DHAKA: Dengue cases are on the rise in Bangladesh, but the health infrastructure and hospital preparedness remain inadequate for the people to receive satisfactory treatment.

NEW DELHI: In a coordinated crackdown on illegal immigration, the Delhi Police on Monday announced the apprehension and deportation of 29 foreign nationals from the capital, who were found residing without valid visas.

DHAKA: In a span of nine days, 24 women, including an infant, were raped in Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh, according to the Awami League, which added that over 281,000 complaints have piled up and are still "unresolved."

COLOMBO: Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed described the team’s collapse in the first ODI against Sri Lanka as both “painful and unexpected" after conceding a 77-run defeat as spin duo Wanindu Hasaranga and Kamindu Mendis combined for seven wickets in the match.

DHAKA: Another Awami League leader has been arrested by the police in Bangladesh on murder charges linked to the July 2024 protests.

DHAKA: A group of 88 expatriate journalists, writers, researchers, cultural and rights activists has raised grave concern over the "continued torture of journalists and suppression of free speech" in Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.

DHAKA: Workers from the National Citizen Party (NCP) are planning to hold a major protest at Banga Bhaban - the official residence of Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin in Dhaka - on Thursday, demanding his resignation.

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to a six-month prison sentence on charges of contempt of court.

DHAKA: The Awami League has reported statistics regarding human rights violations in Bangladesh, claiming that the country is in a state of "brutal anarchy," highlighting several cases of rape, lynchings, and unidentified bodies, describing the South Asian country as a "blood-stained nation" under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.

DHAKA: At least 10 people, including four police personnel, were injured in a violent clash between police and members of the Students Against Discrimination (SAD) outside the Patiya Police Station in Chittagong's Patiya sub-district, according to local media reports.

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh on Monday issued arrest warrants for 26 people, including Begum Rokeya University's former Vice Chancellor Hasibur Rashid, in connection with a murder case during last year's July protests in the country.

DHAKA: In yet another disturbing incident of violence on minorities and the atrocities against women in Bangladesh, a Hindu woman was brutally gang raped in her own home in the Cumilla district, while her attackers filmed the assault and circulated the footage, a human rights body said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on illegal immigration, the Foreigner Cell of the Delhi Police apprehended 18 Bangladeshi nationals, including five individuals who posed as transgender women, during a coordinated combing operation in Ashok Vihar, North-West Delhi.

CHENNAI: Najmul Hossain Shanto has announced his decision to step down as Bangladesh’s Test captain following the team’s 1-0 series defeat in Sri Lanka, where they lost the second Test by an innings and 78 runs in Colombo.

DHAKA: The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh has established a five-member committee to investigate alleged irregularities, corruption, and administrative complicity in the national elections held in 2014, 2018, and 2024 amid a growing political crackdown on the Awami League and mounting calls for electoral accountability.

DHAKA: A 69-year-old Hindu barber, Poresh Chandra Shil, was brutally assaulted by a mob in Bangladesh's Lalmonirhat district over a false accusation of blasphemy, the Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) reported on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: In yet another sign of growing Bangladesh-China-Pakistan cooperation, a first trilateral meeting was held in Kunming in China's southern Yunnan province on June 19 where all three countries vowed their commitment to a "shared" future.

DHAKA: Former Awami League MP Sabina Akter Tuhin was arrested on Monday in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, over multiple cases linked to the July 2024 protests, as the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government intensified its campaign of targeting former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party.

DHAKA: Litton Das and left-handed opener Naim Sheikh have been recalled to Bangladesh's ODI squad for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) named a 16-member squad on Monday.

DHAKA: The Awami League on Saturday strongly condemned the commencement of trial proceedings against its party leader and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), calling it a "show trial" orchestrated under the "unelected and undemocratic" regime of Muhammad Yunus.

DHAKA: The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) on Friday highlighted a recent brutal communal attack in the country where more than 18 homes belonging to Hindu families were looted, vandalised, and set on fire in the southwestern Abhaynagar Upazila.

DHAKA: Bangladesh is facing a vaccine crisis to fight against the newly detected sub-variants of the Omicron strain of COVID-19. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of the country stressed that only 3.2 million doses of older vaccines are available, which are due to expire in a few months, local media reported.

