'India's soul at stake': West Bengalis vote in divisive el...
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, addresses a campaign rally in Kolkata
In the sleepy, swampy surroundings of Nandi...
Four killed in Bangladesh during protests against Modi vis...
March 27 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Protesters set a motorcycle on fire during a clash with the police as they protest against Modi's visit
At least four people w...
Facebook and Messenger down in Bangladesh
March 27 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Facebook says its services have been restricted but the BTRC claims access to the sites were not blocked.
Social media platform Facebo...
Bangladesh at 50: how the country has fared since independ...
March 27 ,2021
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By: Grace Li
Boats on the Buriganga river in Dhaka in February. Bangladesh's economy has grown substantially since independence in 1971....
Bangladesh at 50: Booming economy, shrinking rights
March 26 ,2021
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By: SAM Report
Bangladesh turns 50 this week as an economic success story but also an increasingly repressive de facto one-party state where a cartoon...
Over 20 injured as police, protesters clash over Modi's vi...
March 26 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Police and protesters clashing over Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit in Dhaka’s Motijheel area on Thu...
Bangladesh-Pakistan ties have immense potential: PM Hasina
March 25 ,2021
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By: Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
The existing bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan have immense potentials to deepen and diversify in future, Prime Minis...
Plot to kill PM Hasina: Firing squad for 14 militants
March 24 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A speedy trial tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday ordered the execution of 14 militants of banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh...
At least 25 injured as BCL swoop on anti-Modi protest
March 24 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
BCL leaders and activists attack an anti-Modi protest in Dhaka on 23 March 2021, Sazid Hossain
At least 25 students including two...
Connectivity essential for wider Dhaka-Kathmandu engagemen...
March 23 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday said connectivity was essential for smoother and wider interactions and engagements be...
Massive fire sweeps through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangl...
March 23 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Smoke rises following a fire at the Rohingya refugee camp in Balukhali [Shafiqur Rahman/AP]
A massive fire has swept through a Roh...
US-Bangladesh Business Council to be launched soon: Miller
March 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Ambassador of USA to Bangladesh Earl R Miller today said that the US-Bangladesh Business Council will be launched soon to facilitate US...
How and why is Bangladesh better off than Pakistan today?
March 22 ,2021
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By: Dr Moonis Ahmar
At a time when Bangladesh will celebrate 50 years of its separation from Pakistan on March 26, one needs to contemplate why a country &...
‘Development over democracy’: Why Bangladesh’s foreign aff...
March 20 ,2021
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Gowher Rizvi
In Bangladesh, ask a ruling Awami League politician what words should follow “development” and the...
Muslims, students protest Indian PM’s visit to Bangladesh
March 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Muslims and student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital Friday to denounce the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Nare...
Lanka can harvest a lot from an economic tie-up with Bangl...
March 20 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina greets Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa upon his arrival in Dhaka. Hazrat Shahjalal Internati...
Bangladesh emerges important in geopolitics
Fifty years ago when Bangladesh emerged as an independent state, it may not have caught the world’s attention, but today as it re...
UN makes first visit to remote Bangladesh island since Roh...
March 18 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Rohingya refugees at Bhasan Char island in Bangladesh on Dec 29, 2020.PHOTO: REUTERS
A United Nations delegation will on Wednesday...
Google, Amazon eye Bangladesh
March 17 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Google and Amazon are working out possibilities of enhancing their presence in Bangladesh, according to people who know of the matter....
India, Bangladesh likely to sign three MoUs during PM Modi...
March 16 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
India and Bangladesh are likely to sign three MoUs during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka next week to attend the celeb...
ROKETSAN to export TRG-300 KAPLAN missile to Bangladesh
March 15 ,2021
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By: Cengizhan Yilmaz
Bangladesh Chief of General Staff Gen. Aziz Ahmed announced that the TRG-300 KAPLAN Missile System developed by ROKETSAN will be delive...
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