90 Bangladeshi sailors, fishermen return home after detention in India
90 Bangladeshi sailors, fishermen return home after detention in India

A total of 90 Bangladeshi sailors and fishermen, detained in India for weeks, have returned home. They were brought to the Bangladesh Coast Guard Jetty in Patenga and handed over to their families on Tuesday morning. The Indian authorities handed over the 90 individuals to the Bangladesh...

Six Bangladeshi fishermen return after nine months in Indian Jail
Six Bangladeshi fishermen return after nine months in Indian Jail

After all the immigration formalities, the Indian police handed them to Bangladesh authorities throughBenapole Port Police Station in the morning. The returnees are Rahmat Ullah, 45, son of Siddique Mia of Patuakhali district, Golam Rafi, 34, son of Abdul Manik of Patuakhali district, Jamal...

Fishers at a Lebanese port hope ceasefire means normal life is returning
Fishers at a Lebanese port hope ceasefire means normal life is returning

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah brought hope for normality back to many in southern Lebanon on Friday, including fishermen who have long launched their single-engine wooden boats into the Mediterranean at dawn, reports AP. During the last two months of its year fighting Hezbollah,...

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,...

10 fishermen freed in Sundarbans raid
10 fishermen freed in Sundarbans raid

Ten fishermen, who had been kidnapped by robbers, were rescued by Forest Department officers following a gunfight in the Takkakhali area along the Chunkuri River in the Sundarbans. Three boats, a solar panel and one round of bullet were recovered. The rescued fishermen are Abdul Alim(62), Nur...