Bangladesh and India have agreed to strengthen cooperation along their shared border, fifth longest in the world, through coordinated patrols and improved intelligence sharing, according to a joint statement released Friday.
Nasiruddin Patwary, chief coordinator of the National Citizen Party, has called for legal action against India in an international court over the killing of Bangladeshi citizens along the border.
Bangladesh’s Khalilur Rahman was elected president of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in a secret ballot, winning 99 votes to 91.
Dozens of Bangladeshi migrant workers stranded in Saudi Arabia are living in severe hardship in Riyadh after losing their jobs, falling into irregular immigration status and being abandoned by labor brokers, according to accounts from the workers and community members.
Border Guard Bangladesh detained 10 people, including five children, in Chuadanga on Sunday for allegedly entering Bangladesh illegally from India, officials said.
A Bronx man was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison for fatally shooting his uncle in Bangladesh in 2021 during a dispute over family property, federal prosecutors said.
The United States has become Bangladesh’s top soybean supplier after private importers increased purchases under a reciprocal trade deal and American prices eased earlier in the year, according to a report from the United States Department of Agriculture.
An email in the U.S. Justice Department files connected to Jeffrey Epstein has drawn scrutiny after it referenced Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A Bangladeshi police investigator told the Associated Press about 40 Bangladeshis may have died after recruiters sent men to Russia with promises of civilian jobs, then pushed them into Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Robin Khuda, the Bangladesh-born founder of Australian data centre company AirTrunk, has been named to Forbes Asia’s 2025 Heroes of Philanthropy list after making a record donation to support education and gender equality in technology.
