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...
Bangladesh buries the Sonadia deep seaport project
October 13 ,2020
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By: Sudha Ramachandran
Artist’s view of proposed Sonadia deep seaport at Matarbari in Cox's Bazar district
The Bangladesh government has offici...
Myanmar Army transfers officers to police on Bangladesh bo...
October 13 ,2020
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By: Htet Naing Zaw
A truck carrying military personnel and border guard police in northern Rakhine State
Fifty-one Myanmar military officers have bee...
'Hindus in Bangladesh are doing better than before, despit...
October 13 ,2020
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By: Paritosh Paul, Kolkata
Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple to observe the third day of Rakher Upabashin in Dhaka, Nov. 10, 2018
Th...
Hilsa diplomacy is fine, what about Teesta water?
October 12 ,2020
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By: Probir Pramanik
Two of the most powerful women in the Banglasphere: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (R) with West Bengal Chief Minister M...
Bangladesh’s balancing act between great powers
October 12 ,2020
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By: Bubashar Hasan and Arild Engelsen Ruud
Recently in a tweet, Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi complained that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “has destroyed the web of...
Bangladesh mulls death penalty for rapists as protests rag...
October 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
As protests flare across Bangladesh over a series of rapes and sexual assaults, its government says it is considering the death penalty...
Bangladesh building army to face 21st century’s geopolitic...
October 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday said her government has been working to transform Bangladesh Army into a time-befittin...
Rakhine protests in Dhaka against Myanmar 'massacre'
October 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Rakhine community of Bangladesh has organized a human chain programme in Dhaka to protest against the crimes against humanity commi...
Nepal, Bangladesh to sign preferential trade arrangement b...
October 10 ,2020
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By: Krishana Prasain
Nepal and Bangladesh have decided to sign a bilateral preferential trade arrangement by the end of 2020.
The sixth Nepal-Bangladesh Co...
The US Army is looking to equip Bangladesh with the Wasp A...
October 10 ,2020
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By: Gareth Jennings
Bangladesh is set to field the AeroVironment RQ-12B All Environment (AE) Wasp small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS), with a sources sou...
Could Bangladesh and Pakistan make waves by cooperating on...
October 10 ,2020
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By: Kashoon Leeza
In a rare instance of backchannel diplomacy between the two countries, Bangladesh and Pakistan have indicated a desire to advance cultu...
Several killed in ‘gang war’ at Rohingya camps in Banglade...
October 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A turf war between criminal armed groups in Rohingya camps in southern Bangladesh has killed at least eight people and forced thousands...
Bangladesh Army's fire power being upgraded
October 9 ,2020
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By: Syed Amar Khan
FM-90 Surface to Air Missile (SAM) of Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Army is upgrading its fire power projection capabilities in respon...
Bangladesh Army gets first female brigadier general
October 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Nazma Begum, the country's first female field ambulance commander, has also been honored as the first female brigadier general from med...
China-funded projects in Bangladesh back on track
October 8 ,2020
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By: Jagaran Chakma
Almost all major development projects in Bangladesh being funded by China are back on track following a prolonged hiatus caused by the...
Bangladesh must prepare for new geopolitics and geoeconomi...
October 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The world is entering into a phase of geopolitical transformation. Phrases like 'new normal', 'COVID times', and 'post COVID world' hav...
Hathazari uprising raises questions in Bangladesh
October 8 ,2020
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By: Matiur Rahman Chowdhory
Hefazat-e-Islam chief Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi
The dramatic Hathazari uprising has opened a Pandora’s box of questions. Who w...
US rush to Bangladesh revs up economic race with China
October 7 ,2020
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By: A.Z.M. Anas
An air service agreement between Bangladesh and the US is just one sign of growing relations between the countries ...
Bangladesh rocked by fresh protests over sexual assaults
October 7 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Hundreds of Bangladeshis have staged protests and scuffled with police for a second day as anger mounts over the latest instance of sex...
China-Bangladesh relations stronger than ever before
October 6 ,2020
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By: Nafees Sakhawat
PM Sheikh Hasina with Chinese President Xi Jinping
Over the past 45 years, the relationship between China and Bangladesh...
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