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Govt goes tough on onion cartel

Authorities concerned have unearthed a syndicate of 600 unscrupulous people allegedly involved in manipulating the countries onion market leading to abnormal price hike despite sufficient local production.Soon their identity will be reveled and punitive action will be taken against them, said offici...

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Move to tackle plastic pollution in agrifood

To mark the World Environment Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) calls for better management of plastics in agrifood systems.This pressing issue was the focus of a panel discussion held at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) which brought toget...

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ADB support to boost Pry Edn

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a grant of $12.4 million to support Bangladesh’s Fourth Primary Education Development Program that aims to provide quality education to all children from pre-primary to grade 5. A grant agreement of $12.40 million was signed in Dhaka on Monday between ...

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Call for urgent actions to address plastic crisis

ActionAid Bangladesh celebrated the World Environment Day-2023 on Monday (June 5) with a special event focused on the participation and role of young people in environmental activism in Global Platform Bangladesh office.  Speakers in the event called for urgent actions to address the global pla...

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Remittances spike to $19.41b in 11 months

The country’s remittance inflow has increased by about $217 million or 1.13 percent to stand at $19.41 billion in July-May in the current fiscal year 2022-23 over the previous fiscal.The country’s remittances increased to $1.69 billion in May against the previous month. On an averag...

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Bangladesh faces mounting e-waste management crisis

Experts expressed deep concerns over the escalating e-waste management crisis in the country. Shockingly, Bangladesh currently generates around 3 million tonnes of e-waste annually, with smart devices alone contributing 10.5 tonnes to this staggering figure. Even more alarming is the fact that ...

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‘Enforce law to end plastic hazards’

The World Environment Day-2023 is being observed in the country as elsewhere around the world today (Monday) with a view to creating mass awareness for conservation of nature and environment.Different government and non-government organisations, environmental platforms and various other socio-cultur...

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Tax exemption for ICT industry should be prolonged until 2030

The budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 announced by the government did not reflect the proposals of the information and communication technology sector as expected. Rather, it is inconsistent with the purpose of Smart Bangladesh. The business leaders of the national trade organizations of the I...

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BNCA threatens to go to court for DIT Pond

The Bangladesh Nature Conservation Alliance (BNCA) has threatened to go to court seeking legal action if the authorities concerned do not take action to stop encroachment of the DIT Pond at Gendaria in Old Dhaka. In a statement issued on Saturday (June 3) signed by BNCA’s member secretary...

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PBI recovers arms of a retired army officer after six years

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Saturday recovered a licensed fire weapon which was stolen from a retired army officer's house in Bhashantek area of Mirpur in the capital, after four years.A team of PBI Dhaka Metro on Saturday arrested Tarek Hawladar ,21, hailing  from Gournadi Upaz...

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Budget appropriate for development: PM

New budget is appropriate for the  development of the country and it will help increase pace of the ongoing development prosses, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday while addressing the opening of the Dhaka District Awami League Bhaban  (office of Dhaka district and Dhaka North C...

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Bangladesh mission in Canberra introduces e-passport service

The Bangladesh High Commission in Canberra, the capital city of Australia, launched e-passport service on Saturday.Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia M Allama Siddiqui inaugurated the e-passport programme, a press release said.Director General (DG) of the Department of Immigration and Passpor...

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BGMEA seeks govt policy support to achieve high growth vision of the industry

Apparel sector leaders have sought the required policy support from the government to meet the high growth vision of the industry. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan made the call while visited Salman Fazlur Rahman MP, Private Industry and Investment Advisor to the Prime Minister, in Dhaka recently...

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Bangladesh mission in Canberra introduces e-passport service

The Bangladesh High Commission in Canberra, the capital city of Australia, launched e-passport service on Saturday.Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia M Allama Siddiqui inaugurated the e-passport programme, a press release said.Director General (DG) of the Department of Immigration and Passpor...

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Tk 277,582cr development allocation is inspiring to move forward the country

Despite Russia-Ukraine War, high inflation, rising commodity prices, dollar crisis, slowdown in business investment and employment, and other global uncertainties, government has taken a challenge of implementing development budget of Taka 277,582 crore which is very encouraging step to move forward...

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It’s a balanced budget: Atiur

The government has announced a balanced, optimistic and reform-oriented budget for the next fiscal year 2023-24 to ensure sustainable economic growth.The statement was made by Dr Atiur Rahman, former governor of Bangladesh Bank and chairperson of Unnayan Shamannay.This year's budget has announce...

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Biman’s code sharing deal with Gulf Air likely

In a historic move for the country, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is entering into a code sharing agreement with Gulf Air, a prominent Middle East-based airline. This collaboration aims to connect various European countries and expand Biman's network across the continent. Biman Bangladesh Airli...

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Bangladesh makes significant progress in global startup index

Bangladesh has made significant progress, and moved four notches up to the 89th position in Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2023.In 2023, the startup scene of Dhaka developed considerably and increased in the Global Ecosystem Index by 115 spots to stand in the 211th position, said the Global Startup ...

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Bold steps must to rein in inflation: CPD

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has said the proposed budget for fiscal 2023-24 fails to provide a bold measure for taming inflation, the key challenge facing the economy.CPD Executive Director Dr Fahmida Khatun made the statement while presenting the analysis of the national budget for the fis...

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NBR-private sector partnership crucial to meet revenue target of budget

President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) Barrister Md. Sameer Sattar in his initial budget reaction said that government has increased tax free income limit up 350000 taka but considering the present inflation situation it should be increased to 5 lakh taka.Passing reaction on be...