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Hasan terms proposed budget pro-poor, pro-people

Awami League Joint General Secretary and Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has termed the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 as pro-people and pro-poor. At the same time, he said, criticism of the budget's critics is as complex and conventional as ever, reports UNB.Many people are busy...

AL MP Afsarul Amin passes away

CHATTOGRAM, June 02 (BSS): Lawmaker of Chittagong-10 and former primary and mass education minister Dr Afsarul Amin died at a hospital in the capital this afternoon. He was 65.Dr Afsarul Amin, who had been suffering from cancer for the last two years, died at Square Hospital in Dhaka around 4...

AL's press conference on budget today

Awami League's (AL) press conference on the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024 will be held today (Saturday), reports BSS.General Secretary of the party and minister of road transport and bridges Obaidul Quader is scheduled to address the press conference on the proposed budget at the central office of...

Budget won't help overcome economic crisis: Fakhrul

Terming the proposed budget for the next fiscal year unrealistic, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said it will not help overcome the dire economic crisis the country is facing now, reports UNB."The government is saying an excellent budget has been placed which would bring about change....

'Which way is acceptable election'

BNP Chairperson's Adviser Zainul Abdin Farroque, also a former opposition chief whip, speaking at a seminar styled 'Which way is acceptable election' organised by Centre for Democracy and Peace Studies at the National Press club in the city on Friday — Focus Bangla

Eight injured in CU BCL infighting

CHATTOGRAM, June 02 (UNB): At least eight people were injured in clashes between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League at Chittagong University in the last two days.An assistant proctor of the university, police and six activists of Chhatra League were reportedly injured in the clashes which started on Wednesday morning...

EC's budgetary allocation goes up by Tk 9.0b

The budgetary allocation against the Election Commission has been increased by nearly Tk 9.0 billion for the upcoming fiscal year when the next general election will be held, reports UNB. The allocation against the EC Secretariat in the proposed national budget for 2023-24 fiscal year is Tk 24.06 billion, which...

Kader Siddique calls US visa policy a disgrace for Bangladesh

GAZIPUR, June 02 (UNB): Krishak Sramik Janata League president Bangabir Kader Siddique called the recent US visa policy a matter of great shame for Bangladesh, 'regardless of how the two parties perceive it'."It is a disgrace to the entire country. Normally, the country issuing the visa grants it according to...

Symbols allocated among RCC election candidates

RAJSHAHI, June 02 (BSS): Symbols were allocated among the contenders in the upcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) on Friday.Rajshahi Regional Election Officer Delwar Hossain said they allocated symbols to four mayoral candidates, 112 general councillors and 46 women councillors in reserved seats at the Shilpakala Academy auditorium.He said...

Fugitive war criminal arrested in Gazipur

GAZIPUR, June 02, (BSS): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a warranted fugitive war criminal from Sreepur upazila of the district on Wednesday.The arrested was identified as Md Shahar Ali, 76, son of late Javed Ali, resident of Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh district.RAB-2 senior assistant director (media) Md Fazlul Haque informed...