Bangladesh received $35.59 billion in remittances in FY2025-26, marking a $5.26 billion increase from $30.33 billion in the previous fiscal year, as inflows rose from most major source countries.Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury disclosed the figures in Parliament on Thursday in response to a written question from reserved women’s seat lawmaker ...more

The Director General of the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Force, Major General Abdul Motaleb Sajjad Mahmud, has extended financial support to the family of a sub-district Ansar-VDP officer who died in a road accident while performing his professional duties.Mohammad Alauddin, Ansar and VDP officer of Mirsharai Upazila in Chattogram, was killed in a tragic ...more

 The Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) has organised a day-long training workshop aimed at enhancing administrative efficiency, ensuring proper handling of legal matters, and raising officials’ awareness of government rules and regulations.The workshop, titled “Case Management, Annual Confidential Report (ACR) Writing, Government Servants’ Conduct Rules, Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 2018 (Amended), ...more

A joint training programme on climate risk management in Bangladesh’s delta region, organised by the University of Dhaka and the French Embassy in Dhaka, concluded on Thursday with a certificate distribution ceremony.The programme, titled “Strengthening Technical Capacity for the Collection, Processing and Analysis of Water-Level Data for Climate Risk Management in the Bangladeshi Delta,” was ...more

The 19th Jail-Free Day of BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is being celebrated today (Thursday), as he celebrates the day of his freedom after spending almost 18 months in jail.Tarique was detained on March 7, 2007, when a military-backed caretaker government was in charge, having taken over after the political turmoil of January ...more

The two phases Biswa Ijtema, the annual Islamic congregation of Tabligh Jamaat, will be held in January next year, with the two rival groups holding their gatherings separately.The first phase will take place from January 8 to 10, followed by the second phase from January 15 to 17, on the Turag River bank.Followers of Maulana ...more

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has drawn attention after revealing that she worked around 18 hours a day while shooting for her upcoming film Vibe.The actress spoke about her long working hours at the film’s trailer launch event in Mumbai on September 2, amid an ongoing debate in Bollywood over extended shooting shifts.Zinta said she had ...more

Rajshahi Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Md Ashik Sayeed paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner Md Yusuf Ali on Wednesday.The meeting was held at the divisional commissioner's office in Rajshahi around 1:30pm.At the beginning of the meeting, the two senior officials exchanged greetings and welcomed each other with flowers.They discussed the ...more

The Bangladesh government on Thursday signed a $1 billion loan agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to finance the Modernisation and Expansion of Eastern Refinery Project.The agreement was signed at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the presence of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and IsDB Group President Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, according to the Prime ...more

The Bangladesh government on Thursday signed a $1 billion loan agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to finance the Modernisation and Expansion of Eastern Refinery Project.The agreement was signed at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the presence of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and IsDB Group President Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, according to the Prime ...more