Turkish President sees $2 bn trade potential with Banglade...
December 18 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan has said Bangladesh and Turkey hold enormous potentials in the arena of bilateral trade to explore and...
'It's over for us': how extreme weather is emptying Bangla...
December 17 ,2020
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By: Rafiqul Islam Montu
Abdus Sattar Ghazi and his wife Zahera Khatun watch the water levels by their house. Photograph: Rafiqul Islam Montu
The house Far...
India, Bangladesh to reopen 55-year-old Haldibari-Chilahat...
December 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
India is set to re-open a railway line along with its neighbouring country Bangladesh after a gap of 55 years on Thursday, which will c...
Pakistan-Bangladesh ties and future of SAARC
December 17 ,2020
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By: Shazia Cheema
Forgiveness does not necessarily mean forgetting. Practicing forgiveness is not always easy. It can take time to build-up to the mental...
China, not India, builds a bridge in Bangladesh, but Modi...
December 16 ,2020
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By: Jyoti Malhotra
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (L) and Indian PM Narendra Modi
One week before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM S...
Bangladesh, Myanmar anti-drug authorities agree on joint b...
December 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh and Myanmar anti-drug authorities agreed for joint border patrol and establishing liaison offices in a bid to stop yaba pill...
Bangladesh on the onward march
December 16 ,2020
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By: Azzam Khan
Rahamatullah is a rickshaw puller in Dhaka. He lives with his wife and two children in Korail, a slum in the capital city. He also supp...
Modi-Hasina summit to highlight infrastructure, connectivi...
PM Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu
Connectivity projects including t...
Govt signs vaccine purchase deal with Serum Institute
December 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The government of Bangladesh has signed an agreement with the Serum Institute of India to purchase Covid-19 vaccines.
According to the...
China attaches great importance to relations with Banglade...
December 14 ,2020
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By: Cheng Xizhong
China's Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe. Photo: Reuters
In the context of the extremely severe pandemic, Chinese State Council...
Facebook to take action against Bangladeshi hackers
December 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Social media giant Facebook said it will take action against hackers in Bangladesh and Vitenam.
In an announcement on the compan...
What Bangladesh can learn from Delhi farmers
December 12 ,2020
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By: Farida Akhter
As days progress, support towards farmers is also increasing due to the inflexible behaviour of the government. Various opposition pa...
Bangladesh, US to enter maritime cooperation soon: Foreign...
December 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh and the United States may soon enter into a maritime cooperation framework under the "Vision for Advancing US-Bangladesh Eco...
Liberation War era bomb found at Dhaka airport
December 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A cylinder-like bomb, weighing around 250 kilograms, has been discovered at the construction site of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahj...
Physical, mental and economic violence increases during th...
December 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Correspondent
There has been an escalation of gender-based violence globally in the COVID-19 pandemic period and the situation in Bangladesh is alarm...
Thaw in Pakistan, Bangladesh relations?
December 8 ,2020
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By: Kamran Yousaf
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka
Pakistan High Commiss...
Bangladeshi who beat Covid-19 longs to go home
December 7 ,2020
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Mr Raju Sarker recovering in hospital in this undated picture. He tested positive for the coronavirus in February and spent nearly fi...
Pakistan, Bangladesh agree to bolster ties in rare move
December 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
In a rare move, Pakistan’s envoy to Bangladesh said on Thursday that the two countries will bolster bilateral ties.
The statemen...
Bangladesh begins moving Rohingya families to remote islan...
Bangladesh has begun moving Rohingya families from camps near the Myanmar border to a settlement on a remote island, despite concerns a...
Rights groups urge Bangladesh to halt Rohingya relocation
December 4 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Human rights groups urged Bangladesh on Thursday to stop its plan to ship thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island as official...
Pakistan, Bangladesh agree to bolster ties in rare move
December 4 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Photo: Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka
In a rare move, Pakistan's envoy to Bangladesh said on Thursday that the two countries wi...
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