Needs to conduct regular raids Zarif Mahmud: The restaurant business is booming now. It is running all over the country, including the capital Dhaka, at every corner of the small and big roads, and even in the remote villages of Chalan Bill. Foodies are also flocking to restaurants. The government…

Subsidy likely to be reduced significantly in budget

Farhad Chowdhury: A large amount of subsidy is allocated in the national budget every year. Agriculture sector, power-fuel and social security sectors are mostly subsidized. The donor agency International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been raising objections over the past few years about the huge amount of subsidies. Therefore, in the…

More 2 m poor to be included in budget

Mahfuz Emran: The underprivileged, neglected and marginalized groups of a country are protected in various ways through the social safety net. Social safety nets play a key role in building the welfare state. For that purpose, the government is thinking of including 20 lakh 26 thousand poor people under the…

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An event titled “Genocide Day-2022” organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy was held at Nandan…