Bangladesh ‘set to move’ new group of Rohingya to remote i...
December 28 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this month, offi...
Turkey opens new embassy compound in Dhaka, pledges increa...
December 24 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in a joint press conference with his counterpart A.K. Abdul Momen in Dhaka, Ban...
Bangladesh-India border dispute resolution uncertain
December 23 ,2020
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By: Shahidul Islam Chowdhury
India now seeks to change demarcation principle for River Muhuri
A full settlement of the Bangladesh...
Turkish Foreign Minister's Bangladesh visit to boost ties
December 23 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's two-day official visit to Bangladesh is expected to open a new chapter in bilateral ties, T...
TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT BANGLADESH TODAY
December 22 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is expected to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday on a two-day visit.
Mevlüt &Ccedi...
Bangladesh for early alternative to Ganges barrage
December 22 ,2020
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By: Shahidul Islam Chowdhury
The Bangladesh government has emphasised an early construction of reservoirs on the tributaries and distributaries of the Padma as an a...
Border killings by BSF: India claims they open fire in sel...
December 21 ,2020
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By: Golam Mortoza
Multiple agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed during a virtual summit between Bangladesh and India on Decembe...
Nepal-Bangladesh trade deal unlikely by end of December
December 21 ,2020
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By: Krishana Prasain
The first Nepal-Bangladesh preferential trade agreement is slated to be signed by the end of December, but Nepali officials doubt it wi...
Bangladesh to procure ultra-modern, high performance fight...
December 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the process is going on to purchase ultra-modern and high-performance fighter...
India seeks to mend Bangladesh ties with vaccine diplomacy
India reassured Bangladesh it will prioritize the supply of Covid-19 shots to its South Asian neighbor, part of its vaccine outreach to...
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...
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