NEWS DESK A probe body, formed after the July jet crash, on Wednesday recommended that all initial trainings of the Bangladesh Air Force will be held outside Dhaka city. “We have capacity to do (initial training) that,” Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told reporters at the Foreign Service Academy in the city. Quoting the […]Continue Reading
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NEWS DESK In recognition of his bravery and ultimate sacrifice during the 2009 Pilkhana mutiny, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has named its swimming complex in Pilkhana after Central Subedar Major Nurul Islam. From now on, the facility will be known as the Shaheed Nurul Islam Swimming Complex. Nurul Islam’s son Md Ashraful Alam Hannan […]Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
