Yemen

Iran puts forward Yemen peace plan

Iran proposes a peace plan for Yemen and called for an end to Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebels allied to Tehran, but the move was likely to draw a cool response from Riyadh.
14 April 2015, 14:07 PM

10 more returning home from Yemen

10 more Bangladeshis who were stranded in war-torn Yemen are due to arrive in Dhaka from Djibouti this evening.
11 April 2015, 10:35 AM

Saudi authorities catch police shooting suspect

Saudi Arabia's security services have detained a Saudi Arabian man on suspicion of shooting dead two policemen and wounding two others.
11 April 2015, 07:56 AM

11 Bangladeshis, stranded in Yemen, arrive home

The first group of 11 Bangladesh nationals who were stranded in Yemen arrive in Dhaka from Djibouti in an Emirates flight.
10 April 2015, 13:53 PM

272 more Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen: Indian HC

Bangladesh has so far evacuated 272 Bangladesh nationals, including five women and five children, with the assistance of an Indian ship.
10 April 2015, 08:10 AM

13 Bangladeshis returning home from Yemen

Thirteen Bangladeshi nationals, who took temporary shelter in Africa’s Djibouti after evacuation from the war-torn country Yemen, are returning tonight.
9 April 2015, 13:10 PM

9 more Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen

Some more stranded Bangladeshis will be taken to Djibouti from the war-torn Yemen today.
8 April 2015, 12:39 PM

Yemen conflict: US boosts arms for Saudi-led coalition

US says it is speeding up weapons deliveries to a Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels who have taken up arms against the government in Yemen.
8 April 2015, 05:15 AM

16 more Bangladeshis to be evacuated from Yemen

India evacuates 16 more Bangladesh nationals from Sana'a, the capital of war-torn Yemen, to African nation Djibouti.
7 April 2015, 10:04 AM

Yemen conflict: Red Cross to send aid flights to Sanaa

International Committee of the Red Cross is due to make two emergency aid flights into Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
6 April 2015, 04:56 AM

3 Bangladeshis taken to Djibouti from Yemen

Three Bangladeshi expatriates who were stranded in war-torn Yemen reach Djibouti from Aden yesterday by an Indian ship, a foreign ministry official says.
5 April 2015, 13:29 PM

UN considers Yemen air strike pause

United Nations Security Council considers Russia's call for a pause in Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen.
5 April 2015, 05:09 AM

Hotlines for Yemen expats’ relatives

The foreign affairs here has asked the relatives of Bangladesh nationals, got stuck in war-torn Yemen, to stay in touch by its two hotlines as the government has started their repatriation process.
3 April 2015, 14:32 PM

Yemen crisis: 'Foreign troops' land in Aden

Unconfirmed reports have emerged of foreign troops landing in the Yemeni port city of Aden. It is not clear what nationality they are.
2 April 2015, 11:10 AM

Dhaka to send a team to repatriate Bangladeshis from Yemen

Dhaka is sending a two-member team, comprising of the counsellor at Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait and a staff, to Yemen today to help repatriate the Bangladeshi nationals trapped in the war-torn country.
2 April 2015, 10:33 AM

Pressure builds on key Yemen city

Fighting in the Yemeni city of Aden has intensified as Houthi rebels try to seize control of the city despite airstrikes on Houthi forces by a Saudi-led coalition.
2 April 2015, 05:20 AM

Explosion at Yemen factory kills 25

Explosion at a dairy factory in Yemen's Hodaida has left 25 workers dead, medical sources said, with conflicting accounts attributing the blast to an air strike by a Saudi-led alliance or to a rocket landing from a nearby army base.
1 April 2015, 14:38 PM

IOM urged to repatriate Bangladeshis from Yemen

Bangladesh officially requests International Organization for Migration to repatriate Bangladesh nationals trapped in war-torn Yemen.
1 April 2015, 07:33 AM

Fighting in Aden as Yemen's Houthis make gains

Iran-allied Houthi militiamen pushed into the northeastern outskirts of the Yemeni port city of Aden on Monday amid heavy clashes with loyalists of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
30 March 2015, 11:54 AM

Bangladesh condemns Houthi actions in Yemen

Bangladesh strongly condemns actions by the Houthis against the legitimate government led by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi of Yemen
30 March 2015, 11:22 AM