Rohingya stranded on boat for weeks taken to Bangladesh island
GB Today Around 280 starving Rohingya stranded on a cramped boat in the Bay of Bengal for weeks have been…
June 2020
Fighting continued in the Arakan State
Arakan Army press release: Due to the offensive assaults of the Myanmar Army, the fighting continued in the…
Two more Muslim returnees in Rakhine State test positive for COVID-19
AUNG PHAY KYI SOE:A Muslim couple from Rakhine State who returned to Myanmar from Bangladesh have tested positive…
Myanmar announces plan to support embattled tourism sector
ZEYAR HEIN: The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism has announced a COVID-19 Tourism Relief Plan to help troubled…
Dhaka urges UAE to protect Bangladeshis jobs amid COVID-19
Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen today urged the United Arab Emirates to take necessary steps so…
733 ICU beds at govt hospitals: DGHS informs High Court
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday informed the High Court that there are a total…
CID begins DNA bank operations
riminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police force today began operations of the DNA Bank instead of DNA…
Share burden of humanitarian situations: Dhaka to int’l community
Bangladesh has said the principle of burden- and responsibility- sharing should be central to the actions of the…
3 ordinances placed in Parliament
Three ordinances, promulgated between the 7th and 8th sessions of the 11th Parliament, were placed in Parliament on…
31st span of Padma Bridge installed
Over 4.5km of Padma Bridge will be visible Over 4.5 kilometers of the multipurpose Padma bridge will be…
89 public representatives suspended so far over relief scam
A total of 89 public representatives were suspended temporarily so far for their alleged irregularities in cash aid…
Bangladesh to finalize SOP on tourism within a week
Bangladesh is going to set a national SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for tourism sector within a week with…
EU accuses China, Russia of Covid-19 disinformation campaigns
The EU’s chief diplomat said Wednesday he had assured China’s foreign minister the bloc does not want a…
India records 9,985 new COVID-19 cases, 279 fatalities; death toll rises to 7,745
The COVID-19 death toll rose to 7,745 and the number of cases climbed to 2,76,583 in the country…
59 killed in attack in northern Nigeria
At least 59 people have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in north-eastern Nigeria. Gunmen entered a…
Global death from coronavirus reaches 411,144
The global death toll from the highly contagious Covid-19 stood at 411,144 while the number of confirmed cases…
UK nears 50,000 virus-related deaths
The number of suspected and confirmed deaths from coronavirus in Britain has risen to almost 50,000, analysis of…
Malaysia detains 269 Rohingyas; body found in damaged boat
Malaysian authorities detained 269 Rohingya refugees and found a body on board a suspected smuggling boat they said…
UK anger at toppled slave trader statue but few want it back
The British government on Monday denounced the toppling of a slave trader’s statue during anti-racism protests, urging campaigners…
Govt can’t avoid responsibility for misdeeds of MP Papul
Terming the detention of a Bangladeshi MP by Kuwait on charge of ‘human trafficking’ a shameful incident, BNP…