US top remittance source in Feb
Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States sent home the highest remittance amounting to US$491.26 million in February, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
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BANGLADESHI PARTIES: Populist uprising and institutional decay?
BANGLADESHI parties, still gutsy, encounter a heightened existential fear 鈥� the disquiet of a deep institutional crisis for them and the nation at large. And yet, parties are strategic to the country鈥檚 liberal democratic future. Since prime minister Sheikh Hasina lost power to the unprecedented civil unrest on August 5, 2024 and Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus-led...
BSF returns 3 Bangladeshis
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Tuesday said that they brought back three Bangladeshis who were detained by India鈥檚 Border Security Force two days ago on penetration charges in the northwestern frontier...
Attorneys sue Trump admin to keep 10 migrants including Bangladeshi out of Guantanamo Bay
Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants including a Bangladeshi detained in the US to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
Amit Shah for deporting Bangladeshis, Rohingyas from Delhi
Union home minister of India Amit Shah on Friday instructed the top brass of the Delhi police to have a clear and swift legal approach while dealing with unauthorised migrants, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, in New Delhi city, reported NDTV.
Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia demand ESKL shutdown
The Malaysia chapter of the 鈥楤angladesh Prabashi Odhikar Parishad鈥� on Thursday protested the alleged data breach and corruption linked to ESKL, a passport, visa, immigration service providing company reportedly owned by members of Sheikh family...
DCCI, Sharjah chamber聽sign trade deal
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed an agreement at Sharjah chamber on Thursday with an aim to expand export of Bangladeshi products to Sharjah and increase bilateral investment...
8,686 Bangladeshi companies members of Dubai Chambers
Dubai Chambers president and chief executive officer Mohammad Ali Rashed Lootah said that his organisation would work to strengthen cooperation between the business communities in Dubai and Bangladesh to foster partnerships...
About $2b remittance received in 22 days
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent near US$ 2 billion in remittances during the first 22 days of February in the fiscal 2024-25...
Faruque Ahmed joins DMTCL as managing director
Faruque Ahmed, a Bangladeshi civil engineer having experiences to work on different metro rail projects in different countries, joined Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited as the managing director on Wednesday...
Bangladeshi culture celebrated in Athens
Doel Academy, a cultural organisation founded by Bangladeshi expatriates in Greece, performed traditional Bangladeshi songs and dances at the 13th Folklore Festival in Greece on Monday...
Apparel exports to nontraditional market surge by 6.42pc
Bangladeshi apparel exporters bagged $3.97 billion from the nontraditional market in July-January of the financial year 2024-25, which is 6.42 per cent higher than $3.72 billion in the same period of the previous financial year, according to the data from the Export Promotion Bureau...
Bangladeshis鈥� credit card spending drops in India
Credit card spending by Bangladeshis in India has been falling, while such expenditures in USA, Thailand and Singapore have been rising, according to central bank data.
Arakan Army abducts four Bangladeshis from Naf
Myanmar-based armed rebel group Arakan Army allegedly abducted four Bangladeshi people at gunpoint while they were fishing at the estuary of the River Naf at Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday.
Touhid urges Georgia to enroll more Bangladeshi students
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday urged Georgia to enroll more Bangladeshi students in higher education institutions in the east European country...
Payment solution launched for students studying abroad
Trust Bank PLC has partnered with global money movement company TerraPay to introduce a digital payment solution for Bangladeshi students pursuing education abroad, said a press release...
Bangladesh鈥檚 reliance on Gulf nations under threat
OVER 10 million Bangladeshi migrant workers send home an estimated $22 billion in remittances annually, making it the country鈥檚 second-largest source of foreign exchange after garment exports. More than 60 per cent of this originates from the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait leading the way. At the same time...
23 bodies washed up on Libya shores
At least 23 bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, were buried in Libya in the past eight days until Monday after washing up on the shores of Brega, a coastal city in Libya.
Bangladeshi Cyclo alleges Swiss company limiting market
Bangladeshi recycled fibre brand Cyclo on Thursday alleged that a leading global Swiss brand was attempting to limit its market presence, jeopardising its position in the international market...
40 Bangladeshi firms to partake in Ambiente in Germany
A total of forty Bangladeshi firms are set to take part in a five-day trade show titled 鈥楢mbiente 2025鈥� scheduled to be held from February 7 to 11 at Frankfurt am Main in Germany...
Indians hack Bangladeshi youth to death along border
A 34-year-old Bangladeshi man was hacked to death by a group of Indians by entering Bangladesh territory in the Eolachhara area under Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar Sunday afternoon.
Govt urges Canada to expedite Bangladeshis鈥� visa processing
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday urged Canada to expedite visa processing for Bangladeshi nationals with a particular focus on students...
Amit Shah vows to evict 'illegal Bangladeshis' in Delhi if BJP wins local polls
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's closest political ally has pledged to rid the capital of 鈥榠llegal鈥� immigrants if his party wins looming elections, in a forceful appeal to his party's Hindu constituency. Interior minister Amit Shah said every unlawful migrant from neighbouring Bangladesh would be expelled from New Delhi 鈥榳ithin two years鈥� if his party succeeded in next month's provincial polls.
Bangladeshi artist curates Nepal Art Expo 2025
A four-day international art exhibition titled Nepal Art Expo 2025 curated by Bangladeshi young artist Md Imran Hossen is under way at the Art Council Gallery in Kathmandu...
Climate dissonance and real solutions
FOR the last several weeks I keep hearing people commenting, 鈥榃e鈥檙e not getting any winter this year.鈥� Yet when I go out in the mornings 鈥� when it鈥檚 as cold as it gets, which isn鈥檛 very cold 鈥� there are people in sweaters, jackets, mufflers, hats and gloves. Yes, it鈥檚 a smart adaptation technique, as unless people are used to extreme heat they are going to...
Malaysia extends repatriation programme for undocumented Bangladeshis
The Bangladesh high commission in Malaysia has announced an extension of the migrant repatriation programme for undocumented Bangladeshi nationals, allowing them to return home under revised provisions set by the Malaysian government...
Dhaka, Delhi need to effectively engage in easing border tension
THE clash between Bangladeshi and Indian villagers in the Shibganj border in Chapainawabganj over harvesting crops on no man鈥檚 land adds to the ongoing border tension resulted from India鈥檚 Border Security Force trying to erect fences on the zero line in violation of laws and agreements. Hundreds of villagers from both Bangladesh and India clashed...
Bi-nationals should have no place in public, political administration
THIS is a welcome move that the Anti-Corruption Commission, which has found that some public servants have secretly obtained dual citizenship and used their foreign passports to conceal their illegal wealth and to syphon money abroad, has begun an inquiry to find out public servants having dual citizenship. The commission, as part of the inquiry, wrote...
Bangladesh receives $1.21b in remittance in 18 days
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent over US$1.21 billion in remittance during the first 18 days of January in the 2024-25 fiscal year...
Businesses can enter LatAm market thru Brazil: Brazilian diplomat
Deputy head of mission at the Brazilian embassy in Dhaka Leonardo de Oliveira Jannuzzi has said that Brazil could be a gateway in the future to connect Bangladeshi private sector businesspersons with Latin American markets...