Myanmar will take back Rohingya from Bangladesh: China
October 26 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar has told China it is willing to take back Rohingya refugees currently living in Bangladesh, according to the Bangladeshi Foreig...
Has Bangladesh’s economic rise taken the wind out of the N...
October 26 ,2020
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
For more than five decades now, fear of migration from Bangladesh (and earlier Pakistan’s East Bengal province) has influenced th...
Bangladesh receives KrAZ Spartan APCs from Ukraine
October 24 ,2020
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By: Iftekhar Alam
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) took delivery of the first batch of KrAZ Spartan Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) from Ukraine.
I...
Bangladesh: New economic leader in South Asia, will the wo...
October 23 ,2020
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By: Ashfaq Zaman
Bangladesh - the overcrowded, overpopulated flood-prone state that, founded in 1971, is barely older than the internet - is now one of...
Bangladesh reveals India’s challenged pre-eminence in the...
October 22 ,2020
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By: Anita Inder Singh
Isn’t it surprising and unusual for a ‘leading’ power’s economic performance to be worse than that of its frien...
Top US official Biegun sanguine about ties with Bangladesh...
October 22 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
In a telephone briefing held under the aegis of the London International Media Hub on October 20, the US Deputy Secretary of State, Ste...
Mizo regiment demanded to guard borders with Bangladesh
October 20 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena from Mizoram state has put forth the need to establish the Mizo regiment in the Indian Army or a paramilita...
More equipment shipped for Bangladesh nuclear plant
October 20 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Equipment has been shipped for Rooppur 2 in Bangladesh (Credit: AEM)
The Petrozavodskmash branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologie...
Quad diplomacy: Where does Bangladesh stand?
October 20 ,2020
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By: Matiur Rahman Chowdhory
Quadrilateral diplomacy
Tensions have been running high for the past few months with all sorts of calculations on the books. Whe...
Bangladesh: a strong supporter of Non-Aligned Movement
October 19 ,2020
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By: AK Abdul Momen
Bangladesh has been an ardent supporter of the Non-Aligned Movement from its inception. Since our independence, Bangladesh has adopted...
Bangladesh hurts India’s global image
October 19 ,2020
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By: Andy Mukherjee
India’s Covid-19 economic gloom turned into despair this week, on news that its per capita gross domestic product may be lower fo...
As US hones its Indo-Pacific strategy, South Asian nations...
October 19 ,2020
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By: Pranay Sharma
US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, left, and Bangladesh‘s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen at a press conference in Dh...
Bangladesh-India relations: The wolf has lost its teeth an...
October 18 ,2020
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By: Azzam Khan
Once the Big Brother dominating the South Asian scene, India is gradually becoming an outlier in the region. Its hubristic belief in it...
Fashion victims: Garment workers risk losing jobs during c...
October 17 ,2020
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By: Naimul Karim
Millions of garment workers could lose their jobs as global brands are demanding price cuts and delaying payments to suppliers who are...
Bangladesh to get new Consulate in Miami
October 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh and the United States have jointly announced the establishment of a new Bangladesh Consulate in Miami, Florida.
The new con...
Bangladesh Air Force received 7 new K-8W jet trainers from...
October 16 ,2020
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By: Sayed Amar Khan
The Bangladesh Air Force is ferrying its newly acquired K-8W jet trainers from China.
A contingent of BAF pilots were sent to...
Bangladesh sentences five men to death for 2012 gang rape...
October 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A Bangladesh court has sentenced five men to death for the 2012 gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, amid growing public anger over rampant...
US seeks Indian help to get BD on its side
October 15 ,2020
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By: Smriti Chaudhary
After the two largest South Asian nations – India and Pakistan are already allied towards the US and China respectively, Washingt...
Bangladesh will not co-fund Sinovac's vaccine trial: Healt...
October 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh will not co-fund a late-stage domestic trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech, the co...
Bangladesh must maintain geostrategic independence
October 14 ,2020
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By: Mizanur Rahman Khan
Maj Gen (red) ANM Muniruzzaman
Maj Gen (red) ANM Muniruzzaman is the president of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Strategic stud...
BD not interested in US defence deal under Indo-Pacific st...
October 14 ,2020
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By: Mir Mostafizur Rahman
Under the proposed Indo Pacific Strategy alliance, led by the United States, Bangladesh is not interested in purchasing arms, rather...
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