Leaders of civil societies of South Asian countries on Saturday demanded Visa-free South Asia to ensure democracy, peace and non-communalism in the region. They demanded strong solidarity within the region and also strengthening of existing food and seed bank mechanism…
News Desk The Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) has written an open letter to all governments of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, to request for a possibility of establishing a human rights mechanism in South Asia.…
A Bangladeshi youth has been shot to death by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) near Ratnai border in Baliadanga upazila. The victim was identified as Shah Alam, 22, son of Sher Ali of Sunki area in the upazila. Sources at…
Ambassador of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon on Wednesday visited the EU-supported projects in Barisal and said they give priority to people’s needs while implementing projects. “This field visit is an eye opener at a time…
The cabinet on Monday gave approval to five instruments including proposals for signing a SAARC agreement on the motor vehicle regulation and amendment to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Malaysia on manpower export. Cabinet secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan…
Naudero: He was a 19-year-old Oxford undergraduate when his family named him chairperson of country’s oldest dynastic party – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). In the years that followed, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, now 26, has been groomed to take over the…
Former Bangladesh and Indian diplomats have called on their respective governments to train their focus on economic engagement and intensify security cooperation. Participating in a two-day first ever Bangladesh-India High Commissioners’ Summit organised by the international relations department of Dhaka…
The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has brought the G20 summit to a close by detailing economic pledges agreed by the world leaders. He said the package, if implemented, would boost global economic growth over five years by 2.1% more…
Website affiliated with Islamic State says leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has instructed his followers to start minting coins Islamic State says its leader has ordered that the organisation start minting gold, silver and copper coins for its own currency, the…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the relations between the two countries will get furhter boost if BNP comes to power,” he said while addressing a seminar at Jatiya Press Club in the city. Addressing a…
West Bengal police have reportedly arrested the main accused in Burdwan blast, Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and chief commander of terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangaldesh (JMB). Sajid was arrested by sleuths of Bidhannagar Police Commissionarate on Saturday afternoon from the Airport…
Indian police have arrested a 36-year-old woman who is suspected of being involved in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The arrest came days after Indian security officials said they had uncovered a…
A Bangladeshi young man was beaten to death by Indian civilians along Katakbazar border in Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Ershad Hossain, 30, son of Ayat Ali of Aranyapur village in the upazila. This is the…
Deeptiman Tiwary, TNN New Delhi: Both the Centre and West Bengal government are currently working with great alacrity to neutralize the widespread network of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in the state and rest of the country. However, had the same alertness…
Reiterating its call for a moratorium on the use of death penalty as a first step towards its abolition, the European Union (EU) urged Bangladesh authorities on Thursday to stay all the pending executions. “We’re closely following judicial proceedings in…
The new ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation in Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon on Wednesday reiterated their position for a transparent inclusive and credible election in Bangladesh putting the interests of the people first. The newly appointed Ambassador and Head…
India’s Border Security Force has detained a Bangladeshi from the Naogaon border. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) identified the man as Omar Ali, 42, of Porsha Upazila’s Nitpur village. Ali was fishing along the Nitpur border on Tuesday afternoon and strayed…
A Bangladeshi youth was shot and injured by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Nagarbhita border in Baliadangi upazila on Saturday. The injured was identified as Qurban Ali, 30, son of Pashirul Islam of Momensinghpara village in the upazila
Bangladesh has described the army takeover in Thailand as their ‘internal affairs’ and refrained from making any comment. “It’s their internal affairs,” said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam after a function at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the…
Agartala – Work for the setting up of the second of the four proposed ‘border haats’ (bazaars) along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura began Wednesday. The work for the first ‘border haat’ is on in southern Tripura’s bordering town Sabroom,…
Tokyo — Qatar and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed accession agreements to become new members of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported. Previously observers, the two countries bring to 26…
A Bangladeshi young man was beaten to death allegedly by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Munsipur border point in Damurhuda upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Hasibur Rahman,30, son of Mustabir, a resident of…
The US Ambassador escaped unhurt when his car skidded off the road in Kapasia, Gazipur, on Friday. Kapasia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ahsan Ullah told journalists the SUV was on a country road in Lohadi village around 10:30am when the driver…
The Special Rapporteur (SR) of the United Nations on the Human Rights of Migrants’ report of his mission to Qatar has just been made public. The SR had an official visit to Qatar from 3-10 November 2013 at the invitation…
The second meeting of the SAARC Cabinet Secretaries will begin at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in Dhaka today (Saturday). The cabinet secretaries from Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the host Bangladesh are participating in the two-day meeting. An…
Acknowledging Bangladesh’s progress in some important areas, the United States on Wednesday said the government of Bangladesh must do more to ensure protection when workers face intimidation and reprisals for trying to organise. It said all stakeholders in Bangladesh, including…
Bangladesh and the United States (US) will hold ‘Security Dialogue’ here on Tuesday that reflects the growing defence relationship between the two countries and shared commitment to peace and prosperity in the region. This will be the third dialogue on…
Senior Pakistani TV journalist Hamid Mir, who faced threats from Taliban and other terror groups, was on Saturday shot at in Karachi by four unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen near a bridge on way to his office. Mir, 47, sustained bullet injuries…
A three-day Bangladesh-India inter-governmental railway meeting (IGRM) will begin here on Monday to review the railway cooperation between the two countries. The meeting, held annually to discuss railway cooperation, will also discuss ways and means to improve connectivity and services.…
Bangladesh has backed to the hilt Palestine’s demand for “full membership” of the UN and condemns Israeli occupation of all Palestinian and Arab territories, including West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza strip. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali reiterated Bangladesh’s position…