Bay of Bengal

Depression likely to cross Bangladesh tomorrow

A deep depression over the northeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh and Indian state of West Bengal is likely to cross Bangladesh tomorrow morning.
29 July 2015, 10:54 AM

Search on for BAF pilot

Search and rescue for missing Air Force pilot is underway – a day after his fighter jet crashed into the Bay of Bengal near Chittagong.
30 June 2015, 07:23 AM

BAF fighter plane crashes in Bay, pilot missing

A pilot goes missing as a fighter plane of Bangladesh Air Force crashes into Bay of Bengal. The missing pilot is Flight Lieutenant Tahmid.
29 June 2015, 07:22 AM

37 more Bangladeshis may be repatriated tomorrow

Thirty seven more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were rescued from the Bay of Bengal by the Myanmar navy on May 21, repatriate.
16 June 2015, 10:26 AM

‘Wanted trafficker’ arrested in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrest a wanted human trafficker who is also a Union Parishad member in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila.
3 June 2015, 05:07 AM

3 ‘traffickers’ arrested in Teknaf

Police arrest three listed human traffickers from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar in view of the worldwide concern over human trafficking.
29 May 2015, 07:08 AM

No army link found yet: Thai deputy PM

Thailand Deputy Prime Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn denies having knowledge of any army personnel's link with human trafficking.
29 May 2015, 05:24 AM

UNHCR welcomes commitment to resolve migrant crisis

The UN Refugee agency, UNHCR, welcomes the commitment announced by the foreign ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand to resolve the migrant crisis.
20 May 2015, 12:25 PM

25,000 Rohingya, Bangladeshi fortune-seekers trafficked in 3 months: UNHCR

UNHCR report says some 25,000 Rohingyas and Bangladeshis boarded smugglers' boats from the Bay of Bengal between January and March this year, almost double the number over the same period in 2014.
8 May 2015, 11:19 AM

Vessel sinks in Bay of Bengal

A lighter vessel capsized with 850 tonnes of coal in the Bay of Bengal near the Sandwip channel in Chittagong.
24 April 2015, 09:53 AM

Millions at risk from rapid sea rise in swampy Sundarbans

The tiny hut at the edge of the sea is barely large enough for Bokul Mondol and his family. The water took everything else from them, and one day it may take this, too.
18 February 2015, 15:30 PM

Robbers attack 6 fishing trawlers, shoot 8 fishermen in Bay of Bengal

Robbers shoot eight fishermen in the Bay of Bengal, 50 kilometres off Rangabali of Patuakhali
16 February 2015, 05:55 AM