Indian nationals kill 2 Bangladeshis in Sylhet border
Members of India鈥檚 Khasi ethnic community shot dead two Bangladeshi youths and injured another at Companiganj border in Sylhet on Sunday evening.
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Target African, Asian, ME, GCC markets for export earnings: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked all concerned to target the markets of Middle East, gulf countries, Africa, South Asia, South East Asia, East Asia and East Europe for export earnings alongside diversifying the Bangladeshi products...
Dhaka, Delhi must work together to stop illegal organ trade
THE detention of three Bangladeshis and four Indians, including a surgeon, by the Delhi police in the past week for illegal trafficking in organs, suggests that the authorities of both the countries have failed to stop transnational illegal organ trade that has continued for years. The detained surgeon of the Delhi-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals...
Death of migrant workers must be investigated
THE plights of exploited migrant workers have fallen on deaf ears of successive governments as the number of death in destination countries continues to increase. The Wage Earners and Welfare Board says that at least 4,261 Bangladeshis died abroad in July 2023鈥揓une 2024. Official statistics also report a staggering 41,053 death in 2002鈥�2021...
5 Bangladeshi universities among world鈥檚 best
Five Bangladeshi universities earned spots among the world鈥檚 top institutions for the 2024-25 academic year, according to the US News and World Report, a prominent American media company renowned for its rankings and analyses...
Joint task force to protect Bangladeshi job seekers in KSA: Hasan
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has said a joint task force of Bangladesh and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be formed aimed at protecting Bangladeshi job seekers from fraud...
Bangladeshi art-historian to attend ICSBA-SSINherit鈥檚 research prog in
Bangladeshi research fellow at the International Centre for Study of Bengal Art SM Saiful Islam will attend the first ever collaboration around exhibition innovations as a visiting scholar at University of Troms酶 - the Arctic University in Norway on July 7...
Musical event addresses Tagore as singer
Young Bangladeshi Tagore singer Joyita Tithi and Indian author and Tagore researcher Pitam Sengupta performed in an event on Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on Tuesday...
Govt must work for release of Bangladeshis from foreign jails
THIS is distressing that 11,450 Bangladeshis languish, as the foreign minister said in the parliament in a scripted answer on July 1, in jails in 31 countries. Quoting Bangladesh missions abroad, the minister says that the highest of 5,746 Bangladeshis are detained in jails in Saudi Arabia. The breakdown shows that 1,579 Bangladeshis are in jails in India...
Starmer faces backlash over comments singling out Bangladeshi migrants
UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is facing a backlash from his own party after he singled out Bangladesh as a country where illegal migrants are not being deported quickly enough, reports ITVX...
Bangladeshis seeking asylum in EU up by 17pc
The number of first-time asylum applicants from Bangladesh seeking international protection in the European Union increased by 17.63 per cent in March this year to 4,135, compared with 3,885 in the same month of 2023...
鈥楳oyna鈥� bags award at Italian indy film fest
Bangladeshi filmmaker Monjurul Islam Megh鈥檚 film 鈥楳oyna鈥� won award in the Special Mention Feature Fiction Film category at the Gulf of Naples...
Oman lifts visa restrictions for Bangladeshis
The Omani embassy in Dhaka announced that the Sultanate of Oman had lifted temporary restrictions on 10 visa categories for Bangladeshi nationals...
Fans blame umpire for defeat
Bangladeshi fans expressed utmost dejection claiming that the field umpire deprived their side of a win in their second game of the ongoing T20 World Cup against...
3 Bangladeshis injured in BSF firing
At least three Bangladeshis, including a farmer, were injured as the Indian Border Security Force shot at them reportedly entering the Bangladesh territory near the Hatibandha border in Lalmonirhat on Friday...
Is Bangladeshi crony capitalism system facing crisis?
SOME of the most powerful people in Bangladesh are facing personal situations which may be indicative of a bigger problem. The enrichment happens through connections and, occasionally, force that together sustain a socio-political system...
Dr Kamal calls for action to address migrants鈥� sufferings聽
Senior lawyer Dr Kamal Hossain urged the government to take immediate action at the highest level to address the sufferings of Malaysia-bound workers, as reported by 抖阴精品 on June 1...
Fans expecting hard time for Bangladesh in USA
Bangladeshi fans are eagerly waiting to see the Tigers in action in a marquee competition in USA for the first time as they will begin their 2024 ICC T20 World Cup campaign against...
鈥楨xpressions in Graphics鈥� features local, Indian artists
Bangladeshi and Indian artists are displaying prints created with different techniques at a group art exhibition titled 鈥楨xpressions in Graphics鈥� under way at...
Expatriate found dead in city
The police have recovered the body of an expatriate Bangladeshi living in Japan from a rented apartment at Block-C of Basundhara Residential Area in the capital...
Chopped flesh, crime and punishment
THE recent murder of a Bangladeshi lawmaker in Kolkata and the media attention it has drawn should be a lesson for all pondering politics, crime and the role of various institutions in Bangladesh. It is not just criminals who are taking the heat but the system as well...
Bangladeshi fisherman injured in Arakan Army firing dies
Fisherman Hossain Ali, 48, who was injured by the Myanmar armed group Arakan Army, while fishing in the Naf River, died early Tuesday while undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical College Hospital...
Bangladeshi skydiver Ashik set to jump from 41,000 feet with flag
Ashik Chowdhury, a professional skydiver, is all set to jump from 41,000 feet holding aloft the Bangladesh flag in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record...
532 Bangladeshis own real estate in Dubai: report
A six-month-long joint investigation by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and the Norwegian outlet E24 uncovered scores of convicted criminals,...
9 Bangladeshis in Forbes Asia list
Forbes, one of the world鈥檚 prestigious business magazines, has published the list of its ninth annual 30 under 30 Asia, Class of 2024 on Wednesday, including nine Bangladeshi rising stars...
Bangladeshi poets observe Nakba Day in Dhaka
Renowned poets of the country said that any aggression or war destroyed people鈥檚 freedom and displaced them from their homes...
Fair promotes Bangla comics
Dhaka Comics has organised a fair that provides comic lovers an opportunity to explore and buy works of Bangladeshi comic book artists at its shop located on Pantapath, Dhaka...
OnePlus enters market
Global smartphone manufacturer company OnePlus has made its official entry into the Bangladeshi smartphone market through a launch event...
MV Abdullah, 23 crew reach country
Bangladeshi-flagged cargo vessel MV Abdullah with its 23 crew reached Kutubdia channel of Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Monday evening, nearly a month after it was freed from Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean...
UNESCO鈥檚 Memory of the World inscribes 鈥楽ultana鈥檚 Dream鈥�
The UNESCO鈥檚 Memory of the World regional register has recently inscribed Bangladeshi feminist thinker, writer, educator, political activist and social reformer Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain鈥檚 鈥楽ultana鈥檚 Dream鈥� in recognition of human innovation and imagination...