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Pension payments to double next fiscal

The country's pension payment is expected to double in the next fiscal year (FY), the latest budget documents show.The payout is estimated to be over Tk 260 billion, twice the size of the 2018 fiscal year's. Officials familiar with the situation told the FE the civil servants of 1984 and...

A boy working in a hazardous condition at a workshop

A boy working in a hazardous condition at a workshop in South Keraniganj, Dhaka, on Monday ahead of the World Day Against Child Labour to be celebrated today (Tuesday) with a call to stop such practices — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam

Affluent section opts for air travel as Eid nears

Local airliners are experiencing a rush of homebound ticket-seekers ahead of the Eid-ul-fitr, operators said.Poor condition of highways and difficulties in getting tickets of both trains and passenger launches are forcing people of upper and upper-middle income brackets to choose air travel as an alternative.To cope with such growing demand,...

Parliament passes supplementary budget

Parliament passed on Tuesday the supplementary budget of Tk 153.39 billion (15339.83 crore) for fiscal 2017-18 to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions, reports UNB.Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed the supplementary budget in the House on June 07 along with the national budget.Different ministries, divisions and institutions...

Trump-Kim summit today

SINGAPORE, June 11 (Agencies): White House said Monday that nuclear talks with North Korea have moved "more quickly than expected."President Donald Trump plans to depart early from his unprecedented summit with Kim Jong Un tomorrow.Trump had been scheduled to fly back to Washington on Wednesday morning after spending Tuesday with...

News Watch (12-6-2018)

Lailatul Qadr tonightMuslims across the country will observe holy Lailatul Qadr tonight (Tuesday night) with due religious fervour and solemnity. The holy Quran was revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) on this night. According to the holy Quran, the night is superior to one thousand nights. Devotees will pass the...