Bangladesh received a record-high US$30.32 billion in remittances during the 2024–25 fiscal year, marking a significant 26.8% year-on-year increase compared to the US$23.9 billion received in FY2023–24, according to Bangladesh Bank data. The inflow between July 2024 and June 2025 set a new benchmark as the highest annual remittance in the country’s history. The growth trend was bolstered by rising ...

Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has announced a hike in gold prices effective from July 2, marking the beginning of 2025–26 fiscal year.Bangladeshi cuisine recipes The price of 22-carat gold has increased by Tk 1,890 per bhori, bringing it to Tk 172,126 up from Tk 170,236. In a press release issued on Tuesday, BAJUS stated that the adjustment was made due ...

Kylian Mbappe jogged, clapped his hands together and waved to a crowd of excited fans before checking into the Club World Cup for the first time. From there, the Real Madrid star didn’t need to do much for his club to advance past Juventus into the tournament’s quarterfinals. Gonzalo Garcia, who had started Madrid’s four matches while Mbappe dealt with ...

Serhou Guirassy continued his prolific scoring run to lead Borussia Dortmund to a 2-1 victory over Sergio Ramos’s Monterrey on Monday, booking their place in the Club World Cup quarter-finals. The Guinean striker struck twice in the first half, with both goals assisted by Karim Adeyemi, giving the Bundesliga side a solid lead heading into the break at Atlanta’s air-conditioned ...

A group of 28 Bangladeshis, who had been stranded in Iran due to the ongoing conflict with Israel, safely returned home on Tuesday (July 1). A flight, carrying them, mostly women and children, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 7:30AM. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) confirmed this. The return journey began on June 25, when the ...

Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain urged ICESCO for establishing an ‘Islamic Culture and Language Centre’ in Bangladesh to expand public knowledge and research opportunities on Islamic culture and languages.Bangladeshi cuisine recipes During his official visit to Morocco, the adviser held a high-level meeting with Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Dr Salim ...

“I’ve not had as much quality time with my colleagues since the Brexit wars,” a minister told me with a wry smile. A remark that gets to the heart of the row over changes to the benefits system within the Labour Party: this is a government with a big majority, that has already performed a big U-turn and yet is ...

A civil servant’s assertion that there was a “generational slaughter within care homes” in the early days of the pandemic is a phrase that “chimes with the experience of thousands of our families”, the Covid inquiry has heard. Pete Weatherby, barrister for the campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, said the phrase might seem an exaggeration but it ...

Temperatures are continuing to soar in parts of England, with the heat on course to potentially hit 34C or 35C in the south. Tuesday could officially become the hottest day of the year so far, topping the 33.2C recorded in Surrey 10 days ago. The Midlands will also see above-average temperatures – but there is a stark contrast in conditions ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday adjourned till July 7 the hearing on charge framing in a crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others for their crimes against humanity committed during the July-August Mass Uprising. Two other accused are former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury ...