Migration and diaspora news
Minara Helen: Bangladeshi national Saifullah Al-Mamun, 39, made his initial appearance in Laredo, Texas, today after being extradited from Brazil on July 8. A second superseding indictment charges Al-...
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Staff Reporter: As in previous years, the 19th anniversary and cultural evening of Sangeet Academy in the U.S state of Connecticut will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at the Center Congregational Church in Manchester.A captivating cultural prog...
Staff Reporter: Rabiul Karim Belal, Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Bangladeshi Associations in North America (FOBANA), and Executive Secretary Khaled Ahmed Rouf, in a joint statement on the occasion of World Father's Day,...
Abu Sabet: A claim has emerged that many Bangladeshi attendees ignored U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez while she was delivering a speech at an Eid-al-Adha event in New York. A video related to the incident has gone viral on social media,...
Noman Sabit: Bangladeshi expatriates across all 50 states of the United States celebrated the holy Eid al-Adha on the same day. On Wednesday, May 27, Muslims from various communities across the country participated in Eid prayers organized by more th...
Chhabed Sathee: Thousands of Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States have been suffering hardships in obtaining sacrificial meat during Eid-ul-Azha due to a severe shortage of butchers. The long-standing butcher crisis has now reached an alarmin...
Staff Reporter: Bangladeshi expatriates in the U.S. state of Connecticut celebrated the Bengali New Year with a vibrant ‘Vorta Festival’ in Manchester. The event was organized on Saturday evening, May 16, at the Center Congregational Church by local...
Chhabed Sathee: Florida prosecutors are moving to execute the man accused of killing two doctoral students after allegedly asking ChatGPT for tips on how to ditch the bodies.The Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office filed notice Friday to seek the dea...
Noman Sabit: A Bangladeshi Bronx man was sentenced in New York on May 7, 2026 for the June 2021 murder of a U.S. national in Bangladesh.Ganet Rozario, 54, a U.S. citizen from New York, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Rozario previously pleaded g...
Staff Reporter: The Federation of Bangladesh Associations in North America has expressed deep sorrow and concern over the disappearance and killing of two Bangladeshi PhD students in the U.S. state of Florida.In a joint statement, FOBANA Executive Co...
Chhabed Sathee: Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister has provided a ‘gruesome’ update in the case involving the killing of two Bangladeshi PhD students from University of South Florida who had gone missing in the Tampa area of Florida, United...
Noman Sabit: A Imam at a Jamaica mosque is accused of being a child sex abuser, according to the NYPD.Tajul Islam, 55, was arrested on the night of Monday, April 27, by detectives from the Queens Child Abuse Squad and booked at the 113th Precinct in...
Chhabed Sathee: Jamil Limon, the Bangladeshi doctoral student found dead in Florida, had been planning to marry fellow missing student Nahida Brishti, according to his family. They said Limon had even proposed to her and often described Brishti as a...
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