THE Bangladesh Expatriates鈥� Rights Council鈥檚 demand for the recognition of the contribution of the expatriates to the 2024 July uprising, which toppled the authoritarian regime of the Awami League for a decade and a half on August 5, 2024, and their political inclusion in the July national charter 2025 merits justification. The council, a platform of expatriate Bangladeshis...
Expatriates sent US$1.26 billion in remittances to Bangladesh in the first 16 days of August, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank...
An expatriate was seriously injured as he was hacked in the Alipur area under Begumganj upazila in Noakhali on Saturday, allegedly for refusing to pay extortion money...
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul said that the interim government had initiated plans to build a dedicated modern hospital for expatriate community...
Bangladeshi expatriates have sent inward US$2.36 billion in remittances in the first 30 days of July, the first month of the current fiscal year 2025-26...
Expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment adviser Asif Nazrul said that the Malaysian government would issue multiple-entry visas for the Bangladeshi expatriates from now on.
Some 17,367 Bangladeshi expatriates have so far been registered as voters after they applied from nine foreign countries through Bangladeshi missions there.
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday placed four men, including three Bangladeshi expatriates deported from Malaysia, on four-day remand in a case filed with the Airport police, accusing them of involvement in militancy...
Expatriate Bangladeshis have sent about $1.99 billion in the first 21 days of June...
A Bangladeshi expatriate on Friday night was fined by a mobile court for an arrangement to marry an underage girl at Gournadi upazila of Barishal...
A rented microbus carrying a female expatriate and her family was robbed on the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway in Tangail early Saturday...
Bangladesh has received $1.61 billion in inward remittances during the first 17 days of May, marking a robust flow of foreign currency from expatriate workers, according to a revised update from Bangladesh Bank...
Political parties on Tuesday welcomed the government move to make arrangements for Bangladeshi expatriates to vote from abroad, while at the same time voiced reservations citing technical and institutional challenges...
Two Bangladeshi expatriates were killed in accidents in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia respectively on Monday, according to their families.
The strong inflow of remittances has continued into April, with expatriates sending $1.78 billion in the first 19 days of the month...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent over US$ 1.05 billion remittances during the first twelve days of April in the fiscal 2024-25...
Chief election commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said the voting system of expatriates will be finalised shortly, following consultations with technical experts.
THE Election Commission is mulling over the introduction of proxy voting in the 13th parliamentary elections. The commission thinks that proxy voting would be the most practical solution for it to implement within the time frame left before the elections. In the process, Bangladeshi expatriates could cast their vote through an authorised individual back in Bangladesh. An...
The Election Commission is considering the introduction of proxy voting for expatriate Bangladeshis in the 13th parliamentary elections as the commission thinks that this system would be the most practical solution to the issue within the timeframe available for the polls...
Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States sent home the highest remittance amounting to US$491.26 million in February, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent near US$ 2 billion in remittances during the first 22 days of February in the fiscal 2024-25...
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...
Expatriate workers who were sent back from different countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for supporting the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination in the July-August uprising suspended their protest with a 10-day ultimatum on Monday...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent over US$1.21 billion in remittance during the first 18 days of January in the 2024-25 fiscal year...
International remittance service Taptap Send has recently announced its expansion into Australia, said a press release...
Bangladesh has received remittance of over $7 billion from expatriate citizens in the past three months, official data showed...
The first batch of 54 Bangladesh nationals evacuated from Lebanon arrived in Dhaka by a Saudi Arabian commercial flight on Monday afternoon.
The interim government has taken an initiative to ensure the safe return of Bangladeshis from Lebanon, said the foreign affairs ministry.
Bangladeshi expatriate businesses living in Europe have expressed their keen interest to invest in the country鈥檚 pharmaceuticals, healthcare, agriculture, processed food, education, technology, services sector and human resources development...
Remittance inflow to Bangladesh soared by more than 80 per cent in September compared with that in the same month of the previous year, as expatriates sent more money through formal channels following major political shift in the country...