Proposed budget frustrates FBCCI
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Abdul Matlub Ahmad on Friday termed the proposed budget for the fiscal 2016-17 a complex one which did not address any of the demands of the apex chamber.
BNP asks OSs to prepare organisational reports
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday asked its new organising secretaries to prepare reports on the latest organisational position underlining the role of grassroots leaders in the first-ever partisan elections to union parishads.
Sadeq Khan worked for the cause of countrymen’
Language movement hero, freedom fighter and journalist Sadeq Khan worked throughout his life for the cause of people, discussants at a citizens’ commemorative meeting in memory of the journalist said on Friday.
Drive for revenue before new fiscal: Muhith
The finance minister, AMA Muhith, at a post-budget press conference on Friday said that frantic drives to reach the huge revenue target would be undertaken before the beginning of the next financial year.
Law and order fine
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the country’s law and order situation is normal and people are getting justice as her government has taken various effective steps.
4 SCBs must focus on SME sector to avoid risky loans
Bangladesh Bank is going to include SME loan disbursement target as a clause in memorandums of understanding signed with the four state-owned commercial banks.
State of economy 2015-16: Sagging pvt investment, job creation blot growth success
The government announces the national budget for the fiscal year of 2016-2017 today against the backdrop of weak budget implementation, stagnant private investment and low level of employment generation in the outgoing fiscal year despite achieving a record-high economic growth.
Police turn city road into dumping ground
Police have been using a portion of the road stretch from Begum Rokeya Sarani to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics office at Agargaon for dumping seized vehicles for years.
Habiganj war crimes: Mohib to die, others jailed until death
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday unanimously handed death sentence to Mohibur Rahman alias Bara Miah, 65, and jail term until death his sibling Mozibur Rahman alias Ranga Miah, 60, and cousin Abdur Razzak, 63, finding them guilty of committing crimes against humanity in Habiganj during the Liberation War.
Protest held against hike in essentials prices
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh at a protest rally in the capital on Tuesday protested against the hikes in essentials prices before Ramadan.
