Foreigner found hiding in container with two expired M'sian passports
PETALING JAYA: The Immigration Department has detained a Bangladeshi man after a viral social media post allegedly showed him holding both a Malaysian passport and a Bangladeshi passport.
Looming threat to social security
Businesses run by illegal immigrants pose a real problem, one that requires real action to solve, not just talk.
Experts warn of dengue spike as outbreak spreads
THE country could face a sharp increase in dengue infections over the next two months, health experts warned, as wet weather and inadequate mosquito control spur a wider outbreak.
Parliament passes Bill to curb gambling, online betting
The nation's parliament has passed a Bill imposing tougher new penalties for gambling, online betting and cricket match- fixing, with offenders facing up to seven years in prison and hefty fines.
Man arrested for allegedly filming students in Bangladesh varsity women's washroom
DHAKA: A man was arrested at Jahangirnagar University (JU) after allegedly secretly filming inside the women's washroom at the university's Teachers-Students Centre (TSC).
Ousted PM Hasina vows to return home this year
Ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to Bangladesh this year, brushing aside a death sentence handed down in absentia and denouncing the ruling as "illegal, unconstitutional and politically motivated."
Bangladesh sentences Singaporean tycoon for financial crime; his lawyers say he was not charged
SINGAPORE: A naturalised Singaporean has been sentenced by a court in Bangladesh to five months' jail over a financial crime, with lawyers for the billionaire decrying the ruling as "invalid" and "in breach of the rules of natural justice."
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina vows to return home this year
DHAKA: Ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (pic) has vowed to return to Bangladesh this year, brushing aside a death sentence handed down in absentia and denouncing the ruling as "illegal, unconstitutional and politically motivated."
Record millions found in mosque donation boxes
A record-breaking sum of more than 150 million taka (RM4.95mil) was found in the donation boxes of the historic Pagla Masjid in Kishoreganj after a daylong count on Saturday, marking the highest amount ever collected in the mosque's history, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) reported.
World Bank approves US$1.1bil emergency financing
The World Bank has approved US$1.1bil (RM4.5bil) in emergency financing for Bangladesh to help secure food supplies, support vulnerable households and businesses due to the rising prices of fertiliser, fuel and food from the Middle East conflict.
