June 25, 2024

Custom Duty Bill-2081 BS approved

Kathmandu: The Custom Duty Bill-2081 BS has been approved with two-thirds majority of the House of Representatives (HoR) today.

The House approved the Bill after Minister for Finance, Barshaman Pun, responded to the queries posed by the parliamentar…

1st Int’l Open Veteran Athletics to begin on Thursday

The 1st International Open Veteran Athletics Championship will begin on Thursday at Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city.

Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) vice president and Bangladesh master athlete association president Nur Uddin Cho…

International Maithili Film Festival underway

The International Maithili Film Festival has started from today in Janakpurdham.

Inaugurating the festival, Chief Minister of Madhes Satish Kumar Singh expressed his belief that the festival will contribute to the development of Maithili language, l…

‘Laws needed for protection of whistleblowers’

Kathmandu: Chief Commissioner of National Information Commission Mahendraman Gurung has said laws were needed for the protection of whistleblowers.

At a programme on ‘Journalism for Implementation of Right to Information’ here today, Gurung shared t…

Seminar on GNSS ionospheric observatory held at MIST

A seminar titled ‘Launching GNSS Ionospheric Observatory: New Horizon of Collaborative Space Research in Bangladesh’ was held at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) here today.

Defence Secretary Md Ashraf Uddin addressed the semi…

Credit will be spent in productive sector: Finance Minister Pun

Kathmandu: Finance Minister Barshman Pun has said that domestic or foreign loans will be spent in the productive sector, including job creation.

Responding to the queries raised during the discussion on the Bill to raise National Debt, 2081, he said …

Proposed budget to help overcome economic crisis: lawmakers

Lawmakers today said the proposed budget for FY 25 is time-befitting and will help overcome the prevailing global economic crisis.

Taking part in the general discussion on the national budget for 2024-25 fiscal at the Jatiya Sangsad here, the lawmake…