Bangladesh received $2.09 billion in remittances in the first 27 days of July—the opening month of the 2025–26 fiscal year—marking a 33.6% increase compared to the same period last year. Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and Spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank, confirmed the data on Sunday. In the same period of FY 2024–25, remittance inflows stood at $1.57 billion, according to ...

The long-anticipated July Charter is entering its final stages, with just days left before a draft is finalized, said Professor Ali Riaz, Vice-Chairman of the National Consensus Commission (NCC), on Saturday. Addressing the opening of 20th day of second-phase dialogue between political parties and NCC at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, Prof Riaz expressed confidence that the historic charter ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to London soon for medical check-up, according to the party sources. As her physicians advised for her follow-up check-up, the party leaders have already contacted to the foreign ministry centering Khaleda Zia’s tour. The BNP chief needs full recovery and for this, she will have to go to London, the party sources added.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday had a review meeting on the country’s law-and-order situation and election preparations by law enforcement agencies. The meeting was held at the state guest house Jamuna with Prof Yunus in the chair, said Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder.

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The premiere of Hindi crime thriller So Long Valley descended into chaos on Friday night after actress and model Ruchi Gujjar publicly confronted and allegedly slapped the film’s co-producer, Karan Singh, accusing him of financial fraud. A now-viral video from the event shows Gujjar hitting Singh with her sandal and engaging in a heated argument as protesters shouted slogans and ...

An estimated 61 million people live with hepatitis B, and 9 million with hepatitis C across the South-East Asia region, said the World Health Organization (WHO), stressing that progress is possible. “Our Region bears one of the highest burdens of chronic viral hepatitis globally, yet most people living with the disease remain undiagnosed and untreated,” said Dr Catharina Boehme, Officer-in-Charge, ...

A court in Sunamganj has ordered police to seize houseboats operating in the Tanguar Haor area of Sunamganj district, citing their role in causing significant environmental degradation. The order was issued on Sunday by Mohammad Alamgir, Senior Judicial Magistrate of Sunamganj and cognizance magistrate of Tahirpur, under Section 190(1) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. The directive follows multiple media ...

More than 40 people were killed on Sunday in a brutal attack by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ending several months of relative calm in the region, according to the UN peacekeeping mission and the Congolese military. The attack took place in the town of Komanda in Ituri province, where ADF fighters stormed a ...

Top economic officials from the United States and China are set to resume negotiations Monday in Stockholm, with the potential extension of lowered tariffs on the table. The talks come at a pivotal moment for President Donald Trump’s trade policy, as a series of temporary trade truces and looming deadlines could reshape global economic ties by the end of the ...