By Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 18 2020 (IPS) – How often have you heard someone lamenting or even condemning inequality in society, concluding with an appeal to meritocracy? We like to think that if only the deserving,…
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কর্পোরেট করে ছাড় কেবলই ধনীক শ্রেণীর স্বার্থে দেয়া হয়েছে
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, স্মরণ কালের সবচেয়ে বড় ঘাটতি বাজেটে কর্পোরেট করে ২.৫% ছাড় দেয়া। অন্যদিকে বাজেটের ঘাটতি মেটাতে অভ্যন্তরীণ ও বিদেশি খাত থেকে বাজেটের প্রকল্পিত ব্যয়ের ৩২.৮% টাকা ঋণ করার…
Social commons: The social protection we want
by Francine Mestrum on 18th June 2020 @FMestrum Universal basic income would offer a deadweight subsidy to low-paying employers. The route to security for all lies in the concept of ‘social commons’.
Donald Trump sought Xi Jinping’s help wih releection
US President Donald Trump tried to get China’s Xi Jinping to help him secure re-election, ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton’s new book says.
Corona patients being ‘deprived of treatment’: BNP
Dhaka, June 17 – BNP on Wednesday alleged that most hospitals in the country lack necessary protective measures and manpower to deal with coronavirus patients.
BNP continues blind criticism of govt: Quader
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the BNP has been repeating the blind criticism of the government since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
বাজেটে স্বাস্থ্যখাত নিয়ে জাতির সাথে মস্করা করা হয়েছে – আইএবি
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের মহাসচিব অধ্যক্ষ হাফেজ মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ ২০২০-২১ অর্থবছরের বাজেট প্রসঙ্গে বলেছেন, বাজেটে স্বাস্থ্যখাত নিয়ে জাতির সাথে মস্করা করা হয়েছে। করোনার এই কঠিন মুহুর্তে স্বাস্থ্যখাত নিয়ে এই নির্মম তামাশা জাতিকে হতভম্ব করেছে। গোটা বিশ্ব যেখানে করোনার ভয়াল থাবা…
Quader asks people: ‘First, save yourself’
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said no one will be able to show the way to safety to those who remain ignorant of the Coronavirus epidemic.
Ex-Sylhet city mayor Kamran dies from coronavirus
Dhaka, June 15 – Former Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran died from coronavirus infection at a hospital in the capital early Monday. He was 69.
বাস্তবতাবর্জিত কল্পনানির্ভর বাজেট জাতিকে হতাশ করেছে- আইএবি
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, মানব সভ্যতার এই চরম ক্রান্তিকালে ২০২০-২১ অর্থবছরের জন্য সরকার ঘোষিত বাজেটের পর্যালোচনা করতে গিয়ে একজন সচেতন নাগরিক হিসেবে আমরা খুবই হতাশাবোধ করছি।
Nat’l body for health safety, dropping Rampal, Rooppur plans
National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Mineral Resources and Power-Port placed a 6-point demand including ensuring healthcare service and food security for all, and cancelling all projects like Rampal coal-fired and Rooppur nuclear power plants which are posing risk to public…
Protecting people, keeping economy moving is war: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said keeping away people from getting infected with coronavirus and running wheels of economy simultaneously is a ‘war’.
Trump addresses West Point grads
President Donald Trump on Saturday addressed the new graduating class of the West Point military academy, praising the “righteous glory of the American warrior” but largely side-stepping recent controversies over racial unrest and the military’s role in putting it down.
State Minister for Religious Affairs dies
Dhaka, June 14 – State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah died at a Dhaka hospital on Saturday night, minutes after he was taken there.
