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Dhaka must talk push-in globally, Indians should also raise voice
INDIA鈥橲 Border Security Force pushing people into Bangladesh not only furthers Delhi鈥檚 unneighbourly conduct but also appears a deliberate policy decision. This blatantly contravenes international laws, bilateral agreements and established border management norms. Since May 7, Indian guards have pushed at least 1,511 individuals into Bangladesh. While the majority...
48 Rohingyas registered in India pushed into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India has recently pushed at least 122 Rohingyas, including 48 registered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India, into Bangladesh...
RAB steps up nationwide security measures ahead of Eid
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday said that it had intensified surveillance and patrols across the country to ensure safety and security of people and their properties before Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest Muslim religious festivals to be celebrated in the country on June 7...
Social security budget declines by 15pc
The interim government proposed to allocate Tk 1,16,731 crore in the social security sector for the financial year 2025-26, reducing the sector鈥檚 allocation by almost 15 per cent.
BSF returns youth鈥檚 body two days after killing
The Indian Border Security Force Monday morning handed over the body of a Bangladeshi youth, who was shot dead by BSF personnel two days earlier along the Dattagram border in Sharifpur union of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar...
Foreign investment not a threat to nat鈥檒 security: BIDA chief
Foreign investment does not pose a threat to national security, said Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority and the Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority...
First Security bank鈥檚 Board holds 300th meeting
The 300th meeting of the board of directors of First Security Islami Bank PLC was held on Thursday at FSIB head office in Dhaka with Mohammad Abdul Mannan, chairman of the board in the chair.
India pushes 82 more into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed 82 more people into Bangladesh through the borders in Sylhet and Sunamganj on Wednesday...
Unabated border killing
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...
India pushes 67 more into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed 67 more people into Bangladesh through the borders in Meherpur, Satkhira, and Kurigram districts on Tuesday...
India鈥檚 push-ins spark security, sovereignty concerns in Bangladesh
Political leaders and security experts have expressed concerns over the current surge in incidents of people being pushed into Bangladesh territory by the Indian border force without following formal procedures...
CID starts operation against online gambling
The Criminal Investigation Department of Bangladesh Police has launched a nationwide operation against online gambling and betting in accordance with the newly issued Cyber Security Ordinance, 2025.
21 more pushed into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India on Saturday pushed 21 more people into Bangladesh through Kanaighat border in Sylhet without maintaining any legal process.
Cultural activists express concern over national security
Cultural activists on Saturday expressed concern over national security that arose from controversial moves by the interim government at a view-exchange meeting organised by the Ganatantrik Sanskritik Oikya...
Harvard University sues Trump over block on foreign students
Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday over its move to block the prestigious university from enrolling and hosting foreign students in a broadening dispute, a court filing showed.
India pushes 105 more into Bangladesh聽
Indian Border Security Force on Thursday pushed 105 more people into Bangladesh through different border points of six districts.
Cyber Security Ordinance promulgated scraping CSA
The interim government has promulgated the Cyber Security Ordinance, 2025 in a gazette, cancelling the previous Cyber Security Act, to identify, prevent, suppress, and subsequently to try the crimes committed in cyberspace for ensuring cyber security.
I don鈥檛 have US passport: Khalilur
National security adviser Khalilur Rahman, also the chief adviser鈥檚 high representative on Rohingya affairs, on Wednesday said that he was a Bangladeshi national and did not have nationality of any other country...
Samya鈥檚 murder: a wake-up call for campus security
THE tragic and brutal murder of Shahriar Alam Samya, a bright student from the Institute of Education and Research at Dhaka University, has struck a deep blow to the nation鈥檚 conscience. Once the torchbearer of progress and a hub for democratic movements, Dhaka University now finds itself grappling with an unsettling darkness that falls over its campus...
Humanitarian channel, its pull effect
THE foreign affairs adviser鈥檚 statement of on April 27 to the media on humanitarian channel sparked debates and discussions across political, security and academic domains. The adviser said, 鈥楢ccording to the United Nations鈥� proposal, Bangladesh has agreed in principle to allow a humanitarian corridor to Rakhine. It will be a humanitarian passage. However, we have...
India鈥檚 push-in strategy
DESPITE deep ties between Bangladesh and India in the geopolitical landscape of South Asia, India鈥檚 approach to border management has often been aggressive, escalating tensions with its neighbours. Recently, a complex diplomatic conflict has emerged over 鈥榩ush-in鈥� incidents along the India-Bangladesh border, where Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) have been...
ACC prosecutes聽S Alam, 42 others
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against 43 people, including S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, also former chairman of First Security Islami Bank, and the bank鈥檚 former...
Paris kidnap bid highlights crypto data security risks
New regulations threaten the security of the personal data of cryptocurrency users and may expose them to 鈥榩hysical danger鈥�, the platform at the centre of last week鈥檚 Paris kidnapping attempt has claimed...
India pushes 30 more into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India on Thursday pushed 30 more people into Bangladesh through separate bordering points of Kulaura and Borolekha upazilas in Moulvibazar as pushing people into Bangladesh from India continues without following any legal process.
Dhaka should pull its finger out to stop border death, abduction
BANGLADESHIS coming to be shot, abducted or tortured in the frontiers has remained a prickly issue with India. India鈥檚 Border Security Force, as Human Rights Support Society said in a statement on March 10, has killed 305 Bangladeshis and wounded 282 more in the border in a decade. The statement says that Indian guards killed 26 Bangladeshis and wounded 25 in...
India鈥檚 push-in efforts further strain BD-India relations
INDIA鈥橲 Border Security Force continuing to push people into Bangladesh is another instance of its blatant disregard for international laws and border protocols and bilateral agreements. On May 10 and 11, Indian border guards pushed at least 92 people into Bangladesh through border points in Satkhira and Chuadanga. Indian border guards pushed 78 people into...
Pragati Life gets ISO 27001:2022 certification
Pragati Life Insurance PLC has been awarded ISO 27001:2022 certification in recognition of its excellence in information security management systems, said a press release...
India鈥檚 push-in efforts odious, unacceptable
INDIA鈥橲 Border Security Force having pushed in at least 123 people into Bangladesh through a few border points in Khagrachari and Kurigram on May 7 and continued efforts the next day are odious. The efforts at hand combined with events of Indian guards at almost regular intervals of killing Bangladeshis in the frontiers, abducting Bangladeshis into the Indian territory and...
Ordinance okayed to scrap 9 CSA provisions
The government on Tuesday approved a draft of the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025, scrapping nine provisions that were remnants of the much talked about Digital Security Act and Cyber Security Act.