A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Bangladesh Judicial Service Association and Universal Medical College Hospital Ltd to provide treatment to lower court judges infected with either Covid-19 or any other disease on a priority basis.

Terming the proposed budget for 2020-21 fiscal year an “as usual budget”, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said an innovative Covid-19 budget was needed to address the economic recovery amid the pandemic.

A 35-year-old man is hacked to death in Bogura’s Akashtara area.

She mainly studied during daytime as her poverty-stricken family could not afford kerosene to light a lamp at night. After all this, 16-year-old Jumara Akther from Prithimpasha village in Kulaura upazila did not give up hope. She has secured GPA-5 in the current year’s SSC examinations, from the Science Group, from Ali Amzad High School.

Believe it or not, it takes just a moderate rain to flood the main entrance and the road leading to Kushtia General Hospital with the dirty water and waste from the adjacent drains.

It is in our thoughts that the Bangladeshi expatriates who are living in abroad are doing well and they have a great status in the society and a wonderful livelihood.

The government will take steps to send the returnee migrant workers overseas again after providing them with training and helping them developed their skills based on the changing demand in the post-coronavirus international labour market, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad has said.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed imposing a 50 percent penalty on misdeclaration of exports, imports and investments in overseas countries as the government aims to increase tax revenue and prevent money laundering, according to the budget proposal for fiscal year 2020-21.

Despite major projects in transport sector being either halted or delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak, no course of action was chalked out during the budget session today on the projects.

Save for a slash in the income tax, there is no respite in this year’s budget for penny-pinching middle class families.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed continuation of the 2 percent cash incentive on remittance sent by Bangladeshi migrants.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed to form an Integrated Health-Science Research and Development Fund’ of Tk 100 crore to finance the development of research in health-education and science and technology.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has increased supplementary duty from 25 percent to 30 percent in the proposed budget for 2020-21 fiscal which would result in costlier operation of special chartered flights.

Despite much of the south-western parts of the country still reeling from the shock and damage of Cyclone Amphan, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed a reduction in allocation in budget for disaster management and relief.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has directed five Supreme Court officials including its registrar general to discharge duty round the clock for taking necessary measures for Covid-19 treatment to its judges during the pandemic.

The government has allocated Tk 95,574 crore in the social safety net programmes, which is 16.83 percent of total budget and 3.01 percent of GDP in FY 2020-21. In last year’s revised budget, the allocation was Tk. 81,865 crore.

The allocation for the education sector in the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year of 2020-21 remains almost unchanged in terms of size and percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), compared to the current budget.

The High Court has directed the government to continue selling essential commodities through Trading Corporation Bangladesh to people at upazila level, beyond the city corporations and municipality areas, until the coronavirus pandemic ends.

An official of Rupali Bank died with Covid-19 like symptoms at his home in Patuakhali early today.

Moslem Uddin Chowdhury, lawmaker of Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgao), and nine of his family members test positive for coronavirus.