DHAKA, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS) - Inflow of remittances witnessed a year-on-year growth of 9.5 percent reaching US$2,172 million in the twenty days of December, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued today. Last year, during the same period, the country's remittance inflow was $1,983 million. During the July to Dec 20, 2025 of the current fiscal year, expatriates sent remittances of $15,211 million, which was $13,121 million during the same period of the previous fiscal year.
File PhotoDHAKA, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS) – A court here today imposed travel ban on Faisal Karim Masud, main suspect in the grisly murder of Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Mohammad Zunaid passed the order upon a petition of the investigation officer (IO) in the case. Section 302 (murder) of the code was added in the case following an order of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Siddique Azad upon a petition of the IO filed on December 20. Hadi was shot in his head in the broad daylight at Paltan area on December 12. The government later sent him to a hospital in Singapore where he succumbed to his injuries there on Thursday.
Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid presided over the second convocation of the Varendra University held at its campus. Photo: BSSRAJSHAHI, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS)- Adviser to the Social Welfare Ministry andWomen and Children Affairs Ministry Sharmeen S Murshid has said the younggeneration brought revolutionary change through the ages, including theLiberation War in 1971 and July Uprising in 2024. She said the Varendra University (VU) has established its own identity as thecreative institution in the higher seats of learning and it has been possiblewithin the shortest time of establishment by dint of proper leadership,planning and maintaining standard. Sharmeen S Murshid also said the VU can make its curricular programmes moremodern and time fitting for sustainable solutions of various existingproblems, particularly drought, river erosion and climate change, in thenorthern region. As chair of the convocation, Sharmeen S Murshid formally conferred degrees asthe faculty Deans presented graduates from their respective faculties one byone.
DHAKA, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS) - A total of 5,949 people have been arrested so far under the ongoing nationwide Operation Devil Hunt Phase-2, Home Ministry confirmed. The large-scale operation is going on involving extensive vehicle checks across multiple areas to curb illegal activities. As a result of the searches, 356 illegal motorcycles were seized for violations related to registration and other legal requirements. Authorities stated that the operation is ongoing and aims to strengthen law enforcement, improve public safety, and crack down on criminal activities. The nationwide security drive relaunched on December 13 to curb illegal activities, recovering unlawful arms, and to strengthen law and order ahead of the upcoming national parliamentary elections.
95.4 % of schools, 87.5% of healthcare facilities have access to improved water sources: BBSDHAKA, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS) – About 95.4 percent of schools and 87.5 percent of healthcare facilities have access to improved water sources. However, when measured against the definition of basic water service — which requires the improved water source to be located within the premises — the proportion of compliant institutions drops. The survey findings said despite significant gaps in sanitation, access to improved water sources appears relatively high. Just 55.4 percent of schools have disability-friendly access to improved water points, while the figure is even lower in healthcare facilities at 40.9 percent. Only 11.1 percent of schools and 34.9 percent of healthcare facilities have a dedicated budget allocation for WASH.
The order was given by the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday, headed by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder. They are: former additional inspector general of RAB Brigadier Md Jahangir Alam, Brigadier General Tofail Mostafa Sarwar, Brigadier General Md Kamrul Hasan, Brigadier General Md Mahabub Ul Alam, Colonel KM Azad, Colonel Abdullah Al Momen, Colonel Anwar Latif Khan (on pre-retirement leave), former director of RAB intelligence Colonel Md Moshiur Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Saiful Islam Sumon, and Lieutenant Colonel Md Sarwar bin Kashem. The total number of accused in the case is 17, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Other lawyers, including M Hasan Imam, Sujad Mia, and Md Amir Hossain, represented the remaining accused and Sheikh Hasina. On October 8, the prosecution formally filed charges, and arrest warrants were issued against all 17 accused.
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DHAKA, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 194 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts, killing at least two persons in the past 24 hours. "We recorded deaths of two dengue patients in 24 hours ending at 8 am today," a spokesman of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said adding his office simultaneously recorded 194 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period. "Out of the 194 fresh cases, 32 were hospitalised in Barishal division, 45 in Chattogram division, 26 in Dhaka division excluding capital, 22 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 28 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 23 in Khulna division, five in Mymensingh division, 12 in Rajshahi division and one in Rangpur division, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said. Since the start of the dengue onslaughts Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 412 deaths while the disease inflicted 101,791. The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.
