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NRC India’s internal matter: Jaishankar Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Published: 23:51, Aug 20,2019 Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday requested Bangladesh to utilise a line of credit extended by India for purchasing military equipment. He made the request in a...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has disclosed that the Nigerian Army has trained over 223 of its officers in various military institutions in Bangladesh. Buratai made this known while receiving the Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Shameen Ashan, on Tuesday in Abuja...

Russia offers the best Su-30SME fighter planes (NATO named it: Flanker-C) and MiG-35 fighter planes (NATO name: Fulcrum-F) to Bangladesh, said Ilya Tarasenko, vice president for military cooperation technically at United Aircraft Corporation to Sputnik. Ilya Tarasenko's statement was submitted...

Building a credible deterrence policy based on global democratic values It was widely reported in the Bangladeshi media that the American ambassador discussed defense procurement with the foreign minister during a meeting on January 31. The ambassador was quoted: “I discussed good governance...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will go to Germany soon on her first visit abroad after forming government for the third straight term. “It is still in process. But first she will go to Germany and then to UAE on the way back,” Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said on being asked at his office on...

Dhaka-Moscow military talks Dec 3-5 Russia to look to sell high-value missiles Moscow has proposed to hold the first-ever Russian-Bangladesh Working Group on Military-Technical Cooperation in Dhaka in December 3-5 when general election is likely to be held in the same month, according to...

China's citizens use the Internet most in Asia. In this case, the fifth place is Bangladesh. Internet user growth rate is the highest in Bangladesh. Currently, Internet user growth rate is 80 thousand 383 percent. This information was presented in a report published on Internet World Status ...

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Dhaka, May 10: Under the G2G contract, agreement between the Bangladesh Air Force and the United Kingdom for the purchase of 2 C-30JMK 5-Million Transport Aircraft, was signed on Thursday (10-5-2018) at Headquarters Office of the Air Force. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Abu Esrar, BBP...

The Bangabandhu-1 satellite weighs over 3500 kilograms and will carry 40 Ku and C band transponders which will help in direct-to-home transmission and provide V-sat services to Bangladesh. NEW DELHI: Bangladesh is all set to join the space club when its first communications satellite is...

“We hope to see a smooth general election,” he said, replying to a question at his inaugural media briefing at the embassy on Wednesday, weeks after he presented his credentials to President Md Abdul Hamid on Mar 7. China “respects” the choice made by Bangladeshi people and hopes that the...

Over 90% of men and women in Bangladesh aged from 15 to 24 years are now considered literate 0SHARES According to data from the Unesco Institute for Statistics (UIS), the literacy rate in Bangladesh has shot up remarkably over the last 10 years, reaching an all-time high of 72.76% in 2016...

General Rawat seems to revel in making these politically loaded remarks. One conclusion of this is that he is not being adequately supervised by the government of the day. The other is that he is pushing the envelope with an eye on a post-retirement political career. By now you should know...

A View of Chinsura, the Dutch settlement in Bengal; by William Hodges, 1787 (BL) India has always been considered a haven for various businesses by European traders. For ages it was renowned for its prosperity and was popular for its spices. Since the 15th century, European traders started to...

Russian Minister for Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin made the request at a meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at Davos, the foreign ministry said. World Expos, known officially as International Registered Exhibitions, are...

Uzbekistan has asked BGMEA to set up garment industries in the Central Asian country. A visiting Uzbek business delegation also assured the apex body of Bangladesh’s garment manufacturers of providing land free of cost in addition to power and gas connections. The urge and assurances were made...

Bangladesh and Indonesia today signed five instruments for boosting cooperation in different sectors including trade, diplomacy, fishing and energy between the two countries. The instruments were inked in the presence of visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Bangladesh Prime Minister...

The Bangladesh Air Force has purchase one squadron of J-10C single engine multi-role combat aircraft along with another 23 more K-8W intermediate jet trainers in a separate deal alongside the MRCA procurements from Russia...

Dhaka, Jan 24 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday formally opened the works on BEPZA Economic Zone at Mirsarai in Chittagong by unveiling its foundation plague. The Prime Minister inaugurated the works on the economic zone on 1,150 acres of land through a videoconference from the...

BOGRA, Jan 15: One Amir Hossain has invented a machine named 'Slow Motion Time Machine'. According to him, the machine generates electricity from the sun directly. The heat it produces is helpful for medical treatment. The local scientist earlier invented oil-less car and eco-friendly brick...