Bangladeshi missions asked to celebrate NRB Day in grand manner: Momen

The government has declared December 30 "NRB Day" to resolve issues affecting non-resident Bangladeshis and encourage their contributions to the country, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said in London yesterday.
4 October 2023, 08:59 AM

Remittance hits 41-month low

$1.34 billion came in September, lowest since April of 2020
1 October 2023, 12:48 PM

First migrants in a week land on Italy's Lampedusa

38 migrants from Bangladesh arrived after their nine-metre boat was picked up off the coast by Italian authorities, Ansa said.
29 September 2023, 09:52 AM

Experts’ opinions sought to know causes of falling remittances

The Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today sought innovative suggestions from economists and sector experts to identify the reasons why inward remittance flow is not growing to the expected level, despite massive manpower exports and many students staying back and working abroad
25 September 2023, 16:13 PM

Discuss regularisation of middlemen

Stakeholders in the labour migration sector should discuss the regularisation of sub-agents or middlemen under the newly enacted Overseas Employment and Migrants (Amendment) Act, 2023, said Anisul Islam Mahmud, chairperson of the parliamentary committee on expatriates' welfare ministry, today
25 September 2023, 14:22 PM

Momen urges diaspora community to counter propaganda against Bangladesh

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called upon the Bangladeshi diaspora to play active role in countering misinformation and propaganda with facts and figures against their land of origin
25 September 2023, 13:54 PM

US-Bangla Airlines eyes expansion

US-Bangla Airlines is going to procure a record 26 aircraft soon to expand its routes and capture a major pie of the country’s aviation market currently dominated by foreign operators. 
23 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Novoair wins best airline award for on-time operation

Novoair, one of the leading private airlines of the country, has received the "Best on time performance airline- 2023" gold award for timely flight operations in domestic routes
21 September 2023, 11:35 AM

Bangladesh mission launches new legal service for expats in Bahrain

The Bangladesh embassy in Bahrain, with support from the Wage Earners' Welfare Board, has launched a legal support service for the Bangladeshi expatriates in the Gulf country
6 September 2023, 11:21 AM

Biman’s Dhaka-Tokyo flight starts today

The much-anticipated flight on Dhaka-Tokyo (Narita) route of Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to start from today.
31 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Kidnapped, tortured abroad: PBI arrests 8

Moslem Molla, 30, of Dhaka's Nawabganj area, went to Iraq for work back in 2016, hoping to make himself a fortune. While living there, he met another Bangladeshi called Selim Mia in 2021. Selim enticed Moslem with dreams of a better job, but then handed him over to a gang of kidnappers
28 August 2023, 15:18 PM

Rescue ship saves 438 migrants in Mediterranean: NGO

Rescue ship Ocean Viking has saved 438 migrants in distress in the Mediterranean over the last two days, the organisation that runs it, SOS Mediterranee, said on Friday
26 August 2023, 10:21 AM

Manama embassy comes under e-passport service

The Bangladesh embassy in Manama on Friday became the 30th overseas mission of Bangladesh to have e-passport service available for expatriates
12 August 2023, 18:41 PM

Bird strikes damage 2 aircrafts at HSIA during take-off

Aviation experts said bird strikes, especially during take-offs and landings, are dangerous as jet engines lose thrust following the ingestion of birds. This may lead to major accidents 
12 August 2023, 13:51 PM

Migration isn’t among govt’s ‘priority’ sectors: JP MP

The government does not want to accept the country's labour migration and remittance sector as a 'priority' sector, Barrister Shameem Haider Patwary, chairperson of Bangladesh Parliamentarians' Caucus on Migration and Development, said today
7 August 2023, 15:36 PM

Biman to resume direct flight to Guangzhou

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume direct flights from Dhaka to China's Guangzhou route on September 14
7 August 2023, 15:15 PM

Malaysia detains 250 Bangladeshi migrant workers

Immigration officers in Malaysia rounded up 252 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers during a raid today, according to a report of Free Malaysia Today, an online news portal
5 August 2023, 15:42 PM

Biman resumes flights to Japan's Narita

After a long hiatus, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is scheduled to start direct flights from Dhaka to Japan's Narita on September 1
25 July 2023, 18:33 PM

Scarborough Folk Fest 2023: A celebration of diversity, culture, and community

This festival promises a one-of-a-kind community experience, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds under one harmonious celebration of folk music.
21 July 2023, 05:47 AM

Biman Runway Incursion: Pilots almost caused disaster

There was a near miss on the runway of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday.
19 July 2023, 18:00 PM

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