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Bangladesh has almost finalized a deal with the UK to buy an ocean survey ship for Tk 55 crore [one crore is 10 million] against the background of disputes over oil and gas exploration in the Bay of Bengal with India and Myanmar [Burma]. Officials of the finance ministry told the New Age last...

Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - The U.S. and Bangladesh armed forces will participate in a joint “Tiger Shark” exercise in Chittagong and Sylhet through late-May, a U.S. embassy announcement said on Sunday. Units from the Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Coast Guard, Bangladesh Army and the U.S...

JS body suggests 10 lakh-strong 'reserve force' Trained civilians to help armed forces protect sovereignty The parliamentary standing committee on defence ministry recommended forming a National Reserve Force (NRF) with trained civilians to ensure people's effective participation alongside...

Dhaka, April 1 (APP): China has agreed to implement Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s request to build much-awaited deep-sea port at Sonadia of southeastern Cox’s Bazar district in November-December this year, a senior official said Thursday. The Shipping Ministry has taken the initiative to...

Bangladesh's position goes up in ICT index BSS, Dhaka Bangladesh's position on the global index for information communication technology (ICT) has gone up significantly, reflecting the government's success towards achieving Digital Bangladesh by 2021. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has...

BSS, Chittagong Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said here on Wednesday that the armed forces, which came into being through the War of Liberation, are an integral part of the people. Lauding the role of the armed forces, the Prime Minister said they (the armed forces) have come forward to...

Bangladesh Army Officers here to share SL experience A high-level military delegation from People's Republic of Bangladesh, now in Sri Lanka met Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya Monday (22) afternoon at Army Headquarters. The Bangladeshi delegation, aimed at...

China pledges free market access Jiabao assures Hasina of more support for climate battle China will allow duty-free access of Bangladeshi products to its markets and increase its support for the country's efforts to face floods and other natural calamities caused by global warming. Chinese...

M. Serajul Islam Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official visit to China is scheduled to start from March 17th. During her last term, she had undertaken an official visit to China within two months of taking office which was also her first official overseas visit. Whether this delay reflects any...

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PM unveils big defence purchase plan Fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, radar, armaments to be procured for Air Force Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday unveiled her government's big defence purchase plan to procure fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missile system, helicopters...

UN Mission in Ivory Coast Gen Hafiz made force commander Unb, Dhaka Maj Gen Abdul Hafiz of Bangladesh Army has been appointed Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in war-ravaged West African country of Ivory Coast. He will take over his new charge in Abidjan, the capital...

Dhaka – State-owned telecom company Bangladesh Telephone Shilpa Sangstha Ltd (BTSS) will sign an agreement with Malaysia’s TFT to manufacture laptops. BTSS’s Managing Director Ismail Hossain said the new joint venture would market its product at 12,000 taka (US$ 175) per unit. The first laptops...

Bangladesh enjoys a warmth military relationship with USA. It can easily be shown by looking at USA military joint exercise with Bangladesh military forces in recent times.:smitten: November 2009: "Tiger Shark" During this exercise, units from the Bangladesh Navy and the US military...

Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG-61) will conduct a port call in Chittagong for training Bangladesh Navy from March 1-3 on naval exercises. During the port call, the crew will also participate in various local cultural activities, professional...

US Navy ship Safeguard (T-ARS 50), the lead ship of the Safeguard class and the Navy's only forward-deployed rescue and salvage ship, arrived in Chittagong port yesterday. The ship has 51 officers and mariners of different ranks. An ISPR press release said during its stay in Bangladesh...

Planning minister A K khondoker today said, In this fiscal year his government will purchase Fighter plane, frigate and Tanks for armed forces. Reports the prothom alo (in bengali), the leading newspaper in Bangladesh. For Air Force: Land to Air missile system, air defence radar, two...

JS body holds closed-door meeting on defence policy Staff Correspondent 'The culture of secrecy' in running the country's armed forces should come to an end, as the citizens have the right to know how the forces are being run, suggested a number of members of the Parliamentary Standing...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday laid the foundation stone of the 10-storied Bangabandhu Complex inside Bangladesh Military Academy at Vatiary on the outskirts of the port city. An ISPR press release said, “The tower would play an important role in increasing training facilities for...

Bangladesh is about to become the first Muslim-majority country to establish an all-women United Nations peacekeeping force. The UN has for years been calling for more women to join its peacekeeping operations. Nine years ago it passed a resolution stating that, because women bear the...