A 37-year-old trader was found dead with a piece of cloth stuffed into his mouth, near a railway track in Jashore on Friday, police said.The deceased was identified as Lablu, the son of Abdul Mannan of the Kholadanga Colony Para area.His body was found…
A 32-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Sogunia village in Sherpur upazila in Bogura, his family said on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Karim, son of Juran Ali in Bishalpur union of the upazila.Family members…
To celebrate the resilience of communities of Bangladesh and the country’s glorious heritage, culture, and traditions, ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) has organised a two-day festival.The event “Festival of Resilience: People, Planet and Possibilities” aims…
ActionAid’s two-day festival – organised to celebrate the resilience of communities of Bangladesh and the country’s glorious heritage, culture, and traditions – ended Friday in Dhaka.The event “Festival of Resilience: People, Planet and Possibilities” …
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said Bangladesh will overcome challenges to attain the proposed budget’s gross domestic product or GDP target of 7.5 per cent.“Bangladesh is in our heart. We believe we will be able to achieve the GDP target,” …
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government is obliged by a law that those who will bring back their laundered money home will not be questioned any more.Defending his move, announced in the national budget for FY2022-23, he said most of…
While looking back on the cooperation with JICA so far, speakers at a seminar in Tokyo on Friday explored ways to further strengthen the partnership with Bangladesh in the future.They said reaching 50th year of JICA’s cooperation with Bangladesh is a s…
Slamming the government for offering an amnesty to plunderers, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday described the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023 as friendly to looters, not the common people.“Budget will help those…
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Friday hoped that the implementation of the proposed national budget for FY2022-2023 would make the economy stronger and more vibrant.“Hopefully our economy will be stronger and more vibrant with the implementation…
The Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has raised concerns about the reduced allocation for some key mega projects in the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2022-23.The move will result in slowing the implementation o…
The Bangladesh Embassy in Turkey has launched the three-day “First Economic Diplomacy Symposium” at the Bijoy 71 Auditorium of the chancery complex.Earlier, Bangladesh Ambassador Mosud Mannan inaugurated a photography exhibition on Bangladesh’s develop…
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to withdraw the proposed budgetary provision of allowing launderers to legalise their undeclared money, saying such provision will discourage genuine taxpayers.It is immoral, discrimi…
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