- All passengers feared dead after jet collides with helicopter in US
- No decision made to form a party or resign from govt: Nahid
- Dhaka expresses concern over dwindling funds for Rohingyas
- Women footballers to announce retirement if coach not removed
- Shab-e-Barat to be observed Feb 14
- 'Our rivers dried up due to various dams in India'
- Govt wants to lay foundation of radical reforms to state structure: Nahid
- NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together
- Govt takes 3 decisions on quota
- Rangpur suffer fourth straight defeat to end group stage
- Court orders to attach Tk368 crore land of S Alam, family
- Japan pledges to continue development cooperation with Bangladesh
- 'Chatradal ready to resist banned Chhatra League on the streets'
- "Bangladesh trapped in web of conspiracies, not running as people expected"
- Much awaited next Dan Brown book announced to be released on Sept 9
- Bangladesh Railway to offer special trains for Ijtema attendees
- Man who burned Quran 'shot dead in Sweden'
- No security risk at Ijtema Ground: RAB DG
- ICT sets April 6 for submitting Jatrabari genocide probe report
- Animals and plants losing their genetic diversity, making them more vulnerable
US to send troops on Mexico border amid Trump immigration crackdown
The United States military has started to send1,500 active-duty troops to the countrys southern border with Mexico, as part of President Donald Trumps long-promised crackdown on immigration. The White House confirmed the troop movement on Wednesday, though the full details of the order have yet...
71 Bangladeshis among 176 immigrants held in Malaysia
The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department (JIM) detained 176 illegal immigrants during an operation carried out around Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang, on Wednesday night. Kuala Lumpur JIM director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said the operation which started at 7:15 pm with the cooperation of Kuala...
Trump vows tough immigration crackdown before inauguration
Donald Trump told thousands of roaring supporters he would impose severe limits on immigration on his first day in office, vowing to swiftly fulfill the central promise of his presidential campaign at a rally on Sunday inside a packed Washington arena a day before he returns to power. By the...
UK to announce significant hike in visa sponsorship fees
The UK Home Office is planning substantial increases in fees for immigration services, including the cost of issuing Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS), a requirement for hiring foreign workers on Skilled Worker visas. Currently, UK employers must provide a CoS for each overseas worker they hire....
Trump sides with Musk in H-1B visa debate amid rift with supporters
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a public dispute over the use of the H-1B visa, saying he fully backs the program for foreign tech workers opposed by some of his supporters. Trumps remarks followed a series of social media...
Rohingya migration exceeds one million
The ongoing conflict in Myanmar has triggered a significant increase in the number of Rohingyas crossing into Bangladesh. The government has reported that approximately 80,000 Rohingyas have entered the country, though independent estimates, including those from private organizations, suggest the...
Dhaka calls for collaborative global action for safe regular migration
Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin called for collaborative global action to tackle shared challenges in implementing the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) aiming to ensure safe and regular migration. He made the remark while speaking at the National Consultation for the Regional Review of the...
15 Bangladeshis return home thru Benapole Port after serving jail in India
Fifteen Bangladeshi nationals returned home via the Benapole check post on Friday night after serving two years in an Indian prison, reports UNB. The individuals, hailing from Narail, Khulna, and Satkhira districts, were handed over to Bangladeshs immigration authorities by Indian officials....
UK’s Bassetlaw District Council clarifies role in housing asylum seekers
Bassetlaw District Council has issued a statement on Tuesday (London time) addressing widespread misinformation about its role in housing individuals seeking asylum in the UK. The statement seeks to clarify the processes involved, emphasizing that the Council does not provide or manage...
Los Angeles announces itself an immigration 'sanctuary'
Los Angeles, the second largest US city, is setting itself up for a standoff with President-elect Donald Trump over immigration, BBC reported. On Tuesday, its city council passed a sanctuary city ordinance to bar using local resources to help federal immigration authorities. LAs public school...
Passport application of Shirin Sharmin Chy suspended
The Department of Immigration Passports has suspended the passport applications of former Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and her husband Syed Ishtiaq Hossain. The decision follows the adjournment of Shirin Sharmins application due to her involvement in a murder case and a plea of absconding....
Migration to OECD countries reaches record high
Permanent migration to OECD countries surged to a new record in 2023, with 6.5 million people arriving, according to the latest OECD International Migration Outlook 2024 report, released on Thursday (Paris time). Alongside permanent migration, both temporary migration and asylum-seeking...
146 asylum seekers to be temporarily housed at Peterborough’s hotel in UK
Approximately 146 asylum seekers, primarily single men, will be moved into the Dragonfly Hotel in Peterboroughs Thorpe Meadows over the next three days as part of the UK Governments short-term efforts to accommodate rising numbers of arrivals, reports Peterborough Today. Peterborough City...
Trump’s ultimatum before taking office
President-elect Donald Trumps border security director Tom Homan urged illegal immigrants to voluntarily return to their home countries before the upcoming crackdown in the United States. After knowing about Trumps appointment on Monday, Tom Homan, former acting director of ICE (Immigration and...
Trump announces immigration official Tom Homan as 'border czar'
US President-elect Donald Trump said late Sunday he was bringing back hardline immigration official Tom Homan to oversee the countrys borders in the incoming administration, reports BSS. I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be...
Jeremy Clarkson accuses Labour of ‘ethnic cleansing’ countryside to build ‘immigrant towns’ over farmland
Jeremy Clarkson, former Top Gear host and current star of Clarksons Farm, has launched a fierce critique of Labours inheritance tax plans, accusing the party of seeking to ethnically cleanse the countryside to build immigrant towns on farmland. Clarkson, 64, directed his comments at Shadow...
Canada braces for migrant surge as US tightens immigration
Canadian authorities informed that theyre on high alert with all eyes on the US border as the country braces for a possible influx of migrants from the United States on Friday. US President-elect DonaldTrumphas promised the largest mass deportation in American history, accusing immigrants of...
Students' fury in UK as Labour govt hikes tuition fees for the first time in eight years
Along with students, university chiefs call the plans of tuition fees hike in the United Kingdom morally wrong and merely a sticking plaster. They made these statements as the Labour Party government is planning a rise of tuition fees for the first time in eight years. Furious education leaders...