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Shop owners press for package VAT

Shop owners Saturday demanded the government keep the package VAT for small retailers and traders unchanged in the proposed budget for 2015-16 fiscal. The demand came at a press conference, organised by Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity, an association of shop owners, in the city, reports UNB. Among others, Samity president...

Plan to make EPZs low-carbon areas

The government has adopted a plan to make all the EPZs across the country green and low-carbon area by setting up solar-power and central effluent treatment plants, a high official said. Under the plan, the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has setup a central effluent treatment plant (CETP) in...

Move to expand housing fund

The government has taken an initiative to expand housing loan facilities across the country, officials said. As part of the move, the steering committee of the government's housing fund (Grihayan Tahbil) has primarily decided to enlist 117 more non-government organisations (NGOs) for disbursing the fund. The committee will scrutinise the...

CMCCI launches subsidised sales of essentials

CHITTAGONG, Jun 20: Chittagong Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched month-long sales outlets in the city's Agrabad and Oxygen intersection for the Ramadan month. President of the CMCCI Khalilur Rahman inaugurated the outlets by selling three consumer goods at a subsidised price targetting the poor of the port...

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Foreign cos to finance laptop project The government will distribute more than 6,000 laptops among university-level underprivileged, but meritorious students across the country to reduce digital gap, officials said. They said students mainly from the public universities and university-colleges across the country will get the facility, which will help them...

Photo: Mr. Md. Hassan Khaled, president of DBCCI

DCs should ensure SME, farm loan disbursement: Atiur

Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Saturday urged the deputy commissioners (DCs) to make sure that the farmers, small investors and women entrepreneurs are not harassed in anyway while receiving bank loans, reports UNB. "DCs are responsible to monitor disbursement and realisation of agriculture and SME loans. So, they've...

Hathazari bankers\\\' assoc formed

CHITTAGONG, June 20: Branch managers of different banks at Hathazari upazila have formed a bankers' association with Syed Kutub Uddin Alam as its convener. Mr Alam is the manager of First Security Islami Bank Hathazari Branch. Member secretary of the 21-member association is Mohammed Ishaque, Hathazari Branch manager of Al...

Govt undertakes dev projects to improve tourism sector

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon Saturday said the government has undertaken various projects to develop the tourism sector aimed at bringing more tourists to the country, reports BSS. "The government has also undertaken various projects for implementation under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) to create more opportunity...

No import of wheat from Brazil again, Qamrul tells JS

Food Minister Qamrul Islam has said Bangladesh will not import wheat from Brazil again, following the bad experience over the standard of wheat from the country, reports bdnews24.com. Amidst widespread criticism over the import of wheat from Brazil, the minister told the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Saturday: "We'll not bring...

Proposed budget to boost anti-poverty plans, MPs say

Lawmakers from both the treasury and opposition benches Saturday highly appreciated the proposed budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year terming it a big development plan, which would augment the anti-poverty programmes of the government, reports BSS. Taking part in the general discussion on the fiscal plan in the Jatiya Sangsad,...

Plea to set up food courts in districts

Environmentalists at a programme demanded on Saturday the government set up food courts in all the districts for ensuring safe food. They said the Safe Food Act-2013 is yet to be implemented fully even after 20 months of its enactment. Poribesh Bachao Andolon, Ainer Patshala and Poribesh Unnayan Society jointly...