Written by BDJ Desk

​The JS Shiranui, second Asahi-class guided-missile destroyer, was commissioned into Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) service in a ceremony held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki Shipyard on February 27... ...

Written by Bashir Ahmed

​‘There was blood everywhere, dead bodies were laying down on the floor, numbers of wounded people including women and children were asking help to survive’- this scenario was painted by Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian born terrorist with the evil ideology of white supremacy at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

​The Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohammed, attended this year’s Pakistan Day parade and was treated to an acrobatic performance by a group of JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighters. The aircraft is assembled in Pakistan and was developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex/Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (PAC/CAC)... ...

Written by Lt Col A T M Hasan Ahmed (Retd)

​1. To the outside world Burma Campaign used to be known as the forgotten war due to its less attention compared to other theatres of war during World War II (WWII). Fought by a combination of nationalities on the allied side, it provided a common rallying point against the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Due to the sporadic weather and harsh terrain, it was one the longest campaign in World War II and began with the invasion of Burma by the 15th Japanese Army in 1942 and ended with its defeat in 1945. Japanese entered on this side of theatre with a aim to acquire raw materials and to expand the Japanese imperialism. With humiliating surrender of   British, Australian and Indian troops in the Malay peninsula and in Singapore Japanese could have stopped and consolidated there. But they proceeded with accomplishment and entered Burma... ...

Written by Diplomatic Correspondent

​Bangladesh has announced 26 Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System (PCRS) components for the United Nations peacekeeping operations to meet their requirement.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam made the announcement while sharing Bangladesh’s PCRS at the 2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting held at UN headquarters in New York on March 29... ...

Written by Diplomatic Correspondent

​A two-week long joint military exercise to counter terrorism, insurgency and other challenges was conducted as part of the ongoing military cooperation between Bangladesh and India.

The military exercise Sampriti 2019 was held at Bangabandhu Cantonment, Tangail from March 2-15. The 8th edition of exercise Sampriti, commenced with an impressive opening ceremony. The participating contingents marched in and stood side by side and gave a ceremonial salute to the national flags of both the countries to the strains of “Amar Sonar Bangla” and “Jana Gana Mana”... ...

Written by Fakhrul Islam

​The two belligerent neighbors, India and Pakistan have fought three wars, of which three—in 1947–1948, 1965, and a localized conflict across the LoC in 1999—have centered on the territorial dispute over Jammu and Kashmir and the war of 1971, which is also part of the liberation struggle of and resulted in the creation of Bangladesh. There’s a common denominator to these conflicts: all of these wars happened before any of the two had developed their nuclear arsenal... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

​A General who was on vacation near an Army... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

​Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated a Kalashnikov plant in the Indian town of Amethi in the northeastern province of Uttar Pradesh. It set to produce at least 750,000 of AK-203s for the army locally, as the Indian forces are planning to steadily phase out their aging INSAS assault rifles which are rife with multitudes of complaints from the soldiers in the field thus address India’s struggle to modernize its Army’s small arms... ...