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Remittance inflows reach Tk16,000cr in 15 days

Staff Reporter:

Bangladesh has received remittances totaling $1.312 billion (Tk 16,009 crore at an exchange rate of Tk 122 per dollar) in the first 15 days of February 2025.

Earlier, in January, expatriate Bangladeshis sent $2.19 billion in remittances. For the last six consecutive months, since August of the current fiscal year, remittance inflows have exceeded $2 billion each month.

According to th...

Two businesses fined Tk9,000 in Chuadanga

Chuadanga Correspondent:

The National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate (NCRPD) of Chuadanga conducted an operation in the Bara Bazar area of Chuadanga town and fined two businesses Tk 9,000 for not displaying proper price lists.

During the raid, wholesale and retail shops selling essential commodities were monitored. Sheikh Barek Store, owned by Md. Abdul Basit Sheikh, was fined Tk 2,000, while M

Consumers to get beef at Tk 650 per kg during Ramadan

bdreports24 Desk:  The government will sell beef at Tk 650 per kg through mobile trucks during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan so that consumers can get essential protein sources along with mutton, milk, eggs, and fish, as part of its regular initiative at an affordable price during Ramadan. Farida Akhter, the Fisheries and Livestock Adviser, announced this today after an event at the Agricultural Research Council in Farmgate, Dhaka.

"The ministry initially decided not to sell beef and mutton ...

Maintain law and order strictly, CA to DCs 

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) on Sunday to strictly maintain law and order and strengthen market monitoring in the country. “Maintaining the country's law and order is the top priority of the government, so the DCs should not fail in any way to this end,” he said while inaugurating three-day DCs Conference in Shapla Hall of his office here. Running a government is a team work, Prof Yunus said, adding the Bangladesh government should be a team where no one should do any mistake that makes the whole team deprived of success. He stressed the need for maintaining coordination in the works of poli...

Air chief back Bangladesh from KSA, UAE

bdreports24 Desk: Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan has returned Bangladesh on Sunday, after finishing his five-day official tour to Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to a press release of the Directorate of the Inter-Services of Public Relations (ISPR),  the Air Chief visited Saudi Arabia from February 9-13, 2025 at the invitation of the Commander of Royal Saudi Air Force. During the visit, he visited different installations of Royal S...

Dhaka Metro sets new record

The Dhaka Metro Rail has made a new record by carrying a record 403,164 passengers in a single day, according to the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL). In its verified Facebook post on Friday, DMTCL announced that the record-breaking figure was achieved on Thursday, marking the highest number of passengers transported in a single day since the metro rail service was inaugurated. Expressing gratitude, DMTCL extended thanks to passengers, well-wishers, and ...
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