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More tax benefits to be considered for businesses
Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government is ready to offer more tax benefits to businesses in the budget for the forthcoming fiscal year to create employment opportunities by boosting investment and production in the private sector.“The proposed budget is not final yet. We will remain…
Read More »Plant more trees care those to reap benefit: PM Hasina
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the countrymen to plant more trees and take care of those to become beneficiary financially and avoid the adverse impact of climate change.“Yesterday I planted saplings and urged all of you to plant trees wherever you have the land available. It…
Read More »Bangladesh needs coastal embankments for climate mitigation: Momen
Staff Correspondent: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Bangladesh needs to build embankments with renewable energy facilities along coastal belt as part of ‘climate mitigation’ to save its people from becoming climate migrants due to sea level rise.“To protect our people from getting inundated by sea level rise…
Read More »Efforts underway to normalise things
Sinopharm vaccine Staff Correspondent: The government is putting in its best efforts through diplomatic channels to “make things normal” and procure 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China as planned though the scenario looks “different” to some extent following price disclosure, officials said.“The scenario looks different to some extent…
Read More »PM to inaugurate tree plantation campaign today
Staff Correspondent: The World Environment Day-2021 is going to be observed today in the country like elsewhere in the globe through virtual programs in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. On this occasion, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the National Tree Plantation Campaign-2021.According to ministry sources, the Prime…
Read More »Business-friendly budget to boost production, employment
Kamal defends FY22 budget in post-budget media briefingHopeful about implementing measures Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said that his government would be able to implement the budget for the upcoming fiscal year like it did in the past.He made the comments at the post-budget media briefing held…
Read More »Detailed programs chalked out to increase tea production
Staff Correspondent: Tea will be exported abroad after increasing production and meeting local demand, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi.Observing that tea is a potential export product of the country with high demand abroad, he said, “The government has chalked out detailed programmes to increase its production. With an aim to…
Read More »Budget fails to reflect people’s aspirations: BNP
Staff Correspondent: BNP yesterday said people’s hopes and aspirations have not been reflected in the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2021-22 as the Finance Minister failed to adopt necessary plans and measures to protect their lives and livelihoods.“We can simply say this budget could not reflect the hopes and…
Read More »Private sector must come forward to increase employment
Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said, the private sectors will have to come forward to increase the number of job facilities in the country.The minister said this while addressing official post-budget press conference of fiscal year 2021-2022 yesterday.He said, the government, as well as the private sector, must…
Read More »Malaysia keen to invest in incredible growth story of Bangladesh
Industry Desk: Public and private sector leaders of Malaysia expressed their keenness to invest in the incredible growth story of Bangladesh.They expressed their keenness while public and private sector leaders of Bangladesh and Malaysia discussed the special relationship between the two nations, and the opportunities to leverage the socioeconomic complementarities…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
