A Bangladeshi peacekeeper was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Darfur region of Sudan yesterday morning. Md Ajgar Ali, 40, was killed when a bullet went through his neck in gunfire in front of a UN structure in Darfur. The gunfire also left two others injured. He was serving at Otash Community Police Camp in
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Bangladesh to lease Sudanese farmland
Bangladesh yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Sudan to take a 10-year lease on Sudanese farmland to grow crops aimed at ensuring food security of both the countries. Bangladesh and Sudan will jointly produce rice, lentil, oil, cotton and other crops on the leased land and share the produces between the two ... Read more
Fraud alert from Libya
Govt urged to ensure proper screening as manpower cheats get active Bangladesh embassy in Libya has asked for stringent government measures so that illegal manpower syndicates cannot send jobseekers to that country. The embassy sought such steps as it learnt that illegal syndicates have become active to send Bangladeshi workers to Egypt and Sudan ... Read more