Celebrating Pahela Baishakh
The nation is celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year's Day, today. The eagerly-awaited day begins, as has been the custom, in Dhaka with Chhayanaut's musical session at Ramna Batamool. The Mongol Shobhajatra, a carnival wishing and hoping for a prosperous new year, will add to the day's jubilations. Dhaka...
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Celebrating spirit of renewal and cultural bond
The Noboborsho, Bangla New Year, most likely dates back to Emperor Akbar's ascension to the throne on March 16, 1586, although the calendar for the same was introduced a year ago on March 10. Clearly, the celebration of the Pahela Baishakh cannot be more than a little over 400 years'...
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Budget and subsidies
The next year's budget is likely to be presented in parliament in the first week of June next. Brisk preparations are already on from the government side to have forethoughts from the economists, business leaders, think tanks and intellectuals and accommodate their recommendations in the budget.Since budget is an estimated...
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Back to pension
THE SYSTEM of cent per cent computation of pension was introduced in July 1994 and it continued till June 2017. This was widely accepted by a large number of retired employees basically due to two factors. Firstly, pension was fixed at the salary drawn at the time of retirement and...
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We expect responsible comment from ministry
THE recent comments by the Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury about the demonstrators demanding revision of the existing quota system is indeed unfortunate. She termed the demonstrators as children of collaborators. She did not hide her anger as she spoke in the Parliament session on last Monday. We do not expect...
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