BSF returns 3 Bangladeshis
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Tuesday said that they brought back three Bangladeshis who were detained by India鈥檚 Border Security Force two days ago on penetration charges in the northwestern frontier...
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1,690 more held amid rampant crimes
Law enforcement and security agencies intensified patrolling and set up more checkpoints across the country on Thursday to rein in the upsurge of crimes...
Govt transfers 53 police officers
Bangladesh interim government on Thursday transferred 53 police officers, including additional deputy inspectors general and police superintendents as part of a reshuffling in the law enforcement agency.
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 589 more arrested
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested 589 individuals more on Monday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, taking the total number of arrests in the drive to 9,253 since the operation began on February 8...
BDR massacre: national security concerns
THE tragic events of February 2009 in Bangladesh, known as the BDR Massacre, remain one of the most devastating incidents in the nation鈥檚 history, leaving an indelible scar on the national psyche. At the outset, it is essential to clarify that this was not a mere mutiny but a well-orchestrated massacre. Exploiting existing grievances within the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)...
Lack of quality diet causes food security concern: IFPRI director
Visiting International Food Policy Research Institute director for the poverty, gender and inclusion unit, Daniel Gilligan observed that malnutrition and lack of access to high quality diets were among the leading challenges to food security in Bangladesh...
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 492 more people arrested
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested at least 492 individuals more on Thursday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, raising the total number of arrests in the drive to 6,849 since the operation began on February 8...
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 532 more people arrested across Bangladesh
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested at least 532 individuals more on Wednesday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, raising the total number of arrests in the drive to 6,357 since the operation began on February 8...
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 506 more people arrested
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested at least 506 individuals on Tuesday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, raising the total number of arrests in the drive to 5,825 since the operation began on February 8...
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 529 more people arrested
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested 529 on Monday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, raising the total number of arrests in the drive to 5,319 since the operation began on February 8...
BGB-BSF DG level conference opens Monday amid border tension
The four-day director general level border conference between the Indian Border Security Force and the Border Guard Bangladesh is set to begin today in New Delhi amid tension along the border between the two neighbours over...
FSIB organises school banking campaign
First Security Islami Bank PLC Feni branch organised 鈥楽chool Banking Campaing鈥� at the Shaheen Academy School and College premises at Feni on Thursday.
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Spring festival at book fair, security tightened
Visitors, mostly youths, came in traditional and colourful attires at the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on Thursday, a day before the spring, amid tightened security...
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 566 more people arrested
Law enforcement agencies and security forces on Thursday arrested 1,665 people, including 566 in the Operation Devil Hunt aimed at restoring the deteriorated law and order situation...
Enforced disappearances must never happen
THE horror of the secret detention centres that law enforcement and security forces ran and kept victims of enforced disappearances for months and years during the Awami League regime, toppled in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024, was evident even after modifications were made to the centres. While media reports and the report of the commission of inquiry on...
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 591 more people arrested
Law enforcement agencies and security forces on Wednesday arrested 1,686 people, including 591 in the Operation Devil Hunt aimed at restoring the deteriorated law and order situation...
BSF installs CCTV cameras along Bhurungamari border
The Indian Border Security Force installed CCTV cameras along the zero line of Dakshin Banshjani border in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram early Monday...
Indian forces kill 31 Maoists, 2 commandos killed
Indian security forces killed at least 31 Maoist rebels on Sunday in one of the deadliest clashes since the government ramped up efforts to crush the long-running insurgency...
Bangladesh鈥檚 reliance on Gulf nations under threat
OVER 10 million Bangladeshi migrant workers send home an estimated $22 billion in remittances annually, making it the country鈥檚 second-largest source of foreign exchange after garment exports. More than 60 per cent of this originates from the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait leading the way. At the same time...
SC tightens security amid vandalism threats
The Supreme Court authorities have tightened security in the court compound, deploying army, Border Guard Bangladesh and law enforcement members following intelligence reports that a group of lawyers might attempt to vandalise a mural of the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman installed in the court鈥檚 inner garden...
BRAC launches 'Livestock Grow Initiative'
BRAC鈥檚 Microfinance programme has officially launched the 'Livestock Grow Initiative鈥� to ensure financial security and sustainable development for livestock farmers across the country...
Time for Delhi to stop playing border ploys, Dhaka to be bold
THE installation of electric poles and searchlights by India鈥檚 Border Security Force within 50 yards of the zero line in the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat appears to be an insidious effort as the Joint India-Bangladesh Guidelines for Border Authorities of the Two Countries, or Border Guidelines, signed in 1975, does not allow the construction of structures within...
BSF installs electric poles on zero line in Patgram
The Indian Border Security Force installed electric pillars and searchlights on zero line at Gatiyar Bhita of Dhabalsuti Gatia under Patgram in Lalmonirhat on Thursday.
BSF reinforces border fence with bamboo in Lalmonirhat
Indian Border Security Force have allegedly attached slices of bamboo to the erected barbed fence along the Zero Line of the border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat...
India's West Bengal approves land acquisition for fencing border with Bangladesh
The West Bengal Cabinet had given the go-ahead for acquiring land for the Border Security Force of India to fence the India-Bangladesh border at Karimpur in the Nadia district, reported hindustantimes.com on Wednesday...
BGB-BSF talks in Feb 17-20
Border forces of Bangladesh and India are set to hold a director general-level meeting in New Delhi of India from February 17 to 20 amid tensions between the two neighbours over border fencing at several points by India鈥檚 Border Security Force...
AIB gets PCI DSS certification
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC on Wednesday received the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Certification, said a press release...
Security strengthened at Biswa Ijtema ground, says IGP
Inspector general of police Baharul Alam has said security at the Biswa Ijtema ground has been strengthened considering the overall situation...
UGC for building awareness on cyber security
University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman professor SMA Faiz on Tuesday emphasised the need to increase awareness about cyber security to protect personal, official, and state data...