The detainees are Farukh Hossain, 20, of Zianagar village, and Rabbi Hossain, 21, of Dakkhin Raiso village in Haziganj upazila of Chandpur district
At least 109 people were pushed into Bangladesh from India through various border points in eight districts between Wednesday night and yesterday, according to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
BGB said Shamsu and four others illegally entered around 150 yards into Indian territory
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) pushed back at least 60 Bangladeshis through borders in Sylhet and Moulvibazar yesterday.
Amid escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Rohingyas are trespassing into Bangladesh every day, crossing the border allegedly to escape the brutality of Myanmar’s rebel group, the Arakan Army (AA).
The incident occurred around 11:30am on Friday near the 2020/11 S border pillar in Itna village under Monionda union of Akhaura upazila
Earlier on September 3 last year, the 16-year-old girl was gunned down allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee after she was sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for a third straight term.
A Bangladeshi was shot dead allegedly by a group of villagers inside Indian territory near Kendribil in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila yesterday morning.
Bangladesh is eagerly waiting for US response over obtaining Covid-19 vaccines as its stock of AstraZeneca vaccine doses purchased from India will run out soon.
Learning lessons from the coronavirus pandemic and climate change fallouts, India and Bangladesh need to work more effectively to boost trade, connectivity and environmental protection while removing all irritants at the soonest, said foreign relations analysts from the two countries.
Eighty-one noted citizens yesterday urged the Chinese government to bring to book Chinese companies involved with SS Power I Plant in Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila, where seven workers were killed after police opened fire during demonstrations on April 17.
Chinese Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe yesterday said his country was keen to extend cooperation to Bangladesh in tackling the Covid-19 outbreak.
Many Bangladeshis, who were stranded at India’s Petropole border, were allowed to enter the country through the Benapole border in Jashore yesterday.
Bangladesh has joined the China-led initiative with five other South Asian countries in the spirit of partnership and multilateralism to have vaccine and oxygen supplies during the critical period of coronavirus pandemic.
Bangladesh Coast Guard members yesterday rescued 30 Rohingyas, who were trying to go to Malaysia illegally by a trawler through the Bay of Bengal, in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf.
The Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem has briefed UK’s all-party parliamentary group (APPG) about the inconvenience caused by UK’s travel ban that has put Bangladesh among those nations on its “red list”.
