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Allocation for old, widow, husband-abandoned, disabled go up
07:12 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayAddional around 11 lakh people would be brought under old-age, widow, husband-abandoned, and disabled allowances. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed the additional inclusion in the proposed budget for 2020-21 fiscal year...
Corona-hit health sector gets highest priority in budget
06:19 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayAs the country grapples with coronavirus pandemic, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed an allocation of Tk29,247 crore for health services and health education sector, up by 23.44 percent from last year’s revised allocation...
Tk 9,836 crore proposed for disaster management
06:13 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed Tk. 9,836 crore for disaster management and relief for the next fiscal 2020-21...
Lufthansa plans to cut 22,000 jobs
05:58 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayGerman airline Lufthansa has said it will cut 22,000 jobs as it struggles to deal with the slump in air travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic, reports BBC...
Gold prices to come down
05:31 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe government has declared VAT waiver on gold import in the proposed national budget that meant the prices of gold will come down. Businesses had to pay 15 percent VAT on gold import from abroad during outgoing fiscal year but the same was waived for 2020-21 FY...
Budget 2020-21: Govt takes up comprehensive plan with 4 key strategies
05:09 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayAmid coronavirus crisis, the government has taken up a comprehensive plan with four main strategies discouraging luxury expenditures and prioritizing government spending that creates jobs...
Tax-free income limit up to Tk 3 lakh
04:09 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayFinance Minister on Thursday proposed tax-free income threshold up to Tk 3 lakh raising from Tk 2.50 lakh. He made the proposal while placing the proposed budget for 2020-21 fiscal year in the parliament...
Finland lifts travel restrictions from neighbours
03:54 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayFinland’s government said on Thursday it will lift coronavirus-related restrictions on leisure travelling to and from neighbouring Baltic and Nordic countries, excluding Sweden...
Finance Minister places Tk 568,000 cr budget for 2020-21FY
03:15 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has started presenting the national budget of Tk 568,000 crore for the 2020-21 fiscal in Parliament. The Finance Minister began the rolling out the budget around 3:04pm...
Coronavirus cases pass 78000, 37 new cases
02:49 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe number of coronavirus cases has reached 78,052 as 3,187 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. Besides, 37 more people died from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 1,049. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said while presenting the regular health bulletin through online on Thursday...
Int’l flights to resume from June 16
02:36 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has planned to resume regular flight operations on international routes on a limited scale from June 16. Primarily, the flights will operate on Dhaka-London route and Dhaka-Qatar route. CAAB Chairman Air Vice-Marshal Md Mafidur Rahman confirmed the matter to Jago News on Thursday...
India’s coronavirus cases cross 2.86 lakh, deaths reach 8,102
02:02 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe coronavirus cases in India rose to 2,86,579 on Thursday out of which 1,37,448 cases are active and 1,41,028 number of patients have recovered according to ministry of health. The death toll due to the infection rose to 8,102...
Budget documents to be available on websites
01:05 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe budget documents for the next fiscal year (FY21) will be available on the website of the Finance Division - www.mof.gov.bd - once Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal places it in parliament today
Chronology of national budgets
12:30 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayFinance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal is set to place the national budget for 2020-21 fiscal (FY21) at the Jatiya Sangsad today. This will be the country’s 49th budget and the 21st by the Awami League government in five terms while Tajuddin Ahmed presented the first budget...
A R Rahman joins Farooki’s film as composer, co-producer
12:13 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayOscar-, BAFTA- and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) has joined U.S.-India-Bangladesh film “No Land’s Man” as co-producer and composer...
Kohl’s cancelled $50m Bangladesh orders before big dividends
11:24 AM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayKohl’s, one of the US’s largest clothing retailers, cancelled millions of dollars worth of existing orders from Bangladeshi and Korean garment factories just weeks before paying out $109m (£85m) in dividends to shareholders, The Guardian reported on Wednesday...
UN General Assembly will be virtual for the first time
10:59 AM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayThis year’s UN General Assembly will be held virtually for the first time in history because of the coronavirus pandemic, its president announced Wednesday...
US could reach 200,000 coronavirus deaths in September, expert says
09:47 AM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe United States may see 200,000 deaths because of the coronavirus at some point in September, a leading expert said, while total U.S. coronavirus cases surpassed 2 million on Wednesday as governments relax restrictions...
Coronavirus: Latin America hits 70,000 pandemic deaths
09:04 AM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayLatin America's coronavirus crisis reached a grim new milestone on Wednesday (June 10), with total deaths exceeding 70,000, according to a Reuters count, as Mexico hit a daily record for confirmed infections...
Ctg-8 MP, 9 family members infected with COVID-19
08:39 AM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayChattogram-8 lawmaker Moslem Uddin and nine members of his family have been infected with coronavirus. His wife, son and grandchildren are among the infected. Confirming the matter to Jago News, Civil Surgeon of Chattogram Doctor Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, said the information was confirmed after Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious...