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Five Sri Lankans suspected of having links to Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people were brought home in police custody on Friday after being deported from Saudi...
Due to China's dwindling demographic dividend, rising production costs, and environmental protection pressure, many Chinese and foreign-invested companies in recent years have relocated their Chinese factories to Southeast Asia, where...
China has built the world's largest credit reporting system, which will serve as a basic information provider for the construction of a nationwide social credit system that helps trace individuals'...
Taking a swipe at the critics of the newly-unveiled national budget, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said there are some people who find faults in everything as this is...
The government placed Tk.5.23 trillion budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 in the parliament on Thursday. Some highlights of the proposed budget are given bellow: Tk.5.23 trillion budget with...
Women across Switzerland have begun a day of demonstrations against what they say is the country's unacceptably slow pace to equality. Friday's protest comes 28 years after similar action saw...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her government has planned to take the country's GDP growth to 10 per cent in the 2023-'24 fiscal year. The Prime Minister said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina started addressing a press conference at 3:00pm on Friday on budget at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka as Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal fell ill....
The Centre for Policy Dialogue says the proposed budget is full of promises, with no specific ways to implement it. The think-tank’s formal reaction came a day after Finance Minister...
Sheikh Hasina will hold a media briefing on budget at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka at 3:00pm Friday for the first time, as Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has...
The Toronto Raptors delivered Canada its first NBA title with a 114-110 victory over the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors on Thursday that set off a country-wide celebration. With...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said bilateral discussions between Bangladesh and Myanmar have been continuing to ensure safe, dignified and permanent repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland. While placing...
Tajikistan President Emomali assured Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid of extending support to resolve Rohingya crisis. Mr Emomali has pledged to extend the support after the President Abdul Hamid sought cooperation...
Southeast Asian stock markets traded in a tight range on Friday as investors awaited a host of data from China, with Philippines shedding nearly 1.0 per cent on the back...
A man whose parents were abducted by Argentinean secret service agents in 1977 has been reunited with his biological family. Javier Darroux Mijalchuk was just four months old when his...
As many as 61 people have been killed and 356,000 evacuated from their homes as heavy rain and floods swept through large parts of southern and central China this week,...
Asian shares were mixed Friday as investors weighed a variety of factors, including suspected attacks on two oil tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The lingering worries about trade...
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that more than three quarters of the economists polled by the newspaper expected the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. On the timing...
The government has proposed to increase allocation for the development and modernisation of technical and madrasa education by 29.45 per cent to Tk74.54 billion from Tk57.58 billion. Finance Minister AHM...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed the ceiling for tax-free dividend income up to Tk 50,000 in a bid to encourage stock market investors. At present, the ceiling for...
A feeder vessel has collided with an oil tanker at the outer anchorage of Chattogram Port, halting marine traffic on the Karnaphuli river. The accident took place at 8:30am at...
For the first time, the national budget has proposed allocation of Tk1.0 billion to facilitate rehabilitation of the people affected by river erosion. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday...
The country's livestock-based industries have got a benefit in the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 (FY'20) which might help reduce prices of poultry and animal feeds. Import duty...
From the look of the revised budget for the outgoing financial year and its state of implementation up to the month of March reconfirms the main weakness of our financial...
The government has set a target to ensure electricity for all within the next one year. "Currently, the country's power generation capacity has increased to 21,169 megawatts (MW). We have...
The government has waived the duty on raw materials for cancer drugs in the proposed national budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2019-20. This waiver will help make cancer...
Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) and Chattogram Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CMCCI) welcomed the budget for the next fiscal year and termed it pro-development. Mahabubul Alam,...
The government is planning to introduce a universal pension scheme for both formal and informal institutions operating in the country. To this end, a "Universal Pension Authority" will be formed...
Rising public expenditure has been the key driver of growth in Bangladesh economy in recent years. Nearly 18 per cent growth in the size of the budget in FY20 over...
The rate of source tax on yield gains from savings instruments is set to increase in the 2019-20 fiscal year (FY). The Finance Bill 2019 has proposed to raise the...
The national budget has proposed a significant rise in the allocation for the country's readymade garment (RMG) sector, taking its contribution and potential into account. In the upcoming fiscal year...
AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed keeping tax-free income limit for individuals and corporate tax rates unchanged in his maiden budget. In parliament on Thursday, the finance minister noted that general...
The government's total liabilities are set to rise by nearly 29 per cent in the upcoming fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, on the back of higher domestic liabilities. Liabilities have mainly...
Country's business community hailed the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 which was placed in parliament on Thursday. In their instant reaction the business leaders termed the proposed budget...
The finance minister has proposed a set of 'incentives', including an increase in the tax-free threshold for dividend income from the listed companies, in a bid to make the country's...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal started rolling out the national budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 at around 3:07pm Thursday, but had to skip the full speech after he felt...
Undaunted by possible challenges, both domestic and foreign, the government Thursday placed in parliament an ambitious Tk.5.23 trillion budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2019-20. The proposed budget is unlikely...
Black money holders will be able to invest in economic zones and high-tech parks by paying a flat 10 per cent tax in the upcoming fiscal year (FY). The tax...
Economists noted on Thursday the action plan on how to achieve the targeted growth is missing in the budget proposed for the next fiscal year (FY). They made the observation...
It is no secret that residents of the capital city are not satisfied with the performance of the Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA). They do not approve of the...
Based on a survey of 156 countries, Finland has been ranked the happiest nation on earth followed by Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and Australia...
With the Finance Minister having unveiled the nation's 48th budget yesterday and as the whole the country mulls over its finer points -- directions and implications, goals and objectives, allocations...
There is no romance in this conflict-ridden setting as there was in George Bernard Shaw's widely regarded 1894 play of a similar name - Arms and the Man (about fleeing...
If you want to study two phenomena, best way is to study either the contrast or the congruence or both. Whatever be the method, the above caption has one common...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has suggested a number of reforms to bring back discipline in the banking sector. The proposals put forward in his budget speech include increasing capital...
There are few nations or communities which do not have monthly or annual festivals. Ranging from the tribes deep in the Sub-Saharan forests or remote villages in Tibet to the...
Bullying, including cyber bullying, is a key concern for children. It affects a high percentage of children at different stages of their development, often severely undermining their health, emotional wellbeing...
The government has taken steps to increase the amount of the state honorarium for freedom fighters to Tk 12,000 from existing Tk 10,000 to ensure their overall welfare. While unveiling...
An amount of Tk 256.16 billion has been proposed for Public Security Division and Security Services Division under the Home Ministry in the proposed annual budget for FY20 2. The...
Cricket fans endured more frustration on Thursday as India and New Zealand's World Cup match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Both teams were hoping to extend their 100...
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