Bangladesh will adopt a stronger stance in the upcoming 55th director general-level conference between Border Guard Bangladesh and India’s Border Security Force, Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said yesterday.

A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of Aceh continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political unr

The Bangladesh Navy on Saturday intercepted a human trafficking operation in the hills of Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, rescuing 17 men, women, and children who were being trafficked to Malaysia. The operation took place in the Kachhapia hill area of Baharchhara union,

Continuing the crackdown on human trafficking and immoral activities, the Women Protection Wing of the Central Crime Branch rescued ten women from neighbouring countries who were lured into prostitution in and around the city.

In the border areas of Alikadam Upazila in Bandarban, a trafficking ring has become active, facilitating illegal entry in exchange for money. This has disrupted the security of the area, and locals fear a rise in criminal activities in the upazila.

Bangladesh Navy personnel have arrested a member of a human trafficking gang and rescued 19 people, including two Bangladeshi nationals and 17 Rohingyas.  They were being gathered to be trafficked to Malaysia from the Teknaf coast in Cox's Bazar.

Three Bangladeshi men were rescued from forced labour while 29 others were detained following a raid on a furniture and recycling factory in Petaling Jaya.

Acting envoy Nardia Simpson assures her continued efforts at headquarters to address visa and consular issues upon her return

An official on Thursday said that the police have arrested four Bangladeshi women living illegally in Thane city of Maharashtra, reported news agency PTI. Search was underway for the owner of a house that was given on rent to the illegal migrants,