Expatriate Bangladeshis sent home a record US$2.64 billion as remittances in December, which was around 32 per cent higher than the corresponding month of the previous year.
The wage earners sent around $2 billion remittance to the country in December, 2023.
With the latest addition, the year-on-year growth in receiving remittances stood at 27.56 per cent for the first six months, July to December, of the ongoing fiscal year (FY25) as the country received $13.78 billion in total during the period.
Last year, it was $10.80 billion.
Three additional inspector generals of police (IGP) have been sent on forced retirement.
On Wednesday, separate notifications signed by Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Nasimul Gani, announced the retirement of these officers.
The officers are: Mallik Fakhrul Islam, Selim Md Jahangir, and Y.M. Belalur Rahman.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked agencies to provide information regarding dual citizenship held by some government employees.
ACC Director General (Prevention) Md. Akhtar Hossain confirmed the development at a press briefing on Wednesday.
In this regard, the ACC sent letters to the Department of Immigration and Passports, the Special Branch of Bangladesh Police, and the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
In response to a call from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, thousands of students and people from various regions of the country gathered for the March for Unity at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital.
Participants arrived in groups from districts such as Rangpur, Patuakhali, Chattogram, Natore, Panchagarh, Sirajganj, and others, starting early in the morning. By 3:00 pm, they were seen marching and chanting slogans, even from the Dhaka Medical College area.
The Shaheed Minar premises were filled with slogans including "Delhi or Dhaka," "Struggle, Struggle," "Injustice will drown in the flood of blood," "Action, Action, Direct Action," and "We Demand the Trial of Killer Hasina."
Speakers from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement declared, "Our struggle is not over. The bloodstains of the martyrs have not dried yet, and some are trying to rehabilitate autocracy. Whenever we try to free the country from fascism, certain individuals and groups, disguised as intellectuals, oppose us. We will resist them if necessary."