Photo : BSSMAGURA, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS) – Muslim Sweets, located in the Dhaka Road Chawlia Bus Stand area of Magura Sadar Upazila, was fined Tk 35,000 for producing yogurt and sweets in an unhygienic environment. Authorities also ordered the closure of the outlet for three days. The fine was imposed during a special drive conducted on Saturday by the Magura District Office of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection. Assistant Director of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection at the Magura District Office, Sajol Ahmed, said that evidence of serious irregularities and extremely unhygienic food production was found at Muslim Sweets during the drive, prompting the authorities to impose the fine. Police personnel assisted in the drive.
Collected photoPARIS, France, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The French presidency on Sundaywelcomed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to speak withEmmanuel Macron, after the French leader said Europe should reach out toRussia again over ending the war in Ukraine. The French presidency stressed, however, that any discussion with Moscowwould be conducted "in full transparency" with Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky and European allies, and that its goal remained to secure a "solidand lasting peace" for Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had "expressed readiness to engagein dialogue" with his French counterpart in an interview published Sunday bystate news agency RIA Novosti. "The invasion of Ukraine and President Putin's obstinacy ended anypossibility of dialogue" over the past three years, the Elysee said. The United States is hosting further negotiations aimed at ending theconflict this weekend in Florida.
Photo: BSSRAJSHAHI, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS) - A total of 272 educational institutions, sportsclubs and organisations get sports items free of cost here today. District Administration and District Sports Office distributed the items atLiberation War Memorial Stadium supported by the District Sports Association(DSA). The items included 92 cricket bats, 246 cricket balls, 82 pairs of battinggloves, 61 pairs of batting pads, 41 pairs of wicket keeping gloves, 93abdominal guards, 92 helpmates and 31 stamped bells. Besides, 575 footballs, 168 volleyballs, 69 volleyball nets, 315 badmintonrackets, 76 box badminton shuttles, 76 badminton nets, 56 handballs and 41sets of Chess were also distributed on the occasion. President of the DSA and Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Afia Akhteraccompanied by District Sports Officer Jahangir Hossain distributed the itemsaimed at generating competitive mentality among the students together withencouraging them towards sports.
In the 17 counties of the Eastern Plains, there is one physician for every 995 residents, compared with one per 295 residents in urban Colorado, according to the Colorado Rural Health Center. There are about 90 oncologists in Colorado with active licenses, according to data from the Colorado Medical Society and the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. Leathers and his wife did have to to travel to Colorado Springs for a 7 a.m. vascular surgery. Gates was a nurse in the U.S. Army for 20 years before her career eventually took her to Colorado Springs. “A lot of patients don’t have cellphones.”Working with rural patients is more rewarding, she said, because they are regularly thanking her for coming to their town.
A photo circulating widely on social media, claiming to show the grave of Shaheed Sharif Osman bin Hadi, spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha, has been confirmed as fabricated and intentionally created to mislead the public. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a statement on Sunday clarified that the viral image does not represent the actual grave. The DMP has urged the public to remain cautious and not to be misled by unverified content shared online. Authorities have also appealed to social media users to rely only on confirmed and credible sources for information and to refrain from spreading misinformation that may cause confusion or unrest.
The law and order situation has deteriorated in various parts of the country since the announcement of the schedule for the 13th national parliamentary elections, raising concerns among ordinary citizens about their safety. On December 12, a day after the election schedule was announced, Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Manch and a potential candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot in the capital. Law enforcement agencies said several people have been arrested in connection with the incident. He added that the situation could still be brought under control through strict enforcement of the law, warning that any laxity by law enforcement agencies could embolden criminals. Election Commission stanceResponding to concerns over law and order, Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud said the Election Commission will hold a meeting on Sunday with the heads of various law enforcement agencies.
The namaz-e-Janaza of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers, who were killed in a drone attack on a UN peacekeeping base in Sudan’s Abyei region, was held on Sunday morning at the central mosque of Dhaka Cantonment. Representatives from the Chief Adviser, Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Md Nazmul Hassan, and Chief of Air Staff Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, among others, attended the Janaza held at 9:15am. After the janaza, tributes were paid to the slain soldiers on behalf of the president and the chief adviser. The slain peacekeepers are Corporal Md Masud Rana from Natore, Soldier Md Mominul Islam and Soldier Shanto Mondal from Kurigram, Soldier Shamim Reza from Rajbari, Mess Waiter Md Jahangir Alam from Kishoreganj, and Laundry Worker Md Shobuj Mia from Gaibandha. The injured are Lt Col Khondakar Khalekuzzaman, Sergeant Md Mostakim Hossain, Corporal Afroza Parvin Iti, Lance Corporal Mohibul Islam, Soldier Md Mezboul Kabir, Soldier Md Umme Hani Akhtar, Soldier Chumki Akhtar, and Soldier Md Manazir Ahsan.
