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The Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) on Tuesday called for the continuation of the existing VAT exemption on tour operator services, which is planned to be withdrawn in the proposed national budget announced on June 6. TOAB came up with the demand at a press conference held at t...
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have expressed their desire that the existing bilateral relations between the two neighbouring countries would be further strengthened in the future."The two leaders have expressed their hopes that the existing bilateral rela...
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In just 10 months of its launching, the number of registration to the universal pension scheme crossed a new milestone of three lakh for the first time as it reached 3,03,176 on June 10, 2024.Earlier on August 17, 2023, the Universal Pension Scheme was rolled out in the country by Prime Minister She...
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President Mohammed Shahabuddin has asked government officers to give top priority to the public interest in performing their duties as public servants. "Give the highest priority to the public interest while discharging duties as servants of the people . . . Always take care so that no peo...
A daylong citizens leadership dialogue with public representatives was held in Rajshahi on Monday aimed at ensuring transparency and accountability in service deliveries through boosting bilateral relations between the citizens and public representatives.The dialogue titled "Interaction between...
Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) appreciated the proposed national budget for FY25, aimed at supporting the economy amidst challenges.With a budget size of Taka 7,97,000 crore, constituting 14.2 percent of GDP, the government targets 6.75 percent GDP growth and 6.5 per...
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Authority, under the Prime Minister's Office, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) today inked the Transaction Advisory Services Agreement (TASA) for establishment and operation of Laldia container terminal at Ch...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her country’s eagerness to import hydro electricity from Bhutan through India when Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay paid a courtesy call on her at the latter’s Place of Residence in New Delhi.“Import of hydroelectricit...
Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay on Sunday said he always remembers and thinks about Bangladesh.“Bangladesh High Commission falls on my way to gym from my house and it always reminds me about Bangladesh. I always think about Bangladesh,” he said.He made the remarks while pa...
Bangladesh and South Korea are keen to revise the existing Air Services Agreement (ASA) between the two countries soon, to operate regular direct commercial flights between Dhaka and Seoul. The South Korean authority has already sent a draft copy of the revised ASA to Dhaka as the existing one ...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Sunday said the Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust (BJWT) is an evidence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led government's goodwill in protecting journalists.“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes in the expansion and f...
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said that the present government will increase the number of dredgers to make waterways and ports more navigable. "During the tenure of the present Awami League-led government, 38 new dredgers have been added to the Bangladesh I...
Three persons were convicted and sentenced to life-term imprisonment on charge of their involvement in killing a van-puller in the district around four years back.They were also fined Taka 20,000 each, in default; they will have to suffer more six months behind the bar.Muhammad Saifur Rahman Siddiqu...
Country's both the bourses-- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- on Sunday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 65.76 points or 1.26 percent to 5,171.56. The DSE Shariah Index ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday reached New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the prime minister for a third consecutive term.She is visiting the capital to join the oath-taking ceremony at her Indian counterpart’s invitation.A special flight of Biman Bangla...
Seven leaders from the neighbourhood and Indian Ocean region including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 8000 other guests from various professions are set to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was invited, ...
Bangladesh was elected as a member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the principal organs of the United Nations (UN), for the term 2025-2027 from the Asia-Pacific region by securing 181 votes out of 189.Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan were the other countries elected from th...
Md. Rafeuzzaman, president of Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB), the apex association of the tourism sector, demanded for withdrawal of 15 percent tax imposed on the tourism sector in the proposed budget for FY25.He made this demand in a meeting with FBCCI President Mahbubul Alam after...
As many as 630 landless and homeless people from seven upazilas of the district would get semi-pucca houses from the government on Tuesday next.Of them, 405 semi pucca houses were built newly in four upazilas and 225 houses were built for living in Sundarganj upazila by replacing dilapidated barrack...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said all organs of the state should work with cooperative mindset in a coordinated way to establish the rule of law, justice and democracy in the country."The government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina always believes in the...
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