Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given directives to authorities concerned to reduce tariff on four essential items- rice, edible oil, sugar and date.
She gave the directive in a cabinet meeting on Monday at her office in the capital's Tejgaon.
Later, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain in a press conference disclosed the decisions taken in the meeting.
Ahead of the Holy month of Ramadan, the premier gave directives to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to reduce tariff on the four essentials commodities, he said adding now the NBR will decide how much tariff will be reduced. The Cabinet approved the draft of the Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (amendment) Act-2024.
Mahbub Hossain said the act was framed first in 2002 for two years. Later the tenure of the law was extended for several times and the current tenure will expire on April 9 next.
The Cabinet has taken decision in principle to give the act a permanent shape, he said.
Draft of the National Primary Education Academy Act-2024 also got cabinet’s nod.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet on Monday has cleared the draft of Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) Act 2024, aiming to make the existing provisional law as a permanent one.
The approval came from the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in the city on Monday. Briefing the reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said the Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) Act was first promulgated in 2002 and then the effectiveness of the law was extended on several occasions through amendments.
He said the existing Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) Act would be effective till April 9, 2024. So, the Public Security Division placed the proposed law before the Cabinet, saying that this law has successfully played an effective role in curbing crimes, he added.
“The cabinet has given the final approval to make Law and Order Disruption Offenses (Speedy Trial) Act 2024 as a permanent one. There is no change in the draft law,” said the Cabinet Secretary.
Besides, the Cabinet has given the final approval to the draft of National Primary Education Academy Act, 2024.
