CU admin identifies 2 molesters
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Rohingya genocide case to proceed
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Need 1 week to assess situation
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Wasfia 1st Bangladeshi to conquer K2
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
CU sexual assault: Fingers pointed at BCL men
22 July 2022, 03:00 AM
Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
‘You cannot remain silent’
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Electricity crisis may worsen
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
EC’s dialogue hits a snag as BNP skips it
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Legalising Black Money: TIB slams hint at continuing the scope
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday categorically objected to the finance minister’s suggestion that the option to legalise black money with ease as in the current fiscal year might roll over into fiscal 2021-22.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Budget reflects no concern for environment
The proposed budget, placed before parliament just two days before World Environment Day, shows the government is hardly concerned about the country’s environmental degradation.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Surge: It may soon hit the heartland
On Thursday, the authorities of Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital increased the number of beds for Covid-19 patients to 30 from 20 to tackle the rush of patients.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Legalising black money: Kamal drops hints of continuation
The controversial move to legalise untaxed money with ease, which was absent in Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s proposed fiscal measures for the incoming financial year, might continue, after all.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Sinopharm Vaccine: China voices annoyance at disclosure of sale price
China has expressed annoyance over making public its offered selling price of Sinopharm vaccine to Bangladesh.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
World Environment Day Today: Tangail rivers in peril
Several mills and factories with dyeing and printing units have long been polluting rivers and other water bodies in Tangail by dumping industrial waste into them.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
16 die at RMCH Covid unit in 24hrs
Sixteen people died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday. The surge in deaths and positive cases was also reported in other bordering districts.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Leading trade bodies welcome tax cuts
Leading business associations yesterday lauded the government’s proposed budgetary measures, but pointed out that implementing those would be a major challenge.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
A budget that forgot new poor exists
Expectations were high that the proposed budget for fiscal 2021-22 would address the hardships of the sizeable population of new poor created by the pandemic. But it failed on that count, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ailing Health Sector: No shot in the arm
All eyes were on how Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal would plan to revamp the country’s ill-equipped and Covid-battered health sector when he presented the 50th budget yesterday.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Pledges lofty, hard to deliver on
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has stuck to his strategy of making higher allocation for the health sector to combat the pandemic, protect the poor and businesses, and speed up economic recovery.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Big push for mega projects
The mega projects, whose completion are expected to raise Bangladesh’s GDP by as much as 4 percent, got about 48 percent more allocation in the upcoming fiscal year, as part of the government’s push to ensure their timely implementation.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Education Budget: Yawning digital gap glossed over
Amidst a clamour to ensure digitalisation of all educational institutions and to get digital devices in the hands of all students, yesterday’s proposed budget for a Covid-battered education sector appeared to have glossed over those needs.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Food Grains From Local Sources: Govt to buy less despite low stock
In a surprising move, the government has reduced the internal procurement target of food grains for the coming year, even though it had reached its lowest just two months ago in the current year.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Reintegration neglected
Migrant worker Shahidul Islam, 38, returned home in January this year after injuring his right leg in a workplace accident while employed as a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Poverty Reduction: Pandemic eats away 30 years’ progress
Poverty steadily reduced for 30 years until 2019. Then came the pandemic.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
No cushion for Middle Class
One story that went viral last month was that of Narayanganj’s Farid Ahmed, who had called the national hotline seeking relief but was deemed “too rich” to get any government aid.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Businesses get tax boost
By the time you pick up this newspaper, you might have already been aware of the major changes in personal and corporate tax rates proposed for the next fiscal year.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
No hope for the new poor
Money is not a problem, and the government too intends to support the poor in their dire need. What’s the problem then? The government does not know who to help out!
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
The History of Budget
The History of Budget
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM