Bangladesh
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Iran receives two awards at Dhaka festival
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Two Iranian films 'Dressage' and 'The Return' won awards at the 17th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) held from January 10 to 18.
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Level of mass-rigging in Bangladesh polls 'unprecedented' in its history'
TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – Last week, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina retained power with a landslide victory in general elections that were marred by incidents of violence and allegations of rigging.
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Four Iranian titles go to Dhaka Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – Four films by Iranian filmmakers, including ‘Leaf of Life’ and ‘Appendix’, have made it into the screening program of 17th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh.
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
After incarceration, Saudi deports ‘handcuffed’ Rohingya to Bangladesh
TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – Driven from their homeland in Rakhine state of Myanmar by the ultranationalist Buddhist monks actively backed by the country’s military forces, Rohingya Muslims have been rendered homeless.
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Rouhani extends congratulations to Bangladesh on successful parliamentary elections
TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated the victory of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Awami League party in the recent parliamentary elections in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh filmmaker:
Genocide is slow strangulation of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – A documentary filmmaker from Bangladesh, Shafiur Rahman, talked in an interview about the condition of Rohingya in Bangladesh, the repatriation plan, reports about Rohingya fleeing to Malaysia because of incarceration in Rakhine state of Myanmar and the solution to this crisis.
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‘Bystander’ wins Best Animation Award at Global Youth Film Festival Rangpur
TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Iranian short animation ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi won the Best Animation Award at the Global Youth Film Festival Rangpur in Bangladesh.
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Horrendous year for Rohingya refugees worsened by intl. inaction
TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – It has been one year since Rohingya Muslims were forced to leave Myanmar following brutal crackdown by Myanmar military with tacit support from the government.
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
Global response to Rohingya crisis astonishingly slow
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – In the crammed and dingy refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, where almost a million Rohingya refugees are currently languishing in impoverished conditions, women who were gang-raped by Burmese security forces nearly 10 months ago are now giving birth to babies.
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Iran takes over IONS presidency
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – The rotating presidency of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) has been officially handed over to the Navy of Islamic Republic of Iran Army for a two-year term.
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Iran offers condolences over Bangladeshi plane crash
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Iran has expressed deep condolences to Bangladesh over the deadly crash of a Bangladeshi aircraft on Monday.
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‘Kasco’ to vie at two intl. filmfests.
TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘Kasco’ directed by Mojtaba Ghasemi will be screened in two international film festivals in Bangladesh and Italy.
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Pre. Rouhani felicitates Bangladeshi counterpart on re-election
TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – President Rouhani forwarded a message of congratulations to his Bangladeshi counterpart on the occasion of President Abdul Hamid’s re-election for the 2nd term in office.
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Iranian donors to Rohingya Muslims to be appreciated on Wed.
TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – The Iranian philanthropists who joined some other international charities to build and open a school at a refugee camp in Bangladesh to serve the Rohingya refugees will be honored on Wednesday in Tehran.
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Dhaka filmfest. to screen shocking war doc ‘A157’
TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Behrouz Nouranipour’s chilling war documentary ‘A157’ will be screened at the 16th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh.
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‘Searing Summer’ to vie in Dhaka Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – ‘Searing Summer’ directed by Ebrahim Irajzad will compete in the Asian section of the 26th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh.
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‘It Rains Slowly’ goes to Bangladesh children filmfest.
TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Iranian short film ‘It Rains Slowly’ directed by Saeed Nejati has been accepted into the screening program of the 11th International Children’s Film Festival in Bangladesh.
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‘The End of Dreams’ goes to Dhaka filmfest.
TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – ‘The End of Dreams’ directed by Mohammad Ali Talebi has been accepted into the screening program of the 26th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh.
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Iran's 49th navy fleet docks at Port Chittagong of Bangladesh
TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Completing its mission at IMMSAREX-17 SAR drill of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), Iran's 49th navy fleet docked at Bangladeshi Port of Chittagong on Saturday.
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Iran, Bangladesh navy delegation discuss bilateral issues
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – The Iranian naval delegation, who is in Bangladesh to attend International Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX), met and talked with Bangladesh navy head in Dhaka.
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Iran’s navy attends largest maritime exercise in Bangladesh
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – Iran's Navy attended International Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX) underway in Bangladesh, under the auspices of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium.
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Iran’s 49th navy fleet docks at Bangladesh harbor
TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Forty-ninth fleet of the navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army have arrived in Bangladesh to join the Indian Ocean exercise.
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Myanmar, Bangladesh sign agreement on rohingya refugees
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed on a repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims.
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By: Asghar Khamseh
Border of solitude, photo exhibition of Myanmar tragedy
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) –A photography exhibition under the title of ‘the Border of Solitude’ was opened in Tehran on Monday. The shots taken by Bangladeshi photographer Nour al-Alam feature the misery of Burmese Muslims escaping their homeland for the fear of state run arsons, rape of women, and slaughter of men. He has taken the photos on the borderline of Bangladesh and Myanmar where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims cross the border in pursuit of a secure shelter from extremist Buddhists and Burmese army.
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Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to discuss return of Rohingya
TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed on a proposal to coordinate the repatriation of Rohingya refugees, Foreign Minister A. H. Mahmood Ali said Monday.
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Iran distributes humanitarian aid to Rohingya refugees
TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – An Iranian delegation, headed by FM Rahmipour, made a visit to refugee camp of Rohingya Muslims in border areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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Navy commander meets with Bangladeshi counterpart
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Commander of Iran's Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari met with his Bangladeshi counterpart on the sidelines of the 3rd International Maritime Security Symposium.
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Iran condoles deaths in Bangladesh landslide
TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) – Iranian FM Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has forwarded a message of condolences to government and nation of Bangladesh over landslides killing numerous people and causing massive damage in the country’s southeast.
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Iraqi MP hails Iran’s role in region
TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – Parliamentarian delegations of Iran and Iraq met in Dhaka on the sidelines of the 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly.
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Iran welcomes boosting economic ties with Bangladesh
TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) – In meeting with Bangladeshi ambassador, Iran’s Parliament speaker has welcomed expansion of parliamentary relations between Iran and Bangladesh.