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Modi assures India’s cooperation in resolving Rohingya crisis
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . New Delhi | Updated at 06:36pm on February 07, 2019
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday assured New Delhi’s cooperation in resolving the longstanding Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh.His assurance came when visiting Bangladesh foreign...
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Bilateral water treaties lack negotiation mechanisms
Shahidul Islam Chowdhury, back from Kathmandu | Updated at 01:25am on February 07, 2019
The major river systems in the region including the Ganges and the Brahmaputra flowing through Bangladesh will be adversely affected by the melt of one-third...
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Algeria offers jobs to 1,000 Bangladeshi apparel workers
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 01:21am on February 07, 2019
Algeria recently offered jobs for 1,000 Bangladeshi apparel workers to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment.EWOE ministry joint secretary for employment Jahangir Alam...
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2 Bangladeshi innovators win int’l GIS award
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:15am on February 07, 2019
Bangladeshi innovators Azizul Alam and Sunbeam Rahman won the Geographic Information System Impact Award given out by geospatial solutions company Esri South Asia. The announcement...
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UNHCR, WB to work together to ease Rohingya burden on Bangladesh: Jolie
United News of Bangladesh. Dhaka | Updated at 01:03am on February 07, 2019
Noting that it is one of the toughest tasks to feed and manage so many Rohingyas here, visiting UNHCR special envoy and famous Hollywood actress...
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MPs call for all-party JS panel
United News of Bangladesh . Sangsad Bhaban | Updated at 12:48am on February 07, 2019
Four senior members of parliament on Wednesday proposed forming an all-party parliamentary committee to find a solution to the Rohingya crisis and send Myanmar’s displaced...
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Bangladeshis being killed 20km inside India, says BGB chief
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:45am on February 07, 2019
Border Guard Bangladesh director general major general Md Shafeenul Islam on Wednesday said Bangladeshi people were being killed 20 kilometres inside India and he condemned...
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Nearly 200 ‘Bangladeshis’ crammed into Indonesia shophouse
Agence France-Presse . Medan, Indonesia | Updated at 12:35am on February 07, 2019
Almost 200 men identified by police as Bangladeshi have been found crammed into a shophouse in Indonesia, authorities said Wednesday.Police in the city of Medan...
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160 Myanmar nationals enter Bangladesh through Bandarban border
United News of Bangladesh . Bandarban | Updated at 09:07pm on February 06, 2019
Some 160 Myanmar nationals of 35 families, who were displaced due to fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army in Chin State, have entered...
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Myanmar border almost sealed off: FM
Diplomatic Correspondent | Updated at 05:53pm on February 06, 2019
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said on Wednesday that the government has ‘almost sealed off’ the border with Myanmar to stop fresh influx of ethnic...