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Bangladeshi expatriates fear loss of jobs in wake of Gulf snapping ties wi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] June 9 (ANI): Bangladeshi migrants are reportedly distressed over the possibility of them losing their jobs as seven Gulf region countries have snapped diplomatic ties with Qatar on grounds that it is backing terrorism in the region.
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Bangladesh flood victims starving
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka[Bangladesh], June 6 (ANI): Flood victims in Bangladesh's Moulvibazar may be forced to starve as they are yet to receive relief materials after flash floods in April have destroyed embankments and roads, leaving more than 100,000 people marooned without sufficient food and drinkin
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EU slaps cargo curbs on Dhaka
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka[Bangladesh], June 6 (ANI):The European Union has put Bangladesh on the list of high-risk countries in terms of operating cargo services by air and sea to EU countries.
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Bangladesh: Adivasi villages torched following death of local leader
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 3 (ANI): Bangalee settlers torched a number of houses and shops of the Chakma community in Rangamati's Longadu yesterday following the death of a local Jubo League leader.
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Dhaka to launch Bangabandhu-1 satellite next year
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 30 (ANI) :The Bangabandhu-1 satellite will be commercially launched by June 2018, State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim said on Tuesday.
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300,000 people evacuated, airports closed post Cyclone Mora
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 30 (ANI): The Civil Aviation Authority in Bangladesh has suspended domestic and international flights in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, even as local authorities have taken steps to evacuate nearly 300,000 people from the country's southern coastal areas where
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Cyclone Mora hits B'desh, 30,000 take refuge in shelters
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 30 (ANI): Massive evacuation is underway in Bangladesh as severe cyclonic storm 'Mora' hit Chittagong on Tuesday.
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Massive evacuations in B'desh as Cyclonic storm MORA likely to intens
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 30 (ANI): Thousands were issued a warning to evacuate near some coastal areas in Bangladesh as the Cyclonic storm 'MORA' is expected to intensify and hit the coast between Cox's Bazar and Chittagong by Tuesday morning.
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Hasina in Vienna to attend IAEA conference
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 29 (ANI): Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on Monday left for Austrian capital Vienna to attend an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conference.
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BCB 'not too keen' on Pakistan tour
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 27 (ANI): Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chairman Nazmul Hassan has said that they will not be discussing any tours to Pakistan after learning that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had postponed their team's visit to Bangladesh in July.
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B'desh removes 'un-Islamic' Lady Justice statue at SC premi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 26 (ANI): The statue of Lady Justice was removed from the premises of the Supreme Court early Friday, on the demand of some Islamist organisations that called it 'un-Islamic'.
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Bangladesh PM Hasina likely to meet Trump in Riyadh
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May21 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to have their first meeting in Saudi Arabia on the sidelines of the Arab Islamic American Summit.
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