24 Bangladeshis return after 2-year jail term in India
24 Bangladeshis return after 2-year jail term in India

Twenty-four Bangladeshi nationals, including 11 women, have returned home through Benapole check post after completing a two-year prison sentence in India. On Wednesday night, they were handed over to Bangladesh immigration authorities at Benapole, reports UNB. According to the police, they...

Bangladesh flags visa-related difficulties with Austria
Bangladesh flags visa-related difficulties with Austria

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has flagged the issue of visa-related difficulties being faced by Bangladeshi students aspiring to pursue higher studies in Austria. He raised the issue, noting that Bangladeshi students aspiring to pursue higher studies in Austria have faced visa-related...

Six Bangladeshis abducted by Arakan Army
Six Bangladeshis abducted by Arakan Army

Six Bangladeshis, along with two trawlers carrying construction materials, were abducted by the Arakan Army from the Naf River estuary while en route to St. Martins Island. The complaint was filed on Wednesday afternoon by Abdur Rashid, the affected trawler owner and president of the Teknaf-St....

161 Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya, Tunisia
161 Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya, Tunisia

A total of 161 stranded irregular Bangladeshi migrants returned home on Wednesday from Libya and Tunisia separately, reports BSS. The repatriation has taken place under the joint initiative of the foreign ministry, Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli and the International Organization for Migration...

BGB detain 36 Bangladeshis for attempting to cross Jhenaidah border
BGB detain 36 Bangladeshis for attempting to cross Jhenaidah border

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 36 Bangladeshis, including eight children, for trying to cross into India through the border in Jhenaidahs Maheshpur upazila, authorities said on Wednesday. They were detained in the border areas of Matila, Baghadanga, Samanta, Kholashpur, Paliyanpur,...

Bangladesh raises concerns to Myanmar over gunfire targeting fishermen
Bangladesh raises concerns to Myanmar over gunfire targeting fishermen

Dhaka on Sunday (November 10) raised deep concern to Myanmar over instances of gunfire targeting Bangladeshi fishermen amid the neighbouring countrys internal conflict, stressing the urgency of preventing further such occurrences. The concerned was flagged when Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh,...

Libya keen to hire more Bangladeshi workers
Libya keen to hire more Bangladeshi workers

Libya has expressed willingness to hire more Bangladeshi workers, including physicians and engineers, to develop the country and has invited Bangladeshi students to enroll in the countrys top universities. Libyan Ambassador to Bangladesh Abdulmutalib SM Saliman shared his countrys interest when...

Bangladesh records rise in skilled migration with S Arabia
Bangladesh records rise in skilled migration with S Arabia

The number of skilled Bangladeshi workers heading abroad has increased since the start of the year, with many seeking jobs in Saudi Arabias large-scale projects, Arab News reported. According to the data, of nearly 700,000 workers who pursued opportunities overseas this year, over 374,000 chose...

Massive victory of four Bangladeshis
Massive victory of four Bangladeshis

Four Bangladeshi-Americans have achieved a huge margin victory amidst the heroic victory of the Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential elections. All of them were elected as state level representatives in the US. However, so far, no Bangladeshi-American has been elected in US Senate or...

70 more Bangladeshi citizens return from Lebanon
70 more Bangladeshi citizens return from Lebanon

Seventy more Bangladeshi citizens returned home on Monday from war-torn Lebanon, reports The Business Standard. The returnees were welcomed at the airport by officials from the government and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). They returned on an Emirates Airlines flight. At...

Bangladeshi killed in Israeli attack in Lebanon
Bangladeshi killed in Israeli attack in Lebanon

A Bangladeshi migrant was killed in the Israeli attack in Lebanons capital Beirut. Israel attacked the neighbourhood of Hazmieh in Beirut on Saturday evening, according to the Bangladesh embassy in Beirut. The Bangladeshi victim was identified as 31-year-old Mohammed Nizam Uddin. This is the...

52 more Bangladeshis leave Lebanon for Dhaka
52 more Bangladeshis leave Lebanon for Dhaka

52 more Bangladeshis were evacuated from Beirut on a flight with a stopover in Dubai en route to Dhaka on Thursday amid the war-ridden conflict going on in Lebanon. The flight carrying these passengers of 6th batches to be returned from Lebanon to Bangladesh left Beirut at 7:20 am and the flight...

