Amitabh Srivastava: With assembly polls just months away, political parties in Bihar — JDU, RJD — are engaged in a verbal spat. Among them is Deputy Chief Minister and senior sta... Read more
Rohit Kumar Singh: Bihar Chief Minister had emphasised on party workers to reach out to the first time voters and inform them about the 15 years of rule of the Yadav couple. Bihar Chief Mini... Read more
The onset of the monsoon brought cheers to the farmers as several districts, including Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati and Ganjam experienced rainfall of varied intensity during the... Read more
Prabhash K Dutta: The Oil India Ltd has said the fire in the Assam oil field may take four weeks to be brought under control. There is fear that gas leak and oil spill may have caused irrepa... Read more
Kolkata: APIL was moved before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday claiming that children below the age of 12 years are susceptible to COVID-19 and should be exempted from going to school ti... Read more
Rohit Kumar Singh: The AIMIM said it will contest 32 seats in Bihar assembly election later this year. The party has one MLA in the current Bihar Assembly. HIGHLIGHTS -AIMIM of Asaduddin Owa... Read more
Covering loss from long study break to be important task in next FY: Finance Minister The government has increased the budgetary allocation for the education sector as the two ministries con... Read more
The government has proposed an allocation of Tk 64,580 crore for infrastructure of communication sectors aiming to have a modern, safe and environment friendly transportation and communicati... Read more
The government has to spend Tk. 63,801 crore in interest payments, which is 11.23 percent of total national budget allocation for fiscal year 2020-21. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal disc... Read more
As the country grapples with coronavirus pandemic, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed an allocation of Tk29,247 crore for health services and health education sector, up... Read more
BNP on Thursday said the proposed national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year has failed to reflect people’s hopes and aspirations. In an instant reaction to the proposed budget, party stand... Read more
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday castigated the budget reaction of BNP, calling it pre-prepared and imaginary old story. “BNP’s budget reaction is pre-prepared, imag... Read more
Some economists said on Thursday the proposed national budget for 2020-21 fiscal year will be almost impossible to implement as it is ‘highly ambitious and devoid of objectivity’. In their i... Read more
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Thursday urged the government to keep the source tax unchanged at 0.25 percent for another five years. Finance Minister... Read more
Aiming to ensure food security and prevent any possible food crisis in the post-corona world, the government has given the second highest priority to agriculture by proposing an allocation o... Read more
Down almost Tk 500 crore An amount of Tk 1,717 crore has been allocated for the Election Commission in the proposed national budget for 2020-21 fiscal year, down by some Tk 500 crore of the... Read more
Illegal money whitening scope was introduced for the next fiscal year 2020-21 as Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal announced a plan in his budget speech in Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday. Discl... Read more
The government has allocated Tk 95,574 crore for programmes under the social safety net in the proposed national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal, with a proposal to expand the coverage of some... Read more
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President Shams Mahmud on Thursday said the proposed national budget for 2020-21 financial year is an ambitious one but finds it business-friend... Read more
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said he has brought about a structural change in this year’s budget in terms of setting priorities of the government by slightly deviating from... Read more