WASHINGTON: Bangladesh's interim National Security Advisor (NSA) Khalilur Rahman met with US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, briefing him about the Muhammad Yunus-led regime's "efforts" on conducting national elections in the country.

NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Delhi Police on Thursday apprehended 12 Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in East Delhi's Anand Vihar area.

NEW DELHI: The Foreigners Cell of North-West District Delhi Police, on Monday, apprehended 36 Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in the capital. The arrest of illegal Bangladeshi migrants, which included 17 minors, followed a sustained and meticulous surveillance operation.

KOLKATA: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal has removed the name of Newton Das from the voter list, officials said on Friday. He was seen participating in the 2024 student movement in Bangladesh.

DHAKA: As Bangladesh embark on their new World Test Championship (WTC) journey with a two-Test series in Sri Lanka, skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto isn't just concerned about who walks out to open the innings. Instead, he’s focused on long-term growth, leadership continuity and building a team that can punch above its weight in red-ball cricket.

LONDON: In a major diplomatic snub, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has reportedly refused to meet Bangladesh interim government's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, who is currently visiting the United Kingdom.

DHAKA: The Awami League on Tuesday severely condemned the targeted killings of the party activists in several prisons across Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim regime.

RANCHI: Three Bangladeshi nationals who escaped from the detention centre inside Jayaprakash Narayan Central Jail in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, have been arrested from West Bengal, officials said on Tuesday.

DHAKA: The Mohammad Yunus-led interim government of Bangladesh has enacted a new ordinance that alters the definition of "freedom fighter" (Bir Muktijoddha). This decision has resulted in the revocation of the status for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and more than 400 other notable individuals from the country’s 1971 Liberation War.

NEW DELHI: In a drive against Bangladeshis illegally living in Delhi, the city police rounded up 16 persons, including seven children, from the Seemapuri area, an official said on Monday.

DHAKA: Several political parties in Bangladesh reiterated their demand for holding the national election by December, rejecting recent remarks made by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus in Japan regarding the elections.

LAHORE: Bangladesh’s T20I preparations for the away series against Pakistan have taken a significant hit, with both premier fast bowlers — Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed — ruled out due to injury. But head coach Phil Simmons is determined to turn the crisis into opportunity, urging his young pace attack to rise to the occasion when the three-match series gets underway in Lahore on May 28.

NEW DELHI: Four illegal Bangladeshi migrants, including a minor, were apprehended in Delhi, police said on Tuesday.

Christchurch: After making a mid-way comeback into India's playing eleven in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, opener Shafali Verma on Saturday stated that her knock of 42 against Bangladesh at Hamilton gave her the much-needed confidence.

HAMILTON: Yastika Bhatia scored a half-century, while Sneh Rana came up with all-round heroics (27 and 4/30) in a must-win situation as India secure a convincing 110-run victory over Bangladesh in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup league match at Seddon Park here on Tuesday.

HAMILTON: Debutants Bangladesh eked out a nine-run victory against favourites Pakistan to make history at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, with Fargana Hoque and Fahima Khatun playing crucial roles to negate a fine century from top-order batter Sidra Ameen at the Seddon Park here on Monday.

DUNEDIN: A fine half-century from Fargana Hoque (52 off 63 balls) helped Bangladesh post a competitive score in their rain-affected second match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup against New Zealand at the University Oval here on Monday.

The absence of adequate infrastructure is to blame for South Asia's appalling level of regional integration, which stands at just 5% according to the World Bank. As a result, logistics costs have risen, raising the overall cost of trading in the region. Different types of border management infrastructure, such as Land Customs Stations (LCSs), Immigration Check Posts (ImCPs), and consolidated facilities like Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) and other border-trade centers, help India’s land border trade with Bangladesh.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: The group stages of the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 came to an end with qualification shootouts, superb centuries and a five-wicket haul.

BASSETERRE: Defending champions Bangladesh bounced back from the loss to England in their Under-19 ICC Cricket World Cup opener with a dominant eight-wicket win over Canada in a Group A match at the Conaree Sports Club here on Friday (IST).

KUALA LUMPUR: Sri Lanka thrashed Scotland by 109 runs and Bangladesh registered an eight-wicket win over Malaysia to kickstart the 2022 Women's T20 Commonwealth Games Qualifiers, here on Tuesday.

BASSETERRE (ST KITTS AND NEVIS): England Under-19s team displayed their authority over holders Bangladesh with an effortless seven-win with 24.5 overs to spare in a low-scoring match in Group A opener in the ICC Under 19s Men's World Cup here today.

