bangladesh's World Cup hopes teeter on the edge. The Chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Nazmul Hasan Papon, made a surprise visit to Kolkata in a bid to rejuvenate the spirits of a beleaguered cricket team. Following a disheartening defeat against the Netherlands, Papon had candid...
The Rohingya community living in the Cox’s Bazar camps seems to have been trapped in Satan’s trifecta. With dwindling funds and increasing violence in the camps, their camp life has become a living hell; on the other side of the borders, in Myanmar, there seems to be no hope of returning as the country is fighting its...
At least 14 people were killed and more than 100 others injured after two trains collided on Monday in Bhairab of Kishoreganj in Bangladesh, about 80 kilometres from capital Dhaka....
Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge....
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is responding to flash floods in Bangladesh that have displaced over 15,000 Rohingya refugees and 300,000 members of the local communities in Cox’s Bazar....
The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department has detained 425 foreign nationals for various offences in a raid at three different flats in Taman Connaught, Cheras....
Rohingya activists in Bangladesh are calling on the international community to increase pressure on Myanmar following a renewed call at the UN for safe and sustainable repatriation of the persecuted minority to their homeland....
For several days in a row, Bangladesh health officials have reported in excess of 1,000 dengue cases daily, including 1,239 cases today, as the rise in dengue cases take an “alarming turn”. The case tally has risen to 17,382 total cases since the beginning of the year, including more than 9,400 cases in July.
Food insecurity in refugee camps has reached alarming rates due to a massive funding gap that resulted in a reduction of food rations distributed to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Arrangement hailed as step toward South Asian energy sustainability
The inaugural Bhutan Trade and Investment Fair, a significant milestone in the diplomatic and economic ties between Bhutan and Bangladesh, commenced yesterday in the bustling city of Dhaka