June 9, 2022

Bangladesh registered 59 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning taking the country’s total caseload to 1,953,871.The country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,131 as no death was reported during the period, according to the Directo…

With an apprehension that Covid-19 can spread further anytime, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed Tk 5,000 crore as block allocation in the next fiscal year to implement the emergency measures to combat the pandemic.While presenting the propos…

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal listed six major challenges including containing inflation and enhancing domestic investment for the fiscal year 2022-2023 as he unveiled the budget in an –audio-visual format fully for the first time on Thursday.Fina…

An amount of Tk 28,781 crore has been proposed for the Public Security and Security Service divisions under the Home Ministry in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2022-23, up by Tk 1893 crore, from the outgoing fiscal year 2021-22.Finance Minister AH…

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday placed the proposed national budget for 2022-23 fiscal year, changing VAT and duties on different products, which would lead the fluctuation in the prices of some goods and services.Prices up:The products …

The government has raised the bus fares on 13 routes adding the toll fixed for crossing the Padma Multipurpose Bridge to go to different south-western districts.Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) issued a notification in this regard signed by i…

The Government has allocated Taka 1,282 crore for the Youth and Sports Ministry in the proposed annual budget for the 2022-23 fiscal, little-changed from the amount in the outgoing 2021-22 fiscal’s revised budget of Tk 1,264 crore.Of the proposed alloc…

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki has visited Bandarban to see development project there.He attended the handing over ceremony of the “The Project for Providing Bus Service for the Students and the Community Teachers in Bandarban District” to…

Construction of Bus Rapid Transit from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Mohakhali is under consideration of the government.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal informed this in his budget speech in parliament on Thursday.Giving a description on …

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has hailed the newly unveiled national budget as pro-poor, business-friendly and people-oriented.He was speaking to reporters outside the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Thursday after the presentation of the budg…

A three-day exhibition on branded clothing, cosmetics and fashion products began at Gulshan Shooting Club in the city on Thursday.The theme of the exhibition is ‘Do Your Eid Shopping with Us.’Over 35 companies are participating in the exhibition titled…

In a sharp reaction to the proposed national budget for FY2022-23, two anti-tobacco organisations said it will encourage the use of tobacco products among the poor and the youth and thus hike health expenditure depriving the government of additional re…