The Bangladesh police's elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the Detective Branch (DB) arrested eight members of two human trafficking rings in separate drives in the capital city of Dhaka
Bangladesh’s container depot fire; norms violated in cargo handling at Chittagong port
Industrial accidents are common in Bangladesh. Experts blame poor safety standards and lack of enforcement of norms and regulations. Garments factories, which account for the country’s most exports and employ over 4 million workers, often see deadly fire incidents.
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Won't spare anyone in my fight against corruption: Bangladesh official
Mahbub Kabir Milan, Additional Secretary of Bangladesh's Railways Ministry has been made an Officer on Special Duty (OSD), said that he will "not spare anyone" in his fight against all forms of corruption in the country
Bangladesh's virus caseload crosses 250,000; another 27 die
The tally of coronavirus infections in Bangladesh has surpassed 250,000, hitting another unwanted milestone in the pandemic that has upended millions of lives in the country
Bangladesh ex-Army officer killing: nine taken into custody
The Bangladesh Police on Thursday took Teknaf Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Pradeep Kumar Das and eight others into custody, hours after an arrest warrant was issued against him in a case filed over killing of former Army Sinha Md Rashed Khan in police fire
Death toll from Bangladesh floods hits 161
As many as 161 people have lost their lives to the ongoing floods in Bangladesh, mostly from drowning, according to government data
Bangladesh orders all government employees back to work
The Bangladesh government has ordered all its employees to return to offices, ending a window for 75 percent of staffers to work from home amid the pandemic
Bangladesh sends food aid, medical team to Lebanon
Bangladesh is sending aid, including food, and a medical team to Lebanon after the most powerful blast hit a country that has already been struck down by an economic crisis
ADB grants Bangladesh $3m to fight pandemic
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an additional $3 million in grant assistance for procuring urgently needed medical supplies for emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh
Retired Bangladesh Army officer's killing a stray incident: Officials
Bangladesh Army chief General Aziz Ahmed and police chief Benazir Ahmed said on Wednesday that the killing of retired Army officer Sinha Md Rashed Khan was a stray incident
PM Hasina seeks more Japanese investment
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought more investment from Japan to further bolster economic ties as well as put emphasis on further strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two friendly nations
Dhaka gets first tranche of $1b Japanese loan
Bangladesh yesterday got the first tranche of the $1 billion loan pledged by Japan to bounce back from economic whiplash brought on by the global coronavirus pandemic
21 Bangladeshi naval peacekeepers injured in Beirut blast
Twenty-one members of Bangladesh Navy have been injured in Beirut after huge blasts in port warehouses storing highly explosive material rocked the Lebanese capital
17 dead as boat sinks in Netrokona
Seventeen people have been reported dead after a motorised boat carrying 48 passengers capsized in a Haor or backswamp in Netrokona's Madan Upazila
Bangladesh signals a thaw towards Pakistan
Bangladesh seems to be sliding sides through soft diplomacy, signalLing towards possibilities of cooperation with Pakistan as two sides work towards melting the ice of critical, tense and strained relations
Bangladesh flood situation eases
The flood situation improved in Bangladesh as water levels of major rivers fell further but many rivers are still flowing above the danger mark
