A man has been detained for entering Chattogram Port illegally in a bid to fulfil his desire to travel abroad by ship. Security staff apprehended Mahfuz Sheikh around 8:30am on Wednesday at Jetty No. 11 and handed him over to police. Mahfuz hails from Gopalganj. Port Secretary Omar Faruk said, “In primary questioning, he admitted that he entered the port intending to travel abroad by ship. Security personnel found a passport, national identity card, flattened rice snacks and drinking water in a bag he was carrying.” On the same day, two more men were detained for illegal entry into the port. Around 1:15am on Tuesday, security personnel caught a man named Abul Khayer as he tried to sneak in through...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) – The government of Japan has conferred its prestigious “Foreign Minister’s Commendation 2025” upon Reiko Kobayashi, a Japanese volunteer nurse...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) – Bangladesh’s foreign debt repayment reached $446.68 million in the first month (July) of the current fiscal year (FY26). According...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in separate drives, today arrested three people from Taraganj Bazar and Kodalia...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - The government has decided to shut down three land ports permanently and suspend the operations of one land port...
WASHINGTON, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump's move to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook marks a direct attempt to politicize the...
The government has decided to shut down three land ports permanently and suspend the operations of one land port that have remained non-functional for years....
Police detained former minister Latif Siddique and several others after tensions erupted during an event organised by 'Manch 71, a platform of freedom fighters, in...
SYLHET, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized smuggled goods worth about Taka 4.63 crore from Sylhet border areas during the...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid has said that the common people must unite...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - The administration today demolished the chimney of an illegal brick kiln named M/s Al Medina Bricks in Rangunia upazila...
NAIROBI, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Prominent Kenyan activist and staunch government critic Boniface Mwangi announced Wednesday he would run for president in 2027, just...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS)- The Netherlands team arrived in Bangladesh todayfor their first ever bilateral series here. The series comprises with three T20 Internationals,...