Industry

Rise in remittance inflow irritates BNP: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP has started getting irritated with the rise in the country’s remittance inflow.”The anger of BNP starts as the remittance inflow has gone up,” he said in a statement.Quader, also the road tr…

Stocks witness up on large-cap vibe

Stocks today witnessed upward trend as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found rising with higher activities of some large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 13.04 points or…

3 testify in graft case against Tarique-Zubaida

Three bank officials today testified in a graft case filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman.SM Musa Karim, Obaidur Rashid and Emran Ahmed submitted their depositions at the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Speci…

Budget of 1751.31 billion presented

The government has tabled a budget of Rs 1751.31 billion for the financial year 2080/81. Out of the total allocation, Rs 1141.78 billion rupees or 65.20 percent is for current expenditure, 302 billion rupees i.e. 17.25 percent for capital expenditure,…

Finance sector development strategy to be prepared

The government has said second phase of finance sector development strategy would be prepared in the coming fiscal year and brought into implementation.The budget has incorporated various issues including further strengthening government owned banks a…

This budget cannot address current economic crisis: Chair Oli

The main opposition party, CPN (UML), has commented that the budget presented today by the government for coming fiscal year would not be able to address the current economic crisis.Sharing his preliminary comments on the budget for coming fiscal year…

Govt. aims at 6 per cent economic growth

The government has set a target of achieving 6 per cent economic growth rate in the next fiscal year 2080/81. Further, it aims to limit inflation to below 6.5 per cent.Presenting the budget statement in Parliament today, Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sh…

Financial Bill tabled in House of Representatives

The Finance Bill 2080 was tabled in the meeting of the House of Representatives today.Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat presented the bill in today’s second meeting of the House of Representatives.Earlier Dr Mahat presented the budget for the f…

Govt. allocates Rs 31 billion for east-west highway expansion

Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said the work of expansion of the four-lane east-west highway would be expedited.Presenting the annual budget for the coming fiscal year 2080/81 in the joint meeting of the federal parliament today, Finance…