UN to visit Rohingya relocation island in Bangladesh
March 15 ,2021
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By: SM Najmus Sakib
After a year of impasse, the UN and Bangladesh finally reached a consensus on a first-hand visit by the UN delegation to the Rohingya r...
The garment industry is ignoring the plight of its workers
March 13 ,2021
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By: Ilana Winterstein and Christie Miedema
Ready made garments workers seen at work in Narayanganj, Bangladesh on January 31, 2021. [Ahmed Salahuddin/NurPhoto via Getty Images]...
Bangladesh shipbreaker’s widow pursues test case on worker...
March 13 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A Bangladeshi woman whose husband died dismantling an oil tanker in a local shipyard has been given the green light this week to keep p...
5 state leaders to join Bangladesh's golden jubilee celebr...
March 12 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
FILE PHOTO: Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A. K. Abdul Momen speaks during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not picture...
Nepal-Bangladesh trade pact stuck over other duties or cha...
March 11 ,2021
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By: Krishana Prasain
In the fiscal year 2019-20, Nepal shipped goods worth Rs954 million to Bangladesh while it bought more than five times that amount fr...
India, Bangladesh exploring proposal for cross-border refi...
March 11 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
India yesterday said it is exploring with Bangladesh a proposal for supplying refined-LNG through cross-border pipeline and establishme...
Modi’s Bangladesh visit to be loaded with political messag...
March 11 ,2021
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By: Samir K Purkayastha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to send across a political message from Bangladesh to electorates in West Bengal, which will go...
New crisis, new opportunity in Myanmar
March 11 ,2021
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By: Iqbal Quadir
The global community, led by the U.S., should empower Bangladesh to negotiate a sustainable future for the Rohingya in Myanmar.
My...
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...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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