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PM off to Canada to attend G7 outreach session
09:32 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here this evening on a four-day visit to Canada to attend the...
Bangladesh bowl first
08:31 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayAfghanistan have won the toss and skipper Asghar Stanikzai has asked Bangladesh to bowl first...
Taka 1,37,742 crore proposed for women development in Gender Budget
08:00 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayFinance Minister AMA Muhith today proposed an allocation of Taka 1,37,742 crore for women...
Foreign-made mobile handsets to be costlier
07:30 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayForeign-made mobile phone handsets will be costlier as imposing of twp percent surcharge has...
Tax-free income limit to remain unchanged
05:44 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayThe government will continue the existing tax-free income limit in the financial year 2018-19 (FY19)...
Steve Rhodes takes over as Bangladesh coach
05:30 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayThe BCB has confirmed the appointment of Steve Rhodes, the former England wicketkeeper, as Bangladesh's head coach. His contract will run until the end of the World T20 in 2020. The development ends the long search for Chandika Hathurusingha's successor after...
Budget FY19: Price up, down
05:10 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayDifferent products would be costlier and cheaper as finance minister A M A Muhith today in the new budget proposed some changes to tariff on those. Besides, the finance minister also proposed to impose 5 percent VAT on e-commerce and digital business...
Tk 1,73,000 crore original ADP for FY19: Muhith
04:58 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayThe government has earmarked an allocation of Taka 1,73,000 crore for original Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal (2018-19) with more emphasis on speeding up the implementation of mega projects...
Journalist Pranab Saha passes away
04:26 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayJournalist Pranab Saha, joint editor of Channel I, died today.
GDP growth 7.8pc, inflation 5.6pc targeted
04:06 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayIn the new fiscal 2018-19, the government has set a target of achieving 7.8 percent GDP growth while keeping the inflation down to 5.6 percent...
19 Tk 24,774cr proposed for home ministry
03:14 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayThe government has allocated Taka 24,774 crore for the Ministry of Home in the proposed budget for the fiscal (FY) 2018-2019...
FM hints further dependency on ICT
03:02 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayFinance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith today gave hints of increasing dependency on ICT in the coming days, saying, this will push up productivity in the country...
Corporate tax slashed by 2.5pc for banks, FIs
02:32 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayThe government will reduce the corporate tax rate for banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) by 2.5 percent in the next fiscal 2018-19 (FY19)...
Over 100 shops gutted in M’singh hawkers’ market fire
02:23 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayMore than 100 shops were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at the hawkers market in Ganginapar area of Mymensingh district early Thursday...
Muhith starts unfolding FY19 budget
01:20 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayFinance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has started rolling out the national budget for the financial year 2018-19 (FY19) at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS)...
Cabinet okays Tk 4.65 trillion budget for 2018-19
12:55 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayThe cabinet in its special meeting today approved the proposed national budget of around Tk 4.65 trillion for fiscal 2018-19. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting held in the cabinet room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here. The cabinet also endorsed the Appropriation (supplementary) Bill-2018 and the Appropriation Bill-2018...
Asia Cup: Bangladesh beat Thailand by 9 wickets
12:19 PM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayBangladesh Women’s team continued their winning run in the T20 Asia Cup with a convincing Nine-wicket victory over Thailand on Thursday...
Muhith’s post-budget press conference Friday
11:56 AM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayFinance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will address a post-budget press briefing on Friday, according a finance ministry press release...
PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu on Six-Point Demand Day
11:24 AM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic Six-Point Demand Day. She paid the homage by placing a wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city...
HRW to Bangladesh: Suspend deadly ‘war on drugs’
10:00 AM, 07 Jun 2018 ThursdayThe Bangladesh government should order an independent investigation into allegations of extrajudicial killings during its new “war on drugs,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement today...