4 chartered flights to evacuate 555 Bangladeshis from Sudan to Jeddah

Three of the flights will fly today and the other one tomorrow. From Jeddah, the Bangladeshis will be flown home by commercial flights.
10 May 2023, 06:58 AM

Thousands of migrants, including some Bangladeshis, stranded in Niger's desert

Every week hundreds more migrants thrown out of Algeria end up here in Assamaka, the first village on the Niger border
6 April 2023, 07:55 AM

Women's network in Sydney working to battle stigma against mental illness in Bangladeshi communities

Mental illness and the disabilities associated with it has long had a strong stigma in countries like Bangladesh. The pandemic only served to further highlight such problems.
4 April 2023, 14:53 PM

Australian detention centre: Bangladeshi refugees sew lips in protest

Two Bangladeshi nationals who have been detained in Nauru for nearly a decade by Australian authorities, recently sewed their lips together in protest..A five-hour plane journey to the northeast of Australia, Nauru is a small islandic nation. Australia has used Nauru since July 2013 to det
1 March 2023, 15:29 PM

Writ seeks compensation for families of 714 deceased female migrants

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking directives to provide adequate compensation to the family members of the 714 deceased female migrant workers who died in different countries.
6 February 2023, 14:23 PM

4 Bangladeshis killed in Qatar road crash

Four Bangladeshi expatriates were killed and two injured in a road accident in Qatar on Friday, according to the sources at Bangladesh embassy there.
15 January 2023, 05:56 AM

Bangladeshi cook charged for killing mental health patient in Malaysia

A Bangladeshi cook was charged in the magistrate's court of Malaysia's Kuala Kubu Bharu town yesterday with the murder of a male resident of a mental health care centre in Bukit Beruntung, in December last year.
7 January 2023, 07:10 AM

'Dilchad' more than a restaurant

Buildings, structures, and institutions that are hundreds of years old stand as historical and cultural monuments throughout the world. Every nation has iconic buildings that are priceless jewels in its history. One such place is Dilchad restaurant in London's East End, which serves as a testament to the language, independence, and Liberation War era of the Bangalee nation.
5 January 2023, 05:22 AM

Tk 105cr jackpot in UAE: 20 expats jointly bought the winning lottery ticket

A Bangladeshi expat won 35 million dirhams in the Big Ticket raffle draw in Abu Dhabi recently. However, Mohammad Rayful is not the sole winner of Tk 105 crore in the UAE Big Ticket lottery jackpot. Another 18 Bangladeshis and one Indian expatriate had purchased the lottery ticket in a joint investment.
4 January 2023, 20:17 PM

Avoid hundi while sending remittance, PM asks expats

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked expatriate Bangladeshis not to send money (to the country) via hundi, a cross-border money transfer method that bypasses the legal banking system.
4 January 2023, 15:21 PM

Bangladeshi expat wins Tk 105cr in UAE lottery

An expatriate Bangladeshi has won 35 million dirhams in the Big Ticket raffle draw in Abu Dhabi which is nearly equivalent to Tk 105 crore in Bangladeshi currency.
3 January 2023, 18:26 PM

5 Bangladeshis, 2 firms awarded for sending highest remittance

Two Bangladeshi firms and five individuals have been awarded by the Bangladesh embassies in Madrid and Rome for sending the highest remittances to Bangladesh during the 2021-22 fiscal year.
20 December 2022, 05:42 AM

Bangladeshi shot dead, brother kidnapped in South Africa

Criminals shot an expatriate Bangladeshi businessman living in South Africa and kidnapped his younger brother last night.
17 December 2022, 16:59 PM

Victory Day: Greece's Omania Square fountain lit up in red and green

In a first, the fountain of the historic Omonia Square was illuminated with the colours of the Bangladesh national flag in Athens, the capital of Greece, to celebrate the Victory Day.
17 December 2022, 16:04 PM

3 Bangladeshis arrested ‘for selling fake work permits’ in Malaysia

Three Bangladeshi men have been arrested in Shah Alam, the capital of Malaysian state Selangor, for allegedly issuing and selling fake work permits to their fellow countrymen since last October.
1 December 2022, 07:35 AM

Bangladeshi-owned Mianz International Group among Maldives' top businesses

Mianz International Group, a company of expatriate Bangladeshi businessman and entrepreneur Ahmed Mottaki, has once again been ranked among the top 100 companies in the Maldives.
30 November 2022, 15:52 PM

Malé fire: Identities of 2 Bangladeshi victims confirmed

The Bangladesh high commission in Maldives today confirmed the identities of the two Bangladeshis who were burned to death in a devastating fire in Maldives yesterday.
11 November 2022, 08:43 AM

2 Bangladeshi women likely among 11 dead in Maldives fire

At least 10 people were killed including a Bangladeshi national and several others were injured Thursday (November 10, 2022) when a fire swept through cramped lodgings of foreign workers in the Maldives capital Male, the fire service said.
10 November 2022, 06:00 AM

4 Bangladeshi origin candidates win at US midterm elections

Four Bangladeshi origin candidates have been elected in the US midterm elections from different states.
10 November 2022, 02:38 AM

Fakhrul’s daughter Shamaruh Mirza “Australian of the Year”

Dr Shamaruh Mirza, daughter of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has been honoured with Australia's most prestigious – “Australian of the Year” -- award.
9 November 2022, 09:00 AM