Shops to stay open until 10pm on Fridays, Saturdays in Ramadan
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
All markets and shopping malls across the country will be allowed to remain open until 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, report agencies.
The decision was taken at the regular Cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
The Cabinet took the decision in line with Prime Minister's directives aimed at minimising the sufferings of the people and facilitating shopping by them during Ramadan, Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told the reporters after the meeting.
Besides, the Cabinet approved the National Science and Technology Museum Act-2009.
It also approved a proposal to cancel the decision of presenting the report on outstanding telephone bills of the members of parliament (MPs) upto the 8th Jatiya Sangsad.
Azad said there was a decision of the Cabinet in 2001 that the concerned ministry would submit reports on the outstanding bills of the MPs to the Cabinet on a regular basis.
According to the report, Azad said, the total outstanding telephone bills with the MPs were Tk 9,12,48,108 in 2001 while the dues with 135 MPs now came down to Tk 1,60,88,587. He said the Cabinet now thought that the concerned ministry did not need to present reports on the outstanding bills, as the realisation of the outstanding bills with the MPs was remarkable.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet adopted an obituary reference on the occasion of the 34th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The decision was taken at the regular Cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
The Cabinet took the decision in line with Prime Minister's directives aimed at minimising the sufferings of the people and facilitating shopping by them during Ramadan, Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told the reporters after the meeting.
Besides, the Cabinet approved the National Science and Technology Museum Act-2009.
It also approved a proposal to cancel the decision of presenting the report on outstanding telephone bills of the members of parliament (MPs) upto the 8th Jatiya Sangsad.
Azad said there was a decision of the Cabinet in 2001 that the concerned ministry would submit reports on the outstanding bills of the MPs to the Cabinet on a regular basis.
According to the report, Azad said, the total outstanding telephone bills with the MPs were Tk 9,12,48,108 in 2001 while the dues with 135 MPs now came down to Tk 1,60,88,587. He said the Cabinet now thought that the concerned ministry did not need to present reports on the outstanding bills, as the realisation of the outstanding bills with the MPs was remarkable.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet adopted an obituary reference on the occasion of the 34th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.