Rohingya's rally to mark second anniversary of exodus in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Aug 25 ( UNI) Thousands of Rohingya refugees held a rally at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, marking the second anniversary of the start of the crisis that began following an offensive of Myanmar army.
Rohingya Issue: US envoy to stand beside Bangladesh government
Dhaka, Aug 25 (IBNS): US Ambassador Earl Robert Miller has said that his nation will stand beside Bangladesh in its efforts to repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar.
Bangladesh: Six-year-old raped
Dhaka, Aug 24 (IBNS): A six-year-old was allegedly raped in Chowgachha upazila of Jashore area of Bangladesh by a youth, media reports said on Saturday.
Religions for Peace express serious concern for Myanmar refugees
Lindau, Germany: The Religions for Peace (RfP) leaders from Myanmar and Bangladesh held track II consultations on the refugee problem affecting the two countries at the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace today in Lindau, Germany, which concluded today. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo represented Myanmar.
Abrogation of Article 370 is an internal matter of India: Bangladesh
Dhaka: At a time Pakistan is raging a war of words over the doing away of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, Bangladesh maintained the abrogation of Article 370 is entirely an internal matter of India.
Bangladesh: Indigenous woman gang-raped in Ashulia
Dhaka, Aug 18 (IBNS): An indigenous woman has been allegedly gangraped by three men in Bangladesh's Ashulia area, media reports said.
Thousands left homeless as fire destroys Mirpur slum
Dhaka, Aug 17 (IBNS): A massive fire broke out in Bangladesh's Mirpur 7 area in country capital Dhaka which left thousand of shanties gutted, media reports said on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Two die as lightning strikes them
Dhaka, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least two people died as lightning struck them in Bangladesh's Jamalpur area on Friday, media reports said.
Bus mishap leaves six dead in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Aug 15 (IBNS): A Cox Bazaar-bound picnic bus veered out of control in Feni and slammed into a roadside tree and left six people killed in Bangladesh, media reports said on Thursday.
More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time: UN refugee agency
New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.
Bangladesh: Eight people killed in road mishap
Dhaka, Aug 2 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed when two buses collided in Bangladesh's Thakurgaon area, media reports said on Friday.
Bangladesh: Six workers die from toxic gas as they try to clean septic tank
Dhaka, July 31 (IBNS): At least six people were killed as they tried to clean a septic tank in Joypurhat’s Akkelpur Upazila of Bangladesh, emdia reports said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh hands list of 25,000 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar
Dhaka, July 29 (IBNS): Keeping in mind the repatriation process, Bangladesh on Monday handed over names of 25,000 Rohingyas to Myanmar.
Five people detained in Dhaka for 'militant link'
Dhaka, July 27 (IBNS): Bangladesh security forces have detained five people from a house in Mirpur area of capital Dhaka city for their alleged involvement with the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, media reports said on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Midnight bomb scare in Dhaka
Dhaka, July 24 (IBNS): Bangladesh police on Tuesday recovered a bomb from in front of a police box at Paltan intersection in country's capital city Dhaka, media reports siad.