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.

Bangladeshis in war-torn Libya / 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.

Migrant crisis: Dozens feared dead in shipwreck off Libya

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.

April 30, 2016
April 30, 2016

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).

April 20, 2016
April 20, 2016

UN refugee agency 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.

March 29, 2016
March 29, 2016

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.

March 27, 2016
March 27, 2016

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.

March 26, 2016
March 26, 2016

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.

March 20, 2016
March 20, 2016

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.

March 20, 2016
March 20, 2016

Italy rescues 910 boat migrants in the Strait of Sicily

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

March 20, 2016
March 20, 2016

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.

January 7, 2016
January 7, 2016

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.

December 12, 2015
December 12, 2015

Gaddafi's son Hannibal freed after kidnap in Lebanon

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

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