Remittance inflow surged by 37 percent in April as migrant workers opted for formal channels to send money home. Between April 1 and April 29, migrant workers sent $2.6 billion, up from $1.9 billion during the same period a year ago, according to data from the Bangladesh Bank (BB). Including April's inflow, migrant workers and non-resident Bangladeshis living abroad sent home $24.39 billion in the first 10 months of the 2024-25 fiscal year, marking a 28.5 percent year-on-year increase.

The increased remittances helped the country's Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves reach the $22 billion mark after several months, thanks to an increased inflow of foreign currency generated by remittances and export earnings. As per the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) calculation method, forex reserves stood at $22.04 billion on April 30, up from $21.41 billion a week ago, as per the central bank's latest data.

Bangladesh would be willing to provide logistic support should there be a UN-led humanitarian support to the state of Rakhine, according to National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman, also the Chief Adviser's high representative on Rohingya issues. Touhid Hossain, foreign affairs adviser in the interim government, had earlier said that Dhaka would consider a "humanitarian passage", provided the UN agrees to certain conditions.

That prompted worries among Bangladeshi political parties. The BNP said the government should have consulted with political parties before deciding to provide any "humanitarian corridor" for Rakhine state, as it is related to the country's security and sovereignty. That prompted a clarification that nothing had been decided yet. An official at the UN office in Dhaka, said the proposal required the approval of the authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar. Later the NSA told AFP: "We believe that the UN-supported humanitarian aid would help stabilise Rakhine and create conditions for the return of the refugees."

A Dhaka court ordered the relevant authorities to freeze 70 bank accounts of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan Shah Alam and seven of his family members, including his son and Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, in connection with corruption allegations. According to an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission placed before the court, Shah Alam and his seven family members had deposited Tk 2,075 crore and $192,034 in these accounts, where the current balance is Tk 19.81 crore and $10,538.

The court also ordered to freeze more than 75.46 crore shares in 22 companies whose market value stands at over Tk 1458.75 crore, as per the ACC application. The shares are held in the name of the Bashundhara Group chairman, his wife Afroza Begum as well as four sons and three daughters-in-law. The ACC filings alleged that "despite being Bangladeshi citizens, they invested large amounts of money to obtain foreign passports and citizenship".

Two groups of Students Against Discrimination locked in a series of clashes at a rally organised by the National Citizen Party in Bogura. The rally was organised by the NCP demanding the ban on the Awami League politics at the Shaheed Titu Auditorium (Poura Park). The incident took place at around 5:15pm on Wednesday (Apr. 30) in the presence of NCP Chief Organiser (Southern region) Sarjis Alam.

According to eyewitnesses, Sarjis and other central leaders of the NCP reached the rally venue at around 4:30pm. Then, a group of the SAD entered the Poura Park premises with a procession. The chief guest of the rally, Sarjis Alam, was sitting on the stage and other central leaders of the NCP were delivering their speeches. At that time, a group of SAD started chanting slogans against Sarjis Alam. Another group taking Sarjis' side, got into a fight with them. At one stage, a fierce fight broke out between the two groups.