THE death of Bangladeshis continues at the hands of India鈥檚 Border Security Force, with at least 34 having died, after being shot or tortured by the Indian guards, during one year of the interim government. Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra says that 15 died in firing and from torture by the Indian guards in January鈥揓une. Two were killed in January, one in February, three in...
Nineteen irregular Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Tunisia on Thursday with the support of Bangladesh government and the International Organization for Migration...
Several Bangladeshis who are under the Anti-Corruption Commission scrutiny in Bangladesh appear to have either sold, transferred or refinanced property in the United Kingdom since the past year鈥檚 mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led authoritarian Awami League regime...
The first group of Bangladeshi nationals, seeking repatriation from conflict-hit Iran, reached Dhaka on Tuesday, as part of ongoing efforts by the government to ensure the safe return of its citizens...
The European Union will support more than 70,000 individuals with disabilities residing in Mymensingh and Netrakona districts...
Expatriate Bangladeshis have sent about $1.99 billion in the first 21 days of June...
Six young Bangladeshis are set to join Rainforest World Music Festival in Malaysia, after the won a nationwide music-themed trivia contest hosted on RYZE app from May 23 to May 29, said a press release...
Bangladesh has begun a process to relocate its citizens from Tehran to a 鈥榮afe place鈥� in Iran as around 400 Bangladeshis living in the Iranian capital have been exposed to danger due to attacks from Israel for the past five days.
The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a sharp attack on BJP-ruled governments in states and at the Centre over the alleged 鈥榩ush back鈥� of migrant workers from Bengal to Bangladesh, accusing the administrations of labelling those individuals as Bangladeshis only because they speak in Bengali, reports The Telegraph online...
PROFESSOR Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 recent visit to London, marked by the distinguished honour of receiving the King Charles III Harmony Award 2025, was a moment of significance鈥攏ot only for him personally but also for the Bangladeshis and the wider global community who value peace, equity, and sustainable development. It also, perhaps unintentionally, served as...
The death of Bangladeshis at the hands of India鈥檚 Border Security Force has become a grim reality, with barely any effective response that would stop the happening. The death hardly creates outrage outside a few rights groups. The Border Guard Bangladesh lodges protests. The issue comes up at bilateral meetings or dialogues. Yet, there is little sustained pressure or...
Home adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said that Bangladesh had urged India to repatriate only those identified as Bangladeshis through proper channel...
EACH Eid, millions of Bangladeshis undertake long journeys to reunite with loved ones, carrying with them gifts, savings and hopes. These homecomings, rooted in ritual and emotion, are meant to be moments of joy. Yet, with alarming regularity, they are punctuated by devastating reports of road crashes. This year was no different. The Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity...
A team of Indian police and intelligence departments arrested 90 people, including women and children, branding them as Bangladeshi citizens, in a joint operation at the Khajpur village under the Nohjheel police station in Uttar Pradesh...
NEIGHBOURS and the two largest countries in South Asia, India and Pakistan are proverbial adversaries. Both have a long and checkered history with Bangladesh. Therefore, the relationship between Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan can be read as one of a love triangle, with Bangladesh being at the centre of attraction and the other two countries competing...
The United Arab Emirates made significant progress in resuming visa issuance for Bangladeshi nationals, following 鈥榮ustained diplomatic engagement鈥� between the two countries, officials said...
Indian Border Security Force keeps killing Bangladeshis in border areas with the number of the killed increasing in recent months despite repeated promises by India to bring down the killings to zero...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent over US$ 1.05 billion remittances during the first twelve days of April in the fiscal 2024-25...
Bangladesh Bank on Sunday allowed Non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) to open bank accounts in all usable foreign currencies...
Indian Khasia people allegedly shot at least two Bangladeshis near the Bichhnakandi border at Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday night...
The Election Commission is considering the introduction of proxy voting for expatriate Bangladeshis in the 13th parliamentary elections as the commission thinks that this system would be the most practical solution to the issue within the timeframe available for the polls...
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Tuesday said that they brought back three Bangladeshis who were detained by India鈥檚 Border Security Force two days ago on penetration charges in the northwestern frontier...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent near US$ 2 billion in remittances during the first 22 days of February in the fiscal 2024-25...
Credit card spending by Bangladeshis in India has been falling, while such expenditures in USA, Thailand and Singapore have been rising, according to central bank data.
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday urged Canada to expedite visa processing for Bangladeshi nationals with a particular focus on students...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's closest political ally has pledged to rid the capital of 鈥榠llegal鈥� immigrants if his party wins looming elections, in a forceful appeal to his party's Hindu constituency. Interior minister Amit Shah said every unlawful migrant from neighbouring Bangladesh would be expelled from New Delhi 鈥榳ithin two years鈥� if his party succeeded in next month's provincial polls.
The Bangladesh high commission in Malaysia has announced an extension of the migrant repatriation programme for undocumented Bangladeshi nationals, allowing them to return home under revised provisions set by the Malaysian government...
THIS is a welcome move that the Anti-Corruption Commission, which has found that some public servants have secretly obtained dual citizenship and used their foreign passports to conceal their illegal wealth and to syphon money abroad, has begun an inquiry to find out public servants having dual citizenship. The commission, as part of the inquiry, wrote...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent over US$1.21 billion in remittance during the first 18 days of January in the 2024-25 fiscal year...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry has called on British-Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh鈥檚 key sectors, including energy, technology, education, human resource development, the blue economy, and tourism...