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‘Ensure int'l safety standard in poultry industry’

Speakers at a programme in the city on Friday emphasised on improved waste management at poultry farms to make the production process compliant with international safety standard. They also suggested bringing all poultry farms, i.e., from small to commercial farms, breeders and feed mills under registration in order to ensure...

Sonali Bank signs deal with BUTEX

Sonali Bank Limited signed an agreement with Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) on Thursday at the university for payment of students' fees and charges through the Sonali e-sheba services. Sonali Bank Limited Deputy Managing Director Niranjan Chandra Debnath and Registrar of Bangladesh University of Textiles Professor Dr. Shah Alimuzzaman signed...

Brazil trying to raise cotton export to BD

Brazil is trying to increase its cotton export to Bangladesh to expand global market of the item, sources said. Two Brazilian trade-bodies - Brazilian Cotton Growers Association (ABRAPA) and Brazilian Cotton Exporters Association (ANES) - are exploring the trade opportunities in Bangladesh, especially its cotton market, they added.A Brazilian business...

AT proposed for public transport and goods-carrying vehicles

The government has proposed to introduce non-adjustable advance tax (AT) for both motorised public transport and goods-carrying vehicles to bring them under common taxation. The finance bill placed in parliament on Thursday proposed to impose non-adjustable AT of Tk 16,000 for 52-seater bus, Tk 11,500 for below 52-seater bus, Tk...

'Fix Tk 20,000 as minimum wage for garment workers'

Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati (BGSS) on Friday urged the government to fix Tk 20,000 as minimum wage for the garment workers due to soaring prices of essential commodities.The organisation also called on the government to form a 'minimum wage board' aimed at alleviating the plight of the garment workers.The garment...

Pak govt unveils Rs9.5tn budget

The coalition government in Pakistan headed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has presented its "growth and investment-oriented" budget for fiscal year 2022-23 in the National Assembly.Miftah Ismail, while presenting the budget proposals on Friday, said that out of the Rs9.502 trillion budget, an amount of Rs 3,950 billion had...

War risks forcing 11m-19m more to go hungry over next year: FAO

Reduced exports of wheat and other food commodities from Ukraine and Russia risk leaving between 11 million and 19 million more people with chronic hunger over the next year, the United Nations' food agency said on Friday, reports Reuters.The conflict in Ukraine has fuelled a global food crisis, with surging...