THE killing of at least 11 Bangladeshi nationals in January-April by the Indian Border Security Force shows the sheer disregard of the Indian border forces for numerous pledges, bilateral agreements and international laws. According to the rights group Ain o Salish Kendra, five were killed in April alone, three in March, one in February, and two in January. In 2024, at least 30...
A Bangladeshi youth died while undergoing treatment at the Cumilla Medical College Hospital on Monday morning, hours after he received bullet injury in firing by the Indian Border Security Force along Madla border under Kasba upazila in Brahmanbaria district.
National security adviser and high representative to the chief adviser Khalilur Rahman on Sunday said that the interim government had not discussed any humanitarian corridor to Rakhine state in Myanmar and no decision was made on the issue or no consensus was reached with any party...
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...
The Indian Border Security Force early Saturday returned two Bangladeshi youths, whom they had detained at Patgram border in Lalmonirhat the previous evening...
IN BANGLADESH, where rivers dominate the landscape and flood narratives shape public discourse, groundwater continues to flow silently beneath the surface 鈥� out of sight, out of mind. Yet this invisible resource is the true lifeline of our resilience to climate extremes, food insecurity, and water scarcity. It sustains more than 80 per cent of irrigation, provides 97 per...
A Bangladeshi youth sustained bullet injuries after Indian Border Security Force allegedly opened fire along the Kusumpur border in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Thursday night.
The Indian Border Security Force on Friday kidnapped two Bangladeshis from the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat after the Border Guard Bangladesh and the BSF had exchanged two detainees each through a flag meeting in the Biral bordering area in Dinajpur in the evening.
A Bangladeshi youth was injured after the Indian Border Security Force opened fire on him on Friday.
IN RECENT months, the Israeli Defence Forces have been much taken by a term that augurs poorly for peaceful accord in the Middle East. 鈥楽ecurity zones鈥� are being seized in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria. Land is, for claimed reasons of self-defence, being appropriated with brazen assuredness. It is hard, however, to see this latest turn as anything other than a de...
Yet another death of a Bangladeshi at the hands of India鈥檚 Border Security Force shows a continued disregard of Indian guards for laws and border protocols. It also shows the nullity of the pledges that Indian authorities, including the Border Security Force, have made to end border killing and to never use lethal weapons in border management. On April 16, the Bangladeshi...
A Bangladeshi national was killed allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force at Madhya Singimari border under Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat district on Wednesday...
THE concept of national security has undergone a profound transformation in the 21st century. Once largely defined by military capabilities and external defence, national security now encompasses a vast spectrum of interconnected domains, including cyber resilience, economic integrity, public health and climate sustainability. In the light of these shifting dynamics...
The Trump administration has added over 6,000 immigrants to a database of dead social security recipients, effectively cutting off benefits and their ability to work, US media reported Thursday.
Prince Harry鈥檚 lawyer told a UK appeal court on Tuesday that paring back the royal鈥檚 personal security during his visits to Britain was 鈥榰njustified鈥�...
An unconventional Belgian prince will learn on Monday if he has the right to social security on top of his royal allowance after he sued for coverage 鈥� the first time a royal has taken such action against the state in the country鈥檚 nearly 200-year history...
A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered to freeze 34 bank accounts of former director general of Special Security Force Lieutenant General (sacked) Md Mujibur Rahman and his wife Tasrin Mujib over graft allegations...
India鈥檚 Maoist insurgents, cornered by an all-out military offensive, have offered to engage in peace talks but insist security operations must stop first, a condition authorities have rejected...
US Deputy National Security Adviser Alex N. Wong had a telephone meeting on Wednesday evening with Khalilur Rahman, the high representative of Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government.
New rules came into force Wednesday requiring European visitors to the UK to buy an online entry permit as the government revised longstanding regulations to boost border security...
Home adviser retired lieutenant general Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday said that the members of the law enforcement and security agencies would not go on Eid-ul-Fitr vacation this year.
THE Global Hunger Index 2024, published by Welthungerhilfe, Germany based non-profit and non-governmental aid agency, provides an important snapshot of the global state of hunger and malnutrition. This year鈥檚 findings reflect both progress and stagnation. While some nations inch closer to the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger by 2030, others...
ROBBERY on highways has recently panicked the passengers headed for outlying areas on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In a recent such incident, robbers in the guise of passengers boarded a Manikganj-bound bus at Savar on March 24 and robbed passengers at gun point before they got off near the C&B Stand. Students and passengers managed to stop the bus after it had...
Speakers, including academics, rights activists, labour leaders and cultural activists on Saturday demanded the government take effective steps to ensure security of women and children, trial for rape and withdrawal of a case filed against left student leaders...
US president Donald Trump made good Friday on a threat to revoke the security clearances of his predecessor Joe Biden and several senior former White House and national security officials...
Google said Tuesday it will acquire cloud security platform Wiz for $32 billion, citing the need for greater cybersecurity capacity as artificial intelligence embeds itself in technology infrastructure...
Pakistan鈥檚 volatile Balochistan province has ordered the closure of three universities in recent weeks due to 鈥榮ecurity concerns,鈥� an official said on Tuesday, as separatist attacks surge in the region...
BANGLADESH is home to two species of Pangas fish: pangasius pangasius, which inhabits open water bodies such as rivers, floodplains and beels and Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, a species predominantly cultured in closed water systems such as ponds and ghers. Over the years, Pangas 鈥� particularly Pangasianodon hypophthalmus 鈥� has emerged as the most...
The attempt of India鈥檚 Border Security Force of March 17 at erecting barbed-wire fences along the border at Dahagram in Lalmonirhat is worrying as it violates the established border protocols. Indian border guards began erecting the fence with iron poles and fencing materials along the Sardar Para stretch of the border. The construction had been halted only after Bangladeshi border guards intervened and formally protested against the move. Border Guard Bangladesh officials..
NATURE-BASED solutions have gained significant attention recently to address environmental degradation, water and food insecurity, natural disasters, and climate crises. The concept of NbS stems from the ecosystem approach. In 2016, the European Commission defined NbS as 鈥榥ature-inspired and nature-supported solutions.鈥� These solutions encompass actions aimed...