GUYANA: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan all recorded impressive victories as the warm-up matches for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup continued on Tuesday with the tournament just around the corner.

DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals' Day on Tuesday in a befitting manner.Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM), Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that the anti-liberation forces started the politics of killing, coup and conspiracy in the country.

NEW DELHI:The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Bangladeshs elite paramilitary unit, after widespread allegations of serious human rights abuse.

DHAKA: Two members of the Bangladesh women's cricket team tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 after returning home from Zimbabwe, the country's health and family welfare minister Zahid Maleque said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI:President Ram Nath Kovind will be on a two day state visit to Bangladesh from December 15 to December 17 to attend the country's 50th Victory Day celebrations.

DHAKA: A two-day international investment summit has started in the Bangladesh capital to help the country woo more foreign investors.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the summit at a city hotel in Dhaka on Sunday joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban.

NEW DELHI:Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday described the Bangladesh War of Liberation as an 'unprecedented event' in the 20th century history.

TRIPOLI: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that it has deported 140 illegal Bangladeshi migrants to their country of origin.

SHARJAH:  Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah won the toss and elected to bowl first against West Indies in a must-win Group 1 match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Friday.

AL AMERAT:  Having lost to Scotland in their opening match, Bangladesh's hopes of making it to the Super 12 round depend on putting together a comprehensive show against Papua New Guinea (PNG) at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground on Thursday.

AL AMERAT: Shakib Al Hasan's all-round performance, Mohammad Naim's fighting fifty, and Mustafizur Rahman's superb bowling effort led Bangladesh to a comprehensive 26-run victory over Oman in the 6th match of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground, here on Tuesday.

DHAKA: A three-member probe body has been formed after two more persons were killed in a fresh attack in Bangladesh. The attackers vandalised puja mandaps and carried out attacks on temples in Noakhali's Begumganj upazila during the celebrations of Durga Puja.

MUSCAT: Bangladesh will be high on confidence when they take on Scotland in a First Round, Group B match at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium here on Sunday (October 17), having hit top-gear with victories against the two best sides in the world -- New Zealand and Australia -- at home in August-September this year.

DHAKA:  Bangladesh Cricketer Mosharraf Hossain Rubel is battling for his life on Thursday in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital here after his condition deteriorated on Wednesday. Rubel, who played five ODIs for Bangladesh between 2008 and 2016, has been battling with a brain tumor for a long time.

DHAKA: New Zealand will be prepared for a Bangladesh resistance in the fourth T20I to restore parity in the series and make it 2-2 to force a decider, when the teams meet at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur later on Wednesday.

HYDERABAD: Telangana Finance Minister T. Harish Rao on Monday slammed the BJP, saying during its rule, India's economic growth has slumped to lower than Bangladesh.

DHAKA: Amid an ongoing strict lockdown in Bangladesh, the country's overall coronavirus infection tally has surpassed the 1.1 million mark, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

MUMBAI: Essar Shipping Ltd, part of Essar Global Fund Ltd's services and technology portfolio, has said two of its handysize vessels 'Tvisha' and 'Tuhina' weighing 13,000 DWT, have been engaged in exports of rice from India to Bangladesh as per the recent bilateral trade agreement signed between the two neighbouring countries.

DHAKA: A massive blaze tore through a food processing factory in an industrial town near Dhaka, killing at least 52 as workers trapped by flames in the multi-storey building were forced to leap for their lives from the fourth floor.

KOLKATA:Major General Mohammed Saiful Alam, the chief of Bangladesh's Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), has been promoted as Lieutenant General and asked to take charge as Quarter-Master General (QMG) of the countrys army.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh considers China as a trusted partner for its socio-economic development.
In a felicitation message on the 100th year of Communist Party of China's establishment, she said that Bangladesh acknowledges with due appreciation the cooperation and assistance by China during the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccines and CPC's gifts of medical equipment to the ruling Awami League.

DHAKA:At least seven people were killed and dozens of others injured in the collapse of a commercial building after a massive explosion in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka on Sunday.

DHAKA:Bangladesh has signed a pact with China to buy the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque.The Health Minister said this during a programme at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases here.

