India's 'no crime, no killing' policy across border irks B...
March 10 ,2021
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By: Md. Kamruzzaman
A recent "no crime, no killing" statement by the Indian foreign minister during his visit to Dhaka has received harsh criticism from ri...
‘I was shaking inside’: Bangladesh’s first transgender TV...
March 10 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Tashnuva Anan Shishir, right, presents the news on television at a news studio in Dhaka [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP]
To cheers from collea...
Alibaba buys Bangladesh food delivery service HungryNaki
March 9 ,2021
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By: A.Z.M. Anas
Online meal delivery service HungryNaki has 500 drivers who serve its more than 500,000 regular customers in five Banglades...
Bangladesh seeks China fund to address rural-urban digital...
March 8 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh has sought Chinese investment for a Tk 30-billion project that aims at reducing the 'digital divide'.
Finance ministry has...
Rohingyas in India fear deportation after police detain ov...
March 8 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Rohingya refugees carry their belongings as they leave a refugee camp in Jammu, India, on March 7, 2021
Indian police have detaine...
How is Bangladesh's Digital Security Act muzzling free spe...
March 4 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A protester in Dhaka after the death of Mushtaq Ahmed
Protesters have taken to the streets of the Bangladeshi capital following th...
Bangladesh cartoonist arrested under harsh Internet laws g...
March 4 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Protesters calling for the abolition of digital security laws and justice for the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in Dhaka on March 1,...
Is Bangladesh moving to normalize relations with Israel?
March 3 ,2021
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By: Arafat Kabir
Israel turns out to be on a diplomatic spree of late. After mending fences with erstwhile foes in the Gulf and North Africa, a new door...
India versus Bangladesh over new Rohingya crisis ahead of...
March 2 ,2021
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By: Prabhash K Dutta
A group of Rohingya refugees, who left Bangladesh last month, were found adrift in the Andaman Sea by the Indian Coast Guard. Banglad...
Bangladesh police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at new opp...
March 1 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Dozens were injured on Sunday (Feb 28) as Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at opposition activists to prevent new p...
Election process in Bengal is putting Bhutan-Bangladesh tr...
February 27 ,2021
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By: Debasis Sarkar
With the rising mercury level around the election process in Bengal, life is getting tougher there for thousands of Indians involved in...
NAVDEX 2021: Bangladesh Navy displays Type 056 corvette BN...
February 25 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Type 056 stealth surface warfare guided missile corvette BNS Prottoy F112
BNS Prottoy is a Type 056 stealth surface warf...
Australia to lift air cargo ban on Bangladesh
February 25 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Australia is set to lift its ban on direct cargo flights from Dhaka, a move that is expected to boost Bangladesh's shipments to the con...
Bangladesh’s deafening silence on the Myanmar coup
February 23 ,2021
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By: Shakil Bin Mushtaq
Bangladesh has good reasons to refrain from taking a position on the February 1 coup in Myanmar, the country’s foreign minister t...
Qatar Petroleum to supply 1.25m tonnes of LNG to Banglades...
February 23 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
QP’s recently announced expansion at its North Field East project would help Qatar again become the world's largest LNG produce...
Bangladeshi cabbages in Southeast Asian market
February 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Cabbage exports from Bangladesh have surged nearly 6,000 per cent by volume this year over that of the past year.
The country has ship...
India mends Nepal ties with transit of Bangladeshi fertili...
February 20 ,2021
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By: Kiran Sharma
India has allowed transit by rail of Bangladeshi fertilizer to Nepal as it mends relations with its Himalayan neighbor. (Source...
Saudi investors keen to invest $5bn in Bangladesh
February 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The investors of Saudi Arabia are interested to invest around $5 billion in different sectors of Bangladesh, including the tourism and...
Bangladeshi borrowers of National Bank of Pakistan don't w...
February 19 ,2021
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By: Mehedi Hasan
The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), a foreign bank operating in Bangladesh, has been making losses year after year, with its banking a...
Bangladesh eyes investment gain as Japanese firms exit Chi...
February 17 ,2021
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By: Arun Devnath
Japan incentivizing its companies to shift manufacturing facilities out of China and adding Bangladesh to a list of preferr...
Saudi woman handed death sentence for killing Bangladeshi...
February 17 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A criminal court in Saudi Arabia has handed the death sentence to a Saudi woman for killing her Bangladeshi maid in a ruling rights gro...
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