Dhaka, June 13 (UNB) – Noted economists have said implementation of the new budget will be the main challenge for the government as ‘administrative inefficiency and legal complexity’ may appear to be a major obstacle to it. They said the…
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BD to bring a quarter of population under social safety net
Dhaka, June 13 – The government is going to bring nearly a quarter of the families in the country under the social safety net programmes in the next financial year. The government has planned to allocate Tk. 74,367 crore in…
Online system to control savings certificate transactions
Dhaka, Jun 13 (UNB) – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said real-time information is available now on the sale, profit and encashment of national savings schemes from the ‘National Savings Scheme Online Management System’. The system was introduced…
Exclusive tourist zone in Cox’s Bazar for foreign tourists
Dhaka, Jun 13 (UNB) – The work on establishing an exclusive tourist zone for foreign tourists is underway at Sabrang in Cox’s Bazar. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal disclosed this while placing the national budget in parliament for fiscal 2019-20…
Bangladesh unveils Tk 5.23 tln national budget for 2019-20
Dhaka, June 13 – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today placed a Taka 5,23,190 crore national budget for FY20 in parliament to ‘make a big stride’ to materialize the Vision 2021 and implement the agenda for 2030. “We are committed…
Highlights of budget for 2019-20
Dhaka, June 13 – Following are the highlights of the proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-20 • Tk 5.2tr budget with 8.2% growth target• Generate fresh employment for 3cr people by 2030• Increase taxpayers number to 1.0cr from 21-22 lakh•…
Gold traders plan to organise Bangladesh’s 1st Gold Fair
Dhaka, June 12 (UNB) – A three-day long gold fair will be held at Dhaka’s Hotel InterContinental between June 23-25 following the government’s offer to legalize undeclared gold. Bangladesh Jewellers Samity or Bajus General Secretary Dilip Kumar Agarwala announced it…
Tightening the noose on Cuba
By Chandra Muzaffar On the 2nd of May 2019, the Trump Administration decided to enforce Title 111 of the Helms-Burton Act. Title 111 authorises US nationals with claims to confiscated properties in Cuba to file suits in US courts against…
Nat’l Budget for 2019-20 being placed in Parliament Thursday
Dhaka, June 12 (UNB) – Bangladesh is set to enter a new era as the new finance minister of the Awami League government, which is in its 3rd term in a row, will place the national budget in Parliament on…
Bangladesh slips 9 notches down in Global Peace Index
Dhaka, June 12 (UNB) – Bangladesh has moved nine steps down in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2019, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace. This is the thirteenth edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 163…
New DCs 19 districts as Bangladesh reshuffles district admin
Dhaka, June 11 (UNB) – In a major reshuffle at the field-level administration, the government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 19 districts. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday. As per the…
Bangladesh seeks China, others, help solve Rohingya crisis
Yuxi City (Yunnan), June 12 (UNB) – Bangladesh has raised the Rohingya issue in an international media forum here and sought more Chinese and other Asian nations’ involvement to solve the Rohingya crisis for regional peace and stability. Bangladesh stressed…
Noakhali hospital building ceiling caves in: 8 children hurt
Noakhali, June 12 (UNB) – Eight people, including five children, were injured when a large chunk of concrete plaster ceiling collapsed at Noakhali 250-bed General Hospital on Wednesday morning. The incident took place at 6:20am in Unit 2 of No…
HC bench to hear Khaleda’s writ against court in Keraniganj
Dhaka, June 12 – A vacation bench of the High Court on Tuesday sent a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia challenging the government’s move to hold trials in 17 cases against her inside the Keraniganj Central Jail,…
EU Special Representative for HR Eamon Gilmore visits BD
Dhaka, EUDEL Press Office: EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore visited Bangladesh on 10-11 June 2019. This visit, the first ever of a EUSR for Human Rights to Bangladesh, reflects the EU’s commitment to engaging with the…
AL leaders greet Hasina on 11th year of freedom from jail
Dhaka, Jun 11 (UNB) – The leaders of Bangladesh Awami League and its associate bodies on Tuesday greeted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of her release from prison. They greeted the prime minister by…
BD garment exports record 12.82pc growth in 11 months
Dhaka, June 10 (UNB)-Bangladesh’s export earnings from Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector earned $31.73 billion in the first 11 months of the fiscal (July to May), up 12.82 percent from the corresponding period of the last fiscal, when it was $28.12…
Plastic goods makers of BD eye bigger share in global market
Dhaka, June 11 (UNB)- The plastic goods sector, which has tremendous potential to capture a chunk of the global market, will flourish further if a specialized industrial zone and modern recycling system could be established for producing environment-friendly products, according to…
Rangpur region has record 2.2 mln tones Boro rice output
With multi-dimensional assistance of the government, farmers have produced an all-time record 21.66-lakh tonnes of clean Boro rice (32.50 tonnes paddy) this season in Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said farmers have exceeded the…
ACC director handling DIG Mizanur’s case suspended
Dhaka, Jun 10 – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) temporarily suspended its director Khandaker Enamul Basir on allegations of leaking information in violation of the rules. According to a report broadcast on private TV channel ATN News yesterday (June 9), ACC director…
Rohingya issue on priority list of PM’s China visit: FM
Dhaka, June 10 – Bangladesh will keep the Rohingya issue on its priority list for discussion during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s planned visit to China in the first week of July, indicates Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. “The Rohingya…
1.3 mlm in merit list of BD 1st combined college admission
Dhaka, June 10 (UNB) – The first merit list of students seeking admission to Class-XI for the academic session of 2019-2020 was published on Monday. The list was uploaded on the website on Sunday midnight, said Prof Ziaul Haque, Chairman…
BD Parliament budget session begins Tuesday
The first budget session of the 11th parliament formed through the December-30 general election will begin on Tuesday. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will place the proposed national budget in the House on Thursday. The size of the budget for…
Digital Security Act not for curbing press freedom: Minister
Dhaka, Jun 10 (UNB) – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday told visiting European Union Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore that the government has enacted the Digital Security Act to deal with cybercrimes, not to suppress press freedom.…
1,670 families rehabilitated in the home of poor scheme
The government in its home for poor scheme has rehabilitated a total of 1,670 homeless families and widows of six upazilas of the district. The homes were constructed at a cost of Taka one lakh each as part of the…
Belt, Road move ‘brings new opportunities for BD, others’
Kunming (Yunnan), June 9 (UNB) – China has said its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has brought new opportunities for Bangladesh and other countries in South and Southeast Asia. “We’re making every effort to speed up and make the region…
2 gang-rape suspects wounded in Comilla ‘gunfight’ with cops
Cumilla, June 9 (UNB) – Two gang-rape suspects were injured in a reported gunfight with police at Baldakhal in Daudkandi upazila on Sunday afternoon. Police arrested the bullet-hit suspects -– Golam Rabbi and Rabbi Ahmed — after the gun battle…
800 ducks ‘poisoned’ to death in Netrakona
Netrakona, June 9 (UNB) – Some 800 ducks of a physically challenged farmer were ‘poisoned’ to death at Chhabila village in Kendua upazila on Sunday. Victim Abdul Quashem said he took his 1,700 ducks to a nearby haor from his…
Bangladesh Agriculture Census – VI begins
Dhaka, June 9 – The sixth Agriculture Census of Bangldesh began in the country on Sunday to collect the latest information on crops, fisheries and livestock resources. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the census will continue till…
Worried over security during Eid, says PM Hasina
Dhaka, June 9 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said she was very worried about security during the Eid-ul Fitr congregations as various threats always keep surfacing through social media. “I was really very worried during Eid Jamaats as…