Cross-border
BGB, BSF DG-level talks postponed
The director general-level border talks between Bangladesh and India, initially set for next month in New Delhi, have been postponed.
Myanmar Conflict: Teknaf rocked by sound of blasts
Sounds of explosions of mortar shells and bombs from across the Myanmar border amid fighting between Junta troops and armed insurgents of the Arakan Army rocked Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar from Monday night till early yesterday.
85 Bangladeshis set to return home from Myanmar
Eighty-five Bangladeshi nationals who were languishing in Myanmar jails are scheduled to return home tomorrow
23 Bangladeshis arrested in Agartala for illegal entry
India's railway police on Saturday night arrested 23 Bangladeshi nationals and a tout from a railway station in Agartala, the capital city of the Indian state of Tripura, for allegedly illegally entering India, ANI reported today
Hijra tortured by BSF along Banglabandha border
A 45-year-old Bangladeshi hijra was tortured allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Banglabandha border in Panchagarh's Tentulia upazila early today
Two Myanmar soldiers, 31 Rohingyas return to country
Thirty-three Myanmar nationals, including two BGP members and the rest Rohingyas, returned to their country this evening
Myanmar national killed in mine explosion at Teknaf border
A Myanmar national was killed in a landmine explosion on the other side of the border along the Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar
Indian national held at Kurigram border
Bangladesh Border Guard has detained an Indian national at Phulbari border in Kurigram for entering Bangladesh illegally
India's Brahmaputra Board plans project to conserve Teesta water flowing thru north Bengal
Representatives of the Brahmaputra Board, which works for conservation of rivers flowing through the Brahmaputra basin, including the Teesta, have said they intended to take up a project for conservation of water flowing through hilly streams in north Bengal so that it could be used for different purposes
New train between Rajshahi, Kolkata soon
Bangladesh and India are planning to launch a train service connecting Kolkata and Rajshahi
Ctg, Kolkata to be connected via bus service
Bangladesh and India have agreed to launch a bus service connecting Kolkata and Chattogram
St Martin’s Island get food, essentials after 9 days
The tourist ship Baro Awlia left a Teknaf jetty this afternoon ferrying the goods, to ease the ongoing food crisis on the island due to the conflict in Myanmar
Indian national arrested at Patgram border
Border Guard Bangladesh BGB today arrested an Indian national for illegally entering the country at Patgram border in Lalmonirhat
Myanmar conflict: Senior NUG ministers, security experts seek Dhaka’s intervention
An international dialogue titled "Building Bridges of Harmony: A Holistic Strategy for Social Cohesion, Peace and Stability in Post-Civil War Arakan/Rakhine" was held at the EMK Center in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Saturday
Bangladeshi youth killed in BSF firing near Patgram border
A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by India's Border Security Force (BSF) across the border in Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat early today.
173 return home from Myanmar prisons
A total 173 Bangladeshi citizens, who have been held imprisoned in Sittwe (Akyab), the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine State, for one to three years, returned to Bangladesh today
9 more Myanmar border guards enter Bangladesh
At least nine members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) took shelter in Bangladesh this morning amid the ongoing conflict between the junta force and Arakan Army in Rakhine state
3 Myanmar soldiers take refuge in Bangladesh
Three members of Myanmar military took refuge in Bangladesh this morning, fleeing the ongoing conflict in Rakhine State between junta forces and rebel Arakan Army