Bangladesh Army peacekeepers are providing free and much-appreciated medical services to the residents of Bunia, a northern province of Democratic Republic of Congo.Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission have conducted monthly medical outreach campaigns to provide free basic
Bangladesh Army peacekeepers of UN Peacekeeping Force in Bunia remains fully committed to serve peace and control armed groups in the area by contributing men - and increasingly women troops. Brig Gen Chowdhury Mohammad Azizul Haque Hazary, Sector Commander Northern
back from Chattogram Hill tractsTwenty-two years have elapsed since the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord was signed between the government and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) but PCJSS members are yet to surrender all of their arms.The Prime
In a dramatic assault on the Holey Artisan Café on July 1 in 2016, Army Commandos killed five militants, who took a number of people hostage in the deadliest militant attack in the upscale restaurant in the capital. Immediately after
A regional party of the hill tracts, Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), sent letters to at least 450 ruling party members to leave the Awami League and join their organization or face death.In the last five years, at least
At least 321 people killed for not paying extortion money in the Chattogram Hill Tracts in the last five years, it was learnt. Extortionists collect at least Tk 450 crore every year from public, private sector workers, businessmen and residents
'Sleeper Cells,' of different banned militant organizations blamed for hacking and butchering people allegedly for hurting Islamic sentiments, are still active in the capital and across the country.The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday arrested six members of the banned
Railway safety measures are far from on the improving trail, although the rail transport infrastructure is one of the oldest modes of communications and adjudged one of the most important factors for the country's progress. The government has also laid
More than 500 suspected drug traffickers -- including at least 25 Rohingya suspects-- have been shot dead by police and security forces since an anti drug crackdown was launched on May 15 last year. Those killed were Yaba traffickers but
Who is to be believed, Harun or Russell?Muhammad Harun-or-Rashid, Superintendent of Police (SP) Narayanganj, has recently been withdrawn to Police HQs after allegation of arbitrary detention of businessman Shawkat Aziz Russell's wife and their son in Dhaka on Friday.Shawkat Aziz