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Netherlands visa center in Dhaka launched

The Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka and VFS Global have launched a new, state-of-the-art Netherlands Visa Application Centre in Banani to enhance visa services for Bangladeshi travellers. [caption id="attachment_34421" align="alignleft" width="1599"] The Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka and VFS Global have launched a Netherlands Visa Application Centre in Dhaka. Photo: Collected[/caption] Netherlands ambassador to Bangladesh Joris van Bommel today inaugurated the centre that will facilitate sho...

Media urged to ensure fair, objective coverage during elections

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has requested the media to cover the upcoming 13th parliamentary elections fairly and objectively.

The request came from a meeting held under the chairmanship of Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam at his ministry on September 7 this year, said a press release today.
Newspaper editors, publishers, and journalists were present at that meeting, which discussed the role of the media in the pre-election, elect...

Khaleda to contest from 3 constituencies, Tarique 1

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will contest from three constituencies in the upcoming 13th parliamentary election.

Begum Khaleda Zia will contest in the upcoming election from the Dinajpur-3, Bogura-7 and Feni-1 constituencies. BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will contest from the Bogura-6 constituency
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson's office in Gulshan th...

Remittance rises by 7pc in October

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$2.56 billion in remittances in October, which was around 7 per cent higher than the corresponding month of the previous year.

The wage earners sent $2.39 billion in remittances to the country in October 2024.
Talking to BSS, industry insiders observed that Bangladesh has been witnessing a growing trend in remittance inflows since December of last year due to multiple factors. The factors include a narrowing gap between official and informal excha...

Bangladesh now has 127,612,384 voters

The total number of voters in the country is currently 127,612,384. Of them, 64,760,382 are male voters, 62,850,772 are female, and 1,230 are transgender voters.

Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed shared the information with reporters today at his office in Nirbachan Bhaban, Agargaon.
He said that the number of voters increased by 1,304,880 in the last two months, from September 1 to October 31. Out of the total voters, the number of male voters has increased by 1,909,610, he added. ...

Jamuna Bank inks corporate health agreement

Jamuna Bank PLC. and United Health Care Services Limited signed a Corporate Health Agreement on October 30, 2025, at Jamuna Bank Tower, Gulshan-1, Dhaka.

The agreement was formally signed by Noor Mohammed, Deputy Managing Director & CBO of Jamuna Bank PLC, and Mohammad Faizur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer of United Health Care Services Limited, in the presence of the Additional Managing Director and COO, Md. Abdus Salam, alongside other senior officials from both organisations.
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