Libya

Libya condemns killing of 26 Bangladeshis

Libya has condemned the killings of 26 Bangladeshis by Libyan human traffickers in Mizdah and said it would bring the killers to book.
29 Bangladeshis return home from Libya

Twenty-nine Bangladeshis, who remained stranded in the turbulent Libyan capital Tripoli and its suburbs, returned home early yesterday.
500 stranded in Tripoli

Around 500 Bangladeshis may have been stranded in two locations of Libya, about 200-kilometre off to the country’s capital, amid fighting between UN-backed Libyan government and Libyan National Army.
90 migrants feared drowned after boat capsizes off Libya: UN

About 90 people were feared drowned after a smuggler's boat mostly carrying Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya's coast early Friday, the UN.'s migration agency says.
Kidnap abroad, ransom here

They have been held hostage in Libya and tortured brutally by fellow Bangladeshis. Video clips of their sufferings have then been sent to their relatives by members of the network here asking for ransom.
Libyan port ‘re-taken from IS’

Libyan forces say they have re-taken control of the port in the city of Sirte, after fierce fighting against militants from so-called Islamic State.
Shipwrecks off Libyan coast, up to 700 feared dead

At least 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says.
Dozens feared dead in migrant shipwreck

Up to 30 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast while some 50 have been rescued by EU vessels from the sea.
19 brokers sending Bangladeshis to Libya illegally identified

At least 19 Bangladeshi brokers, who are allegedly cheating and trafficking fellow countrymen into Libya illegally, are identified, say officials at Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli.
‘Refund 74 workers’ money deposited to go to Libya’

The Supreme Court today directed the concerned recruitment agencies to refund the money with 10 percent interest deposited by 74 Bangladeshi workers for going to war-torn country Libya in next three months.
84 migrants still missing after boat sinks off Libya: IOM

Eighty-four migrants are still missing after an inflatable craft sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors cited by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
UNHCR fears 500 dead in Mediterranean shipwreck

The UN refugee agency says it feared around 500 migrants from Africa had drowned in the Mediterranean after witnesses said their overcrowded boat sank.
2 Bangladeshis rescued in Libya

Libyan police rescued two Bangladeshi youths yesterday, three days after they had been abducted from about 30 kilometres off Misrata, Libya.
3 Bangladeshis killed in Benghazi ‘gunbattle’

Three Bangladeshi migrant workers are killed in a gunfight between two rival groups Benghazi of North Africa’s war torn country Libya.
2 Bangladeshi expats picked up in Libya, family says

Two Bangladeshi expatriates are picked up by unidentified people in Tripoli of Libya, family members claimed.
No Bangladeshi among 600 rescued in Libya

Bangladesh ministry and consul officials say they find no Bangladeshi nationals among the 600 rescued by Libyan coast guards.
Italy rescues 910 boat migrants, nearly 600 saved off Libya

Nearly 600 migrants mostly from sub-Saharan African countries and Bangladesh are rescued by Libyan coast guards.
7 'traffickers' held

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday detained seven suspected traffickers on charges of illegally sending a Bangladeshi national to Libya and realising ransom from his family.
Truck bomb kills 65 at Libyan police training centre

At least 65 people are killed when one of Libya's worst truck bombs in years exploded at a police training centre in the town of Zliten.
Gaddafi son freed after Lebanon kidnap

Late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Hannibal has been freed after being briefly kidnapped by an armed group in Lebanon, security sources say.
Clinton to testify on Benghazi attack

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton is set to testify in front of a Congressional committee about the attack on a US consulate in Libya in 2012 that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans.
Don’t travel to Libya: Govt

Foreign ministry has strongly advised Bangladeshi nationals against travelling to war-torn Libya until further instructions.
Libya boat sink: 25 survivors return home

Twenty-five Bangladeshis, who survived after two boats capsized off Libyan coast on August 24, return home.
Robbers shoot 12 Bangladeshis at Libya camp

At least 12 Bangladeshi migrants suffer bullet wounds as robbers attacked their camp in Libya.
31 to be repatriated from Libya next week

A total of 31 Bangladeshis, who survived the boat capsize off Libyan coast on August 24, will be repatriated home by next week.
Libya boat capsize: Dead victims, survivors confirmed to be Bangladeshis

Bangladeshi authorities confirm the nationalities of the deceased and survivors who were on boats that perished in the sea off Libyan coast.
Libya boats sinking: three suspects arrested

Three people have been arrested in Libya on suspicion of involvement in launching a boat packed with migrants.
Migrant deaths: UN warns of 'crisis of solidarity'

The UN says "much more is required" to prevent the deaths of migrants fleeing to Europe after hundreds were reported dead in recent days.
Italian navy rescues 4,400 migrants off Libya coast

The Italian navy organizes the rescue of around 4,400 migrants in waters off the Libyan coast, prompted by requests for help received from nearly two dozen boats, in one of the biggest multi-national operations so far.
Italy rescuing 3,000 migrants, 18 boats off Libya

Italy's coastguard says it is coordinating the rescue of up to 3,000 migrants from waters off Libya after receiving SOS calls from 18 different crowded vessels.