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CPD for mid-term strategy for economic recovery
04:28 PM, 04 Jun 2021 FridayCentre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today lauded some points of the proposed budget for the fiscal 2021-22, urging it to be formulated to overcome the economic hardship due to COVID-19...
Two die in Sirajganj lightning strikes
02:58 PM, 04 Jun 2021 FridayTwo people died after being hit by lightning strikes in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district on Thursday evening...
Syria has likely used chemical weapons 17 times: Watchdog
01:05 PM, 04 Jun 2021 FridayThe head of the international chemical weapons watchdog told the U.N. Security Council that its experts have investigated 77 allegations against Syria, and concluded that in 17 cases chemical weapons were likely or definitely used...
Tax-free income limit for third gender at Tk 3.50 lakh
12:40 PM, 04 Jun 2021 FridayTax-free income ceiling has been proposed to be fixed at Taka 3.50 lakh with a view to achieving social inclusion of the third gender...
Proposed budget is pro-people, development-friendly: Quader
11:48 AM, 04 Jun 2021 FridayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the proposed budget for 2021-2022 fiscal is pro-people and development-friendly...
Messi, Sanchez score in Argentina, Chile draw
11:37 AM, 04 Jun 2021 FridayLionel Messi scored a first-half penalty for hosts Argentina before Chile's Alexis Sanchez equalised as their World Cup qualifier ended 1-1 on Thursday...
Biden expands US investment ban on Chinese firms
11:29 AM, 04 Jun 2021 FridayUS President Joe Biden is set to ban Americans from investing in dozens of Chinese tech and defence firms with alleged military ties. The new executive order will come into effect on 2 August, hitting 59 firms including communications giant Huawei. The list of firms will be updated on a rolling basis...
Sean Penn film leads Cannes festival line-up
10:00 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayA new film directed by Sean Penn is among the movies set to premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival...
Govt sets GDP growth target 7.2%
09:49 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayThe government has set the growth target of gross domestic product (GDP) 7.2 percent in the proposed budget for the financial year 2021-22...
Denmark passes law to let it relocate asylum seekers outside Europe
09:28 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayDenmark has passed a law enabling it to process asylum seekers outside Europe, drawing anger from human rights advocates, the UN and European Commission...
Khaleda shifted to cabin
08:57 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is under-treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital, has been shifted to a cabin from the Coronary care unit as her physical condition improved...
Google removes diversity head over anti-semitism
08:36 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayGoogle has removed its head of diversity over a 2007 blog post that said Jewish people had "an insatiable appetite for war and killing"...
Tk 3484cr raised in health sector allocation
08:14 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed to raise the allocation for the health sector by Tk 3,484 from the outgoing financial year...
Netanyahu seeks block on deal to oust him
07:37 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayIsrael's Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at a newly agreed coalition which looks set to remove him from power after 12 years as prime minister...
Power and energy sector gets Tk 27,484cr allocation
07:25 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayAn allocation of Tk 27,484 crore for the power and energy sector for the fiscal year 2021-22 has been proposed...
Allocation to education rise to Tk 5000cr
05:50 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed Tk 71,956 crore allocation for the education sector, raising it to Tk 5,555 crore...
Finance Minister unveils Tk 6.3 lakh cr budget
04:57 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presented a proposed budget of Tk 603,681 crore for the fiscal year 2021-22 in Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Thursday amid the coronavirus pandemic aiming to recover the economy saving the lives and livelihoods of people...
Lightning kills 2 children in Bhola
04:34 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayTwo children died in lightning strikes in Char Fasson upazila of Bhola district on Thursday afternoon...
30 more die of Covid-19 in 24hrs
04:11 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdaySome 30 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 12,724. During the period, 1,687 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 8,05,980, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday...
Coronavirus curbs shutter thousands of Bangkok restaurants
03:37 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayWhen restaurant owner Chirayu Na Ranong heard the Thai government announce new coronavirus restrictions in Bangkok in April, he burst into tears...