Tag: Bangladesh
Ten drown as Rohingya boat sinks off Bangladesh
At least 10 people drowned and dozens more are missing after a boat packed with Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh sank on Monday, the latest...
Pakistan likely to give legal status to Bengalis
Reverification Committee recommends constitutional amendment to legalise marginalised communities
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on the National Reverification Programme (NRVP) has recommended the government to propose...
Bangladesh to further strengthen bilateral ties with Pakistan: envoy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday emphasised on the enhanced government-to-government and people-to-people interaction between Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Talking to Bangladesh’s High Commissioner...
Mass cholera vaccinations begin in Rohingya camps
Thankhali (Bangladesh): The United Nations launched one of its biggest ever cholera vaccination drives in the vast refugee camps of southeast Bangladesh Tuesday amid...
Rohingya feel like prisoners in giant Bangladesh camp
Hasina Begum's earliest memory is of watching the jungle cut down to expand the camp in Bangladesh that is the only home the 31-year-old...
Bangladesh arrests top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami party
DHAKA: Bangladesh police Monday night arrested the top leaders of the country´s largest Islamist party, an official said, as the government appeared to have...
Rabada main second Test threat to Bangladesh
BLOEMFONTEIN: Having failed to take advantage of favourable first Test conditions, the Bangladesh batsmen have a chance to make amends against the least experienced...
De Villiers returns for Bangladesh ODIs
JOHANNESBURG: AB de Villiers will be back in South African colours for the three-match one-day international series against Bangladesh starting on October 15.
Star batsman...
Rohingya forced from Myanmar say army redoubling push to clear villages
Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh amid a fresh exodus from strife-torn Myanmar have described whole villages being emptied and thousands marching to the border...
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to draw up plan for refugee repatriation: minister
DHAKA: Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Monday to set up a “working group” to plan the repatriation of more than half a million Rohingya...
Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees’ return to Myanmar
DHAKA: Bangladesh opens talks with neighbouring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the return home of more than half a million Rohingya...
Death toll from Rohingya refugee boat is set to pass 60:...
Geneva: The death toll from a boat which capsized off Bangladesh carrying Rohingya refugees is set to pass 60, the UN migration agency said...
Solid South Africa prove trouble for Bangladesh
POTCHEFSTROOM: A solid, unbeaten century from Dean Elgar steered South Africa to stumps on 298 for one on the first day of the first test...
Bangladesh frees Myanmar photographers
COX'S BAZAR: Bangladesh authorities Friday released two Myanmar photographers covering the Rohingya crisis for a German magazine after they were granted bail by a court,...
Bangladesh’s PM at UN proposes ‘safe zones’ for Myanmar’s Rohingya
UNITED NATIONS: Bangladesh´s prime minister on Thursday proposed creating UN-supervised safe zones inside Myanmar to protect Rohingya Muslims who are fleeing a military crackdown...
Bangladesh PM says Myanmar must take back Rohingya
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a new call for Myanmar to take back some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in...
Bangladesh restricts movement of 400,000 Rohingya refugees
DHAKA: Bangladesh restricted the movement of Rohingya refugees Saturday, banning them from leaving overcrowded border areas where over 400,000 who have fled violence in...
