More tax benefits to be considered for businesses
Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government is ready to offer more tax benefits to businesses in the budget for the forthcoming fiscal year to create employment opportunities by boosting investment and…
Read More »Plant more trees care those to reap benefit: PM Hasina
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the countrymen to plant more trees and take care of those to become beneficiary financially and avoid the adverse impact of climate change.“Yesterday I planted saplings and…
Read More »Bangladesh needs coastal embankments for climate mitigation: Momen
Staff Correspondent: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Bangladesh needs to build embankments with renewable energy facilities along coastal belt as part of ‘climate mitigation’ to save its people from becoming climate migrants due…
Read More »No agreement done as yet with Sinofarm
Chinese embassy official claimsBD govt trying to normalize the situation Special Correspondent: A top official of the Chinese embassy in Dhaka said that no agreement has yet been reached between Bangladesh authority and the Sinopharm regarding…
Read More »New budget underestimated
impacts of Covid: SANEMStaff Correspondent: The South Asian Network for Economic Modeling (SANEM) has said the proposed national budget has failed to make a proper assessment of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.“Issues of poverty, job market, SME sector and…
Read More »Efforts underway to normalise things
Sinopharm vaccine Staff Correspondent: The government is putting in its best efforts through diplomatic channels to “make things normal” and procure 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China as planned though the scenario looks “different”…
Read More »Terminal 3 of HSIA likely to be completed by June 2023
Construction progress ahead: Mahbub Staff Correspondent: The construction work of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s (HSIA) Terminal 3 is ahead of schedule, said M Mahbub Ali, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism, while observing the progress…
Read More »PM to inaugurate tree plantation campaign today
Staff Correspondent: The World Environment Day-2021 is going to be observed today in the country like elsewhere in the globe through virtual programs in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. On this occasion, Prime Minister…
Read More »Business-friendly budget to boost production, employment
Kamal defends FY22 budget in post-budget media briefingHopeful about implementing measures Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said that his government would be able to implement the budget for the upcoming fiscal year like…
Read More »Detailed programs chalked out to increase tea production
Staff Correspondent: Tea will be exported abroad after increasing production and meeting local demand, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi.Observing that tea is a potential export product of the country with high demand abroad, he said, “The…
Read More »Budget fails to reflect people’s aspirations: BNP
Staff Correspondent: BNP yesterday said people’s hopes and aspirations have not been reflected in the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2021-22 as the Finance Minister failed to adopt necessary plans and measures to protect their…
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