Bangladesh is considering a barbed-wire fence along its border with Myanmar as fighting and insurgent activity across the frontier raise security concerns, home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said.
Heavy rain and upstream runoff triggered flash floods across northern and eastern Bangladesh, inundating villages, damaging roads and isolating residents, officials and local people said.
Bangladesh is set to receive 200 broad-gauge passenger coaches from India, with the first deliveries expected by the end of July or early August, according to a report.
Bangladesh will restore the phrase “This passport is valid for all countries of the world except Israel” to newly issued passports and add watermarks honoring three people killed during the July Mass Uprising of 2024, according to a home ministry directive.
Bangladesh has formally asked India to return former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising, a government official said Monday.
Government agencies continued disaster response and public awareness campaigns Monday as flood conditions improved in parts of southeastern Bangladesh but river levels rose in the northeast.
More than three months have passed since 30-year-old fisherman Miraj Sheikh was reportedly taken away by Bangladesh Coast Guard officers. His family still does not know whether he is alive, where he is being held or what, if anything, he is accused of doing.
US-Bangla Airlines plans to serve 30 international destinations in 20 countries by December 2027 and launch a second carrier under its parent group, managing director Mohammed Abdullah Al Mamun said Sunday.
Bangladesh’s High Court has ordered authorities to locate fisherman Miraj Sheikh and produce him within 15 days after witnesses said Coast Guard officers detained him April 10 near the Sundarbans.
A former student protest leader and member of parliament Nahid Islam warned that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina would face execution if she returned to Bangladesh, delivering a fiery speech tied to the student-led uprising that forced her from office.
