Bangladesh aid to Myanmar will strengthen bilateral ties: army headquarters

April 17, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh government’s emergency rescue, relief and medical assistance to earthquake-hit Myanmar will undoubtedly play a special role in building trust between the two countries and developing bilateral relations, said Col Md Shafiqul Islam, colonel staff of the Directorate of Military Operations at the Army Headquarters, at a press briefing. The media Continue Reading

India hands over 30 military trained mules to Bangladesh Army

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK In a display of effective defence cooperation, Bangladesh Army has received 30 fully trained and ready for deployment military mules from India, The Hindu Business Line reports. The mules, handed over at the India-Bangladesh border, were trained at the Remount Training School and Depots (RTSD) in Saharanpur of Western Uttar Pradesh. Army officials […]Continue Reading

“War always causes sufferings for masses worldwide”, PM Hasina tells Indian Army chief

July 19, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has denounced war, saying it always causes sufferings for the masses worldwide. She said this while visiting Indian Army chief, General Manoj Pande, called on her at her official residence Gono Bhaban on Tuesday ((July 19, 2022). PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the call. PM Sheikh […]Continue Reading

Greece protests to Serbia, Ukraine over Bangladesh-bound cargo plane crash

July 18, 2022

NEWS DESK Greece has protested to Serbia and Ukraine for not being timely informed about the munitions cargo on board a Ukrainian aircraft which crashed near the northern city of Kavala on Saturday night, Greek diplomatic sources said on Monday, Reuters reports. The Antonov An-12 carrying 11.5 tonnes of defence products made in Serbia, including […]Continue Reading

Cargo plane carrying defence products for Bangladesh crashes in Greece

July 18, 2022

NEWS DESK A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece late on Saturday, Serbian authorities said on Sunday, July 17, 2022, Reuters reports. Drone images from the scene showed debris from the bulking Antonov An-12 aircraft strewn in fields. Greek authorities said there were […]Continue Reading

Indian Army chief meets Bangladesh Army, Navy chiefs

July 18, 2022

NEWS DESK Visiting Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande has paid courtesy calls on Bangladesh Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal. He paid a courtesy call on his Bangladesh counterpart General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka and discussed ways to enhance and […]Continue Reading

Bandarban: From harmony to conflict

July 15, 2022

Lt. Gen. Dr. MOHAMMAD MAHFUZUR RAHMAN Under the leadership of Manabendra Larma, the 1980s and 1990s were the golden age for the Jana Samhati Samiti-JSS (Regional part of CHT) and its armed organization Shanti Bahini (Armed group of JSS). Despite having absolute support among the tribal people in Rangamati and Khagrachhari districts, their activities in […]Continue Reading

APBn to be deployed at vacant army camps

May 25, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal is set to lay the foundation stone of the office of the DIG, APBn (Armed Police Battalion) in CHT (Chattogram Hill Tracts) today, Thursday, May 26, 2022. He will lay the foundation stone of the office of the DIG, APBn in Rangamati’s Sukhi Neelganj Police Lines at 10:45am, […]Continue Reading

Prolonged uncertainty of repatriation entices Rohingyas to criminal activities: PM

May 24, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the prolonged uncertainty of repatriation is enticing Rohingyas to get involved in criminal activities. “They (Rohingyas) are becoming frustrated due to protracted uncertainty over their repatriation which has a potential risk as it entices many of them to get involved in criminal activities,” she said on Tuesday, Continue Reading

Myanmar military leader begins peace talks with ethnic militia groups

May 21, 2022

NEWS DESK The head of Myanmar’s military government on Friday evening (May 20) held the first in a monthlong series of person-to-person peace talks he has initiated with the country’s historically restive ethnic minority groups, state media reported, AP reports. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing held discussions with Yawd Serk, chairman of the Restoration Council […]Continue Reading