Punjab News Express
CHANDIGARH: A delegation comprising eight members from Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh visited Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) under the leadership of Mr. Kazi Wasiuddin, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Govt. of Bangladesh. The visit was focused to study farm success achieved through private and public sector support.

DHAKA: At least 26 police personnel have been injured in Bangladesh during an attack carried out by the radical Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam's activists.

DHAKA: A fierce social media 'war' has erupted between pro-Liberation Bangladeshis and the Pakistanis resenting Bangladesh's much vaunted progress and growing relations with India ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country.

AGARTALA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the eastern and northeastern regions of India, along with Bangladesh, are being developed as a trade corridor.

MUMBAI: Reliance Power Limited ("Reliance Power") and JERA Co. Inc. ("JERA"), through their joint venture project company, are developing a new gas-fired power generation project in Bangladesh. The project company has achieved financial closure for the project with a group of lenders that includes Japan Bank for International Cooperation ("JBIC") & Asian Development Bank ("ADB") and all requisite conditions for availing drawdown under the loan agreements have been satisfied.

DHAKA: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said teachers and officials of educational institutions in the country should be vaccinated against the Covid-19 by March 30.

AUCKLAND: Bangladesh's limited-overs tour of New Zealand, beginning with three ODIs, will now begin on March 20 instead of March 13, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed on Thursday.

JALANDHAR: The United Nations (UN) has decorated BTech Mechanical Engineering international student of LPU, Sm Sammam Sakti Ibn Sahadat, with the coveted title of “The Most Aspiring Youth Activist & Global Youth Leader”. Occasion is an on-going global campaign-“UNITE 2030: Youth Action for Better World” by the United Nations (UN).

DHAKA:Bangladesh will get the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Serum Institute as soon as India gets it, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen confirmed on Monday night.

CHANDIGARH: Year-long celebrations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of India's victory over Pakistan and the independence of Bangladesh will be observed as 'Swarnim Vijay Varsh' by the Government of India. These celebrations have been inaugurated by Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi in New Delhi by lighting the 'Swarnim Vijay Mashal'.

DHAKA:The Bangladesh Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday approved a legal amendment to elevate the maximum punishment in rape cases to death from life imprisonment.

DHAKA:The Bangladesh government has planned to introduce capital punishment in rape cases as protests have erupted across the country over the recent incidents of sexual violence against women.

DHAKA: Vikram Doraiswami, the new Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has said that the partnership between the two neighbouring countries was based on respect, adding that India deeply admires and respects the spirit of the Bangladeshi people, who fashioned a nation based on their own unique identity through a historic struggle.

KOLKATA: Four Bangladeshi mercenaries were arrested from Santiniketan in Birbhum district of West Bengal, police said on Monday. The police also seized some country-made firearms and explosives from the group of six.

DHAKA:Bangladesh has registered 37 new deaths due to COVID-19, raising the body count to 1,582, health officials said on Wednesday.
The case load surged to 122,660 after 3,462 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, till Wednesday morning.
Another 2,031 patients have recovered from COVID-19 at home and in hospital in the same period, bringing the total to 49,666, DGHS Additional Director General Nasima Sultana said in a media briefing.

DHAKA:Bangladesh recorded over 3,500 more COVID-19 cases, bringing the total in the country to 112,306.

DHAKA: At least four labourers were dead and 15 remained missing after a boat capsized in the river of Jamuna in Bangladesh's Sirajganj district, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
The district's police chief Hasibul Alam told Xinhua over phone that the boat carrying some 70 people, mostly day labourers, sank at about 11:30 a.m. (local time) on Tuesday amid inclement weather.

JHANSI:Seven Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested here for not having any valid documents, police said on Sunday.
Jhansi's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) D. Pradeep said: "As many as seven Bangladeshi nationals were arrested during routine checking near the bus stand in Babina on Friday."

NEW DELHI:A statement made by Bhartiya Janata Party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya garnered hilarious trolls and reaction by the tweeple around the country.

AGARTALA:A huge haul of Yaba drugs worth Rs 8.53 crore destined for Bangladesh via Tripura has been seized on Friday from a hideout along the India-Bangladesh border, BSF official said.

Punjab News Express
CHANDIGARH: A delegation comprising eight members from Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh visited Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) under the leadership of Mr. Kazi Wasiuddin, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Govt. of Bangladesh. The visit was focused to study farm success achieved through private and public sector support.