Edible oil, coarse flour, egg get costlier

Edible oil, coarse flour (ata), egg, sugar and bottled water got dearer last week further battering the consumers who had already dug deep into their pockets to make the ends meet due to rising costs of other essentials. Prices of...

ICAB urges steps to zoom tax net

Citing the proposed national budget as time-befitting, chartered accountants (CAs) suggest that government take further steps to widen tax net in order to enhance the tax-GDP ratio.The proposed budget is very timely and it allocates a staggering sum for infrastructure...

UnSy urges rethinking of decision

Local think-tank Unnayan Shamannay (UnSy) urges the government to reconsider its decision to allow launderers to bring back their money from abroad through paying some penalty.If such scheme is in place, UnSy says, it will give a wrong message to...

Khaleda undergoes stenting after 'mild' heart attack

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has undergone angioplasty with stenting at a hospital in Dhaka after she suffered a heart attack, prompting the party to reiterate its demand that she be allowed to receive treatment abroad, reports , bdnews24.com.Doctors completed the...

Students from Delhi university display placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to condemn police firing on a crowd

Students from Delhi university display placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to condemn police firing on a crowd protesting the remarks by a former spokesperson from the ruling party on Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in New Delhi on Saturday —...

Most CSOs lack idea about RTI, NIS: Survey

Most civil-society organisations (CSO) and media personnel have little knowledge of the right to information (RTI), national integrity strategy (NIS) and annual performance agreement (APA).An opinion survey of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) made this disclosure at an event at...

Economists slam less than expected SSNP allocation

Economists have strongly criticised reduction in budgetary allocations for social safety-net programmes (SSNP) amid higher inflationary pressure in the country.When vulnerable groups have the possibility to fall under the poverty line due to high inflation, the lower allocation is a...

Briefing 12-06-2022

CSE for continuation of money whitening Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has made a set of demands including the reconsideration of the scope of whitening undisclosed money through capital market by individual taxpayers. The port city bourse CSE has also demanded...

BD globe's 4th worst in cutting pollution

Bangladesh is the fourth worst country in reducing environmental pollution, according to the global Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 report. Bangladesh's position in the index declined 15 steps to 177th out of 180 countries in 2022, the report showed. It...

Trade ministers in Geneva to seal a deal

The hopes of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) including Bangladesh to push ahead the agenda for extending LDC-specific trade benefits for graduated LDCs by at least six to nine years are likely to be sidelined in the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12)...

FBCCI for raising individuals' tax-free income threshold

Country's apex trade body on Saturday urged the government to increase the tax-free income threshold for the individual taxpayers to at least Tk 400,000 considering the adverse impact of Covid-19 pandemic and mounting inflation."Please review the proposed tax-free income limit...

Abdur Rouf picked as 12th BB governor

The government has picked senior secretary of the finance division Abdur Rouf Talukder as the 12th governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) for the term of next four years.He will take over the new assignment on July 4, according to a...

Govt liabilities over SOEs' loan guarantees growing

Government liabities over outstanding loans of the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) goes ballooning as they owe Tk 926.01 billion to local and foreign lenders, sources say.The SOE debt overhang, following a 25-percent surge in their loans backed by government guarantees, valid...

Day temperature may rise slightly---------------------

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.Day temperature may rise...

World Day Against Child Labour today

The World Day Against Child Labour-2022 will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe today (Sunday), reports UNB. This year, the theme of the day is 'Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour'. The 2022 theme of...

'UN looks forward to working with Rabab Fatima'

The UN office in Bangladesh has said the vast experience of Ambassador Rabab Fatima, newly appointed UN Under-Secretary-General, has made her voice more powerful for the vulnerable people, reports UNB."Her immense experience in leading highly climate-vulnerable countries, graduating from LDCs...

People should be free to promote HR without fear of retaliation: US Embassy

Reiterating that no democracy is perfect, the United States has said the rule of law, free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press are cornerstones of a healthy democracy and the right of all, reports UNB....

DU 'Gha' unit entry test held

The first-year honours admission test of Dhaka University's (DU) 'Gha' unit under the Faculty of Social Sciences for the 2021-22 academic session was held in eight divisional cities on Saturday.The admission test was held from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm...

Dhaka-Sylhet rail link restored after 3 hrs

MOULVIBAZAR, June 11 (UNB): Rail communications on the Dhaka-Sylhet route were restored Saturday afternoon after three hours of suspension following a fire incident on an intercity train at Srimangal of Moulvibazar district, authorities said.The rail link resumed at 4:00 pm...

Metro rail test run nearing completion

The test run of the country's first metro rail has almost reached its end as checking of last few components from Uttara to Agargaon in the city is going on.After completion of the last-minute checking, sources said, rolling stock will...

Call for building low-cost housing under PPP

Low-cost housing should be built on a public-private partnership basis considering the growing number of internal migrants to Dhaka, said speakers told a seminar on Saturday.Citing housing as a fundamental right for all, they called for sustainable housing for a...

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of BNP, speaking

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of BNP, speaking at the press conference at the party's chairperson's office in Gulshan in the city on Saturday — Focus Bangla

New SCBA leaders pay homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

The newly elected office-bearers of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) led by its president Barrister Advocate Momtaz Uddin Fakir on Saturday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj, reports BSS.They...

Padma Bridge opening function to draw one million people: Nanak

Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Saturday expressed his optimism that there will be a gathering of millions of people on the historic day of inauguration of the long-cherished Padma Multipurpose Bridge on June 25, reports BSS."I...

BNP not thinking about country, says railways minister

PANCHAGARH, June 11 (BSS): Railways Minister Advocate Nurul Islam Sujon today said that Bangladesh National Party (BNP) is not thinking about the country."They (BNP) have no agenda without criticism of Awami League," he said this while inaugurating the 'Dolonchapa Express'...

BCL leader's body recovered from Brahmaputra river

JAMALPUR, June 11 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader from the Brahmaputra river in the Kochandhara area of Jamalpur Sadar upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Zahid Faisal Fahim, 25, BCL...

Two IU BCL men held with hemp

KUSHTIA, June 11 (UNB): Police arrested two activists of Islamic University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of ruling Awami League, along with hemp from in front of the university's main entrance on Friday. The arrestees were identified as...

Khaleda must follow legal process for treatment abroad

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said if BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia wishes to get medical treatment abroad she must follow the legal process, reports UNB. The minister said this on Saturday while he was attending a programme at the city's...

Quader for building well-organised, united AL ahead of next election

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday called for building the party as modern, united and well-organised under AL president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's leadership ahead of the next parliamentary polls, reports BSS. He made the call...

PM credits AL for robust economic growth

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it was because of the Awami League Bangladesh could attain over five per cent GDP growth during the pandemic when many developed countries saw negative growth, reports UNB. "We have given budget for...