The story of a rock: Bangladeshi-American Zak Mir's debut film premiered in Washington
The story of a rock: Bangladeshi-American Zak Mir's debut film premiered in Washington

The audience has been captivated by the premiere of the first feature film by a Bangladeshi - American director Zak Mir at the 19th Tasveer Film Festival at the PACCAR IMAX Theater in Seattle, Washington. I am truly honored to be part of this incredible selection, Zak remarked, reports UNB....

Bangladeshi journos use AI personally, newsrooms lag behind: survey
Bangladeshi journos use AI personally, newsrooms lag behind: survey

Many journalists in Bangladesh are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) in their individual work but institutional use in newsroom operations remains nominal, according to a new assessment revealed on Saturday. The assessment titled Media Metamorphosis: AI and Bangladeshi Newsrooms 2024 is an...

Bangladeshi youth recalls saving toddler from ledge in Singapore
Bangladeshi youth recalls saving toddler from ledge in Singapore

A Bangladeshi worker had been cycling home after buying lunch when he came across a crowd of people gathered under Block 350C Canberra Road, most with their phones out, taking photos and videos. Following their gaze, Mr Jahir, 34, who goes by only one name, was alarmed to see athree-year-old boy...

Bangladeshi critic Reeti joins jury panel with AR Rahman at Iranian film festival
Bangladeshi critic Reeti joins jury panel with AR Rahman at Iranian film festival

Bangladeshi film critic, screenwriter, and journalist Sadia Khalid Reeti has joined the panel of jurors for the international section of the 41st Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF), where she will be working with Oscar-winning Indian music composer A.R. Rahman. Reeti confirmed this...

Bangladeshi films “Roid” and “Divine Chords” selected for NFDC Film Bazaar
Bangladeshi films “Roid” and “Divine Chords” selected for NFDC Film Bazaar

Two Bangladeshi films, Roid and Divine Chords, have been selected for the prestigious National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) Film Bazaar for co-production and marketing to be held as part of the 55th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa on November....

Bangladesh has no issue that should bar a foreign country to restrict visa: Rizwana
Bangladesh has no issue that should bar a foreign country to restrict visa: Rizwana

The interim government on Thursday said there is no situation in Bangladesh that should bar any foreign country from restricting their visa for Bangladeshis, stressing that no other country has taken such restrictive measures. I dont think there is any situation in Bangladesh that should bar any...

65 Bangladeshi expatriates to return Dhaka from Lebanon
65 Bangladeshi expatriates to return Dhaka from Lebanon

Another 65 Bangladeshi expatriates will return to Dhaka from Lebanon in the second phase as the war-torn nation is not a safe place for anybody. In the third phase, 31 Bangladeshis are scheduled to return on Thursday. These Bangladeshis will arrive at Dhakas Shahjalal International Airport by...

Terrified Bangladeshis flee Israeli strikes in Lebanon
Terrified Bangladeshis flee Israeli strikes in Lebanon

The firstBangladeshis airlifted home after fleeing Israeli air strikes in Lebanon described the constant fear of living in a city rocked by explosions. Late Monday the first 54 of some 1,800Bangladeshis wanting to escape the troubled Mediterranean nation flew back to Dhaka on a government-backed...

157 Bangladeshis return from Libya
157 Bangladeshis return from Libya

A group of 157 undocumented Bangladeshi nationals, who wanted to voluntarily return home from Libya, arrived in Dhaka early Tuesday., reports UNB. They arrived by a chartered flight of Buraq Air at 4:25 am following a joint effort by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Embassy in...

First batch of 54 Bangladeshis to arrive from Lebanon today
First batch of 54 Bangladeshis to arrive from Lebanon today

The first batch of 54 Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from Lebanon is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Monday by a commercial flight. The group, comprising 26 men, 20 women, six children and two infants, will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6 pm today following a transit stop in...

Safe return to Dhaka: First batch to arrive on October 21
Safe return to Dhaka: First batch to arrive on October 21

Bangladesh has taken initiatives to ensure safe return of its citizens from war-torn Lebanon, reports UNB. The initiative will be implemented in phases and the first batchs likely arrival on October 21. The first batch may consist of at least 50 Bangladeshis, including injured, women, and...