India’s coast guard found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Muslim Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea, and were repairing the …
India talking to Bangladesh to take back sea-stranded Rohingyas
India is negotiating with Bangladesh to take back 81 Rohingyas whose boat drifted into its territorial waters in mid-February. Eight Rohingyas on that boat have already died and one has gone missing, …
OP-ED: Global knowledge index and Bangladesh: Sad but not shocking
The recent placement of Bangladesh in the rock bottom in the region in the Global Knowledge Index is painful to me as an educator. Nonetheless, it is not surprising to me as a stone cold realist. Even …
Election process in Bengal is putting Bhutan-Bangladesh trade under pressure
Landlocked Bhutan is almost completely dependent on transit passage over Indian land to touch Bangladesh. As per Bhutan Ministry of Finance statistics, the two countries enjoy an annual bilateral …
Bangladesh’s textile manufacturers call for transparency amid trade slump
As lockdowns are forcing more clothes retailers in the West out of business, Bangladesh’s textile factories are left with bulks of excess stock. Mostafiz Uddin, CEO of Denim Expert, says trade has …
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 11, cases 470
During the period, 470 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,45,424, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Friday. Of the total …
UN chief applauds for Bangladesh’s Covid-19 mitigation efforts
The secretary-general says the UN is ready to support Bangladesh in resolving the Rohingya crisis Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has highly applauded Bangladesh’s tremendous …
India find 81 Rohingya adrift at sea, asks Bangladesh to take them
India’s coast guard found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Muslim Rohingya refugees adrift in …
Bangladesh PM’s younger sister gets first shot of Covid-19 vaccine
Rehana, the younger sister of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has received her first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. Rehana received the shot on4, Dhaka Tribune reported. “Shaikh Rehana, the …
Six killed, over 50 injured in road accident in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Feb 26 (UNI) At least six people were killed and over 50 injured in a head-on collision between ENA Paribahan and London Express at Rashidpur on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. The tragic accident …