প্রস্তাবিত বাজেট প্রত্যাখান করেছে ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ
২০২০-২০২১ অর্থবছরের প্রস্তাবিত বাজেটকে প্রত্যাখানের ঘোষণা দিয়েছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের মহাসচিব অধ্যক্ষ মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ। সেইসাথে করোনা বাস্তবতাকে সামনে রেখে “জীবন বাঁচাও-জীবিকা বাঁচাও” প্রতিপাদ্যে নতুন করে বাজেট প্রস্তাব তৈরীর আহবান জানানো হয়েছে।
BNP mourns Mohammad Nasim’s death
BNP on Saturday expressed deep shock at the death of Awami League presidium member and former Health Minister Mohammad Nasim.
AL leader Mohammad Nasim dies
Awami League leader and former Health Minister Mohammad Nasim passed away at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in the capital on Saturday. He was 72.
Nasim’s condition deteriorates: Doctor
Dhaka, June 13 – The health condition of ailing Awami League leader and former health minister Mohammad Nasim, who was infected by coronavirus, deteriorated on Friday evening.
Finance Minister disputes calling budget traditional
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Friday said the proposed budget of 2020-21 FY is not just a ‘traditional’ one as some economists have described it, but rather one for ‘saving lives and livelihoods’.
Budget not implementable, to cause public sufferings: BNP
Describing the proposed national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year as an “imaginary, blunt and unimplementable” one, BNP on Friday said it will only inflict further sufferings on people at this time of coronavirus pandemic.
Budget lacks imagination, sense of direction: Reza Kibria
The proposed budget for the 2020-21 fiscal “represents an unimaginative response to an economic crisis that calls for boldness and creativity”, according to Dr Reza Kibria, general secretary of Gono Forum.
Leadership, Political Leadership and Statesmanship
Genesis of leadership When the number is one, question of leadership does not arise, when the numbers are two, a germ of leadership is sowed, when the numbers are more than two, question of leadership appears visible indistinctly but when…
BNP’s budget reaction imaginary, traditional: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday castigated the budget reaction of BNP, calling it pre-prepared and imaginary old story. “BNP’s budget reaction is pre-prepared, imaginary and a traditional old story,” he said in an immediate response at his…
People’s lives, livelihoods ignored in budget: BNP
BNP on Thursday said the proposed national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year has failed to reflect people’s hopes and aspirations. In an instant reaction to the proposed budget, party standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said, “I think…
Science and politics: A new alliance?
by Valerio Alfonso Bruno on 9th June 2020 @ValerioA_Bruno The pandemic has brought science and expertise to the fore in the public sphere, as an anchor of trust—and put the populists on the back foot.
Quader asks BNP not to hide truth for political ill motives
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged the BNP not for throwing stones in the dark by hiding the truth for politically ill intentions. He made the call during a regular briefing at his residence today. Referring to…
করোনা দুর্যোগেও চিকিৎসা বঞ্চিত মানুষ মারা যাচ্ছে প্রতিনিয়ত
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, করোনা মহামারীতেও স্বাস্থ্য বিভাগসহ বিভিন্ন বিভাগে দুর্নীতি হচ্ছে। অপরদিকে বিনা চিকিৎসায় মারা যাচ্ছে বনিআদম। যারা দেশের এই কঠিন মুহুর্তেও দুর্নীতি করে, সাধারণ মানুষের চিকিৎসার টাকা লুটেপুটে খায়…
Focus on people’s life, livelihood in budget, BNP tells govt
As the national budget will be placed in parliament amid coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, BNP has urged the government to give main focus on protecting people’s lives and livelihoods in the budget instead of economic growth.
BNP’s Dhaka north unit General Secretary dies from Covid-19
Dhaka, June 08 – Ahsanullah Hasan, general secretary of Dhaka north city unit BNP, died from coronavirus at a city hospital on Sunday night. He was 65.
BNP finds ‘ill motive behind BGMEA move’ to retrench workers
BNP Sunday alleged that Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) may have an ill motive behind its ‘inhuman’ announcement of laying off workers from the current month, even after availing of different facilities and incentives given by the government. “The President of BGMEA has announced to retrench…