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The firm would continue to lend its support to international efforts to protect the global financial system from future cyber attacks.

SWIFT says helping bank rebuild network after cyber heist

Unidentified hackers, suspected to be from North Korea, carried out the heist.

03 Feb 2019 11:13 AM

Senior officials from both sides held a meeting on Sunday, with Dhaka insisting that New Delhi take the refugees as they had Indian health cards and documents issued by the UN refugee agency. (Photo: AFP | File)

31 Rohingya in limbo on Bangladesh-India border

This group crossed barbed-wire fences along Indian part of border, but Bangladesh border guards stopped them from entering their territory.

21 Jan 2019 8:32 PM

Twitter said it had identified and suspended 15 accounts originating from Bangladesh for “engaging in coordinated platform manipulation.”

Facebook and Twitter remove pages and accounts in Bangladesh ahead of election

Facebook said it had removed nine fake news pages “linked to individuals associated with the Bangladesh government.”

21 Dec 2018 1:07 PM

Sheikh Hasina is in no mood to yield. Haunted by the brutal killing of almost her entire family, she cannot forget that Begum Zia’s husband was not only the eventual beneficiary of that bloodbath but that he did nothing to punish the murderers. (Photo: PTI)

Dhaka’s begums at war, fight yesterday’s battles

The resemblance goes beyond Pakistan’s first law and labour minister and Bangladesh’s former chief justice both being Hindus.

06 Nov 2018 1:57 AM

In Chalan Beel, floating schools chug along rivers and lakes swollen by floods, bringing education to students long denied a chance to learn in one of Bangladesh's poorest locations. (Photo: AFP)

'Floating schools' turn tide on climate change in Bangladesh

BRAC University students recently unveiled a model for floating a bamboo home that can survive flood or be relocated in case of inundation.

04 Oct 2018 12:09 PM

The JMB, founded in 1998 by Shaikh Abdur Rahman, was banned in 2005 for setting off about 500 bombs simultaneously all around Bangladesh. (Photo: PTI/Representational image)

Two Bangladeshi terrorists held by ATS in Greater Noida

They were planning major strike in NCR: Police.

25 Jul 2018 2:03 AM

Navy to send special team on-board MV SSL

Team to stop container drift to international border.

16 Jun 2018 6:34 AM

The oral cholera vaccines have been made available through the Inter-Agency Coordinating Group with members from WHO, UNICEF, Medecins sans Frontieres and International Federation of the Red Cross. (Photo: Pixabay)

Rohingya refugees, host communities being vaccinated against cholera in Bangladesh

This is a second cholera vaccination campaign being held for the Rohingyas and their host communities.

08 May 2018 8:50 AM

Myanmar has said it has already verified several hundred Rohingya refugees for possible repatriation. (Photo: File)

Soon, Myanmar minister to visit Rohingya camps as Bangladesh seeks refugees' return

The minister will visit camps in Kutupalong where many refugees live in shacks that are unlikely to withstand heavy rains and storms.

10 Apr 2018 5:40 PM

Split: A Life by Taslima Nasrin, Hamish Hamilton, Rs 329

A summary of ruptures

In its materiality it asserts the power of the printed word and the reaction it triggers in those who fear the word.

25 Mar 2018 12:44 AM

BJP MP Vinay Katiyar spews venom again

Since they were responsible for the partition, there was no need for them to stay in India, he told news channels.

08 Feb 2018 2:36 AM

The sarong-style skirt is being sold at Zara's UK online store at £ 69.99. (Photo: Twitter/ ms_aria101)

Twitter goes wild over Zara skirt that resembles Indian 'lungi'

The lungi is typically worn by men around their waist in India and South East Asian countries.

30 Jan 2018 4:10 PM

Shubham Gill top-scored with 86 in India’s 131-run win over Bangladesh in their ICC Under-19 World Cup quarter-final at Queenstown on Friday.(Photo: ICC)

U-19 World Cup: India colts set up Pakistan date

Apart from opener Pinak Ghosh (43), none of the other Bangladesh batsmen could cross the 20-run mark.

27 Jan 2018 5:50 AM

Richardson's resignation also came after Myanmar and Bangladesh failed to meet a January 23 deadline to begin the complex and contested repatriation of refugees. (Photo: AP)

US diplomat resigns from Suu Kyi panel on Rohingya crisis

Bill accused Suu Kyi of a 'furious response' to his calls to help free two Reuters journalists arrested while reporting on Rakhine crisis.

25 Jan 2018 3:16 PM

Myanmar blames Bangladesh for delay in repatriation of Rohingya refugees

Myanmar authorities are also accused of drawing out the process by agreeing to take back just 1,500 people a week.

23 Jan 2018 4:02 PM

Myanmar agreed earlier this month to receive the Rohingya refugees at two reception centres and a temporary camp near its border with Bangladesh over a two-year period starting Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar delayed: Bangladesh

The United Nations described the military operation as ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, which Myanmar denies.

22 Jan 2018 3:03 PM

The agreement follows a pact between the countries in November paving the way for repatriations from January 23, a deadline that is likely to slip given the logistical challenges of the cross-border operation. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya deal aims to repatriate refugees 'within 2 years'

It does not cover Rohingya refugees who were living in Bangladesh prior to that date who the UN estimates number at 200,000.

16 Jan 2018 1:10 PM

More than 650,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown in August following attacks on police posts by a militant group. (Photo: Representational image)

1st camp to house Rohingyas will be ready next week: Myanmar official

The UN refugee agency said it is not involved in the process but is willing to play a 'constructive role' in the process if allowed.

15 Jan 2018 3:53 PM

Bangladeshi Christian devotees offering prayers at a church at Nagori, near Dhaka. (Photo: AFP)

Fear stalks Bangladesh’s Christians after attacks

Christian leaders say many have left Bangladesh in recent years as the community increasingly finds itself targeted by Islamists.

27 Nov 2017 1:00 AM

Doctors in India see patients for just two minutes: study

India’s primary care consultation time was two minutes in 2015.

09 Nov 2017 1:59 PM

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