Expatriate Bangladeshis have sent approximately US$1421 in remittances during the first 16 days of July in the current fiscal year 2025-26, according to data released by Bangladesh Bank on Friday. This amount reflects a daily inflow of $88.21 million, showing a steady increase compared to the same period last year when the country received $1.32 billion. The growing remittance flow ...

The written MCQ exam for the 48th Special BCS is being held today (Friday) from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The two-hour exam is being conducted exclusively at various centers in Dhaka. This special BCS has been arranged to urgently recruit 3,000 doctors for the health sector. According to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC), 2,700 will be appointed as ...

A young motorcyclist was killed after his bike crashed into the rear of a truck in Sylhet’s Jaintapur Upazila on Thursday evening. The accident occurred around 7:30 PM on the Sylhet-Tamabil regional highway in Dema area of Darbast union. The dead Fahim, 19, son of expatriate Badrul Islam, was a resident of Dema village. According to eyewitnesses, the motorcycle was ...

In a week-long series of joint operations led by the Bangladesh Army, 328 individuals involved in various criminal activities were detained between July 10 and 17. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations were carried out in coordination with other law enforcement agencies across different parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka. The detainees ...

The government has formed a three-member committee to investigate the violence that occurred in Gopalganj on Wednesday (July 26). Nasimul Ghani, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, will lead the probe body. Other two members are two additional secretaries – one from the Ministry of Public Administration and another from the Ministry of Law and Justice, said a ...

One of four rebel MPs suspended by Labour for defying party orders has said it will not silence her – but she will continue to support the government as an independent. Rachel Maskell told the BBC she had been expelled from the party in Parliament for her role in a rebellion against disability benefit cuts, which forced Sir Keir Starmer ...

Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been cleared by South Korea’s top court of fraud charges, concluding a years-long legal battle over his role in a 2015 merger deal. Lee, the grandson of Samsung’s founder and the de facto head of the company since 2014, had been accused of using stock and accounting fraud to try to gain control of the ...

Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say. The method, pioneered by UK scientists, combines the egg and sperm from a mum and dad with a second egg from a donor woman. The technique has been legal here for a decade but we now have ...

The monsoon season brings much-needed relief from the scorching summer heat. However, the increased humidity, moisture, and unpredictable rainy weather can wreak havoc on your hair, causing frizz, damage, and scalp issues. Here are few tips for your personal haircare: Drink lots of water. Your body, hair skin all respond to the amount of water you take in. This is ...

Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that those involved in Gopalganj incident, will be arrested. ”None will be sparred in this issue.” When asked whether the detectives had any information about such an incident happening in Gopalganj, Jahangir Alam said, “The detectives had information, but not to such an extent.” “On Wednesday, I gave instructions ...