Fourteen Rohingya-led rights groups in Cox’s Bazar have demanded that Myanmar ensure voting rights of all Rohingyas of voting age, including those in Bangladesh refugee camps, and their participation in the national elections slated for November 8.

China is planning a more than 1 trillion yuan ($146 billion) push to accelerate infrastructure investment in Tibet, including new and previously announced projects, three sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters.

Malaysia government will impose an entry ban from September 7 onwards on the citizens of 12 countries, including Bangladesh, which are recording more than 150,000 cases of Covid-19, Malaysia’s Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has reportedly said.

India on Wednesday banned 118 more Chinese apps as the backlash intensified against Beijing over an increasingly bitter border showdown between the giant neighbours.

The 5th BIMSTEC Summit, preceded by the 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial meeting, is proposed to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the first half of January 2021 -- subject to the improved Covid-19 situation.

India’s foreign ministry has accused Chinese troops of taking “provocative actions” on the disputed Himalayan mountain border while commanders from both sides were holding talks on Monday to defuse tensions between the Asian giants.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh would provide 50,000 tonnes of fertilizer to Nepal responding to a call by her Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli as the landlocked country was exposed to a critical shortage of the crucial agriculture input.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid her last respects to former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee before his funeral.

Twenty-nine Indian sailors -- stranded in Bangladesh due to coronavirus outbreak -- left Dhaka on a special flight of Novoair today.

Bangladesh and India want to launch a travel air bubble without any delay and the issue will be discussed in New Delhi during a virtual meeting of the next Joint Consultative Commission (JCC), officials have said.

Behind all the accolades (Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award and epithets like elder statesman) for Pranab Mukherjee lies is his realisation that he was in the final analysis a Bengali to the core. “Aami Bangalee chhilam, achhi, o thakbo” he once said at a felicitation function in Kolkata.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expressed deep condolence at the death of former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led an outpouring of condolence and rich tributes to former president Pranab Mukherjee, who died in New Delhi today, saying that he left an indelible mark on the politics and development of the country.

Pranab Mukherjee, the first Bengali to hold India’s highest constitutional post of President and one of the country's most respected politicians, has died after battling various ailments for 20 days.

An Indian national was arrested for trying to smuggle mobile phones into Bangladesh through the Petrapole integrated check-post in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, the Border Security Force (BSF) has said.

An Indian court has ordered the release of 25 Bangladeshi fishermen, who were detained by Assam police for violating their tourist visa conditions.

South Korea has reported 323 new cases of the coronavirus as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions in the greater capital area.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) members have apprehended two Indian nationals while they were trying to go to Bangladesh illegally.

India today said the visit by its Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla was “useful” in discussing specific initiatives in several key areas of mutual interest and also reflected the priority India accords to Bangladesh as part of its neighbourhood first policy.

India’s top opposition leader Sonia Gandhi was today urged by Congress party’s highest decision-making forum to stay on as the party's interim president and to bring about necessary changes to strengthen the organisation.