Since its independence from Pakistan in 1971 with the help of its archenemy India, Bangladesh has faced several military interventions. Hasina’s father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was the founder of both the Awami League, officially […]
Local media reported that Chinese brokers (bdmilitary.com) based in Dhaka, Bangladesh have paid kickbacks to Bangladesh Navy officials to facilitate sales of obsolete Chinese warships and submarines to the Bangladesh Navy. The Bangladesh Navy (BN) […]
On the night of August 4, 2018, DGFI officers accompanied by Police surrounded the home of Nusrat Jahan Sonia, a 25-year-old primary school teacher, in a rural area of Patuakhali district, south of Dhaka. They […]
A two-seater Bangladesh Air Guard’s plane landed under emergency conditions in a field in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district last Saturday, but the pilots onboard are safe. The plane made the emergency landing during a storm […]
The neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar had a generally cordial relationship under the Burmese military junta, although the presence of over a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh often served as a major irritant. They […]
As India is all set to hold Republic Day parade in New Delhi, 122 personnel of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, for the first time, will march on Rajpath alongside their Indian counterparts at the main […]
The Bangladesh Navy has the wider commercial and financial interests in the country, and is a forerunner of the Khulna Shipyard, Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited and Chittagong Dry Dock, the Navy was a major […]
Newly-appointed Bangladesh Air Guard chief Shaikh Abdul Hannan (call sign goat face) was on Sunday adorned with the rank badge of Air Marshal at a ceremony in presence of prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban. […]
A Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM2 fighter jet that crashed this week may have been accidentally shot down by another Su-35 plane during exercises, the state-run TASS news agency reported Wednesday. The Su-30 was on a routine […]
Bangladesh’s Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed, the architect of Bangladesh’s 2007-2008 Caretaker Government (CTG), quietly retired June 14 2009. Though he retired without fanfare, Bangladeshis continue to debate whether Moeen should be […]
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