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Home decor for Bengali New Year

“Esho hai baishakh esho esho” - Pohela Baishakh, the - Bengali New Year is knocking on the door. On this day everyone will be dressed with colorful clothes, and the streets will come alive as people celebrate a fresh start for the New Year. But it is not only outside the home that you will find Pohela Baishakh festivities. 218092_10150230882065420_3931284_nYour home interior should also be decorated to get in the spirit of the celebrations. Leading property portal Lamudi Bangladesh has compi...

Hillary takes White House bid on the road

Hillary Clinton embarked on an extraordinary campaign road trip Sunday after launching her bid to become the first woman to win the White House with a pledge to champion “Everyday Americans.” With an eye to putting behind her the jet-set image of a former first lady, secretary of state and global charity director, Clinton boarded a simple minivan to head from New York to Iowa. hillarieA few hours into the surprise 1,000 mile (1,600 kilometer) trip, the 67-year-old Democrat tweeted a picture of herself meeting a family of ordinary voters at...

HC stays NBR bid to tax Yunus’ gift money

The High Court has stayed the National Board of Revenue’s move to collect gift taxes from Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, his legal and tax counsels said yesterday, reports the Daily Star. The six-month stay on NBR’s tax demand notice came early this month, Kazi Ershadul Alam, legal adviser to Prof Yunus, told The Daily Star over the phone. dr. YunusThe NBR had claimed that Yunus gave away Tk 77 crore in gifts to his family members and others over three assessment years, against which, Tk 15.39 crore were payable in taxes. Yunus took the NBR...

Hotel bookings soar 60pc before Boishakh festival

Tour operators and hoteliers are expecting a boom in their business on the occasion of Pahela Boishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year. The sector players are taking preparations to welcome local and international tourists during Pahela Boishakh, reports the Financial Express. Five-Star-hotelThe tour operators as well as hotel and motel businesses have already taken massive preparations as a large number of tourists are expected to visit Cox’s Bazar, St Martin’s Island, Sundarban, Kuakata, Srimongol, Mainamati, Bandarban...

Low-cost refinancing scheme soon to boost milk cow rearing

The ministry of finance plans to roll out a low-cost refinancing scheme of Tk 200 crore from July to boost milk cow rearing in the country after finance minister AMA Muhith approved the proposal last week. The scheme involves a five per cent interest rate for borrowers to be lent through state-owned banks, while the finance ministry will subsidize the banks concerned, a govtsenior finance official said, reports the New Age. Bangladesh Bank will provide the fund to banks which will manage it to improve rural economy and ensure supply of cow milk fo...

Govt mulls subsidy to popularise LPG

The Energy Ministry has been studying different possible options to provide subsidy to the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) sector to popularise it and make it more accessible to the people living in the areas having no pipeline-gas network. According to official sources, the new move came against the backdrop of the government’s plans to limit the use of pipelined gas by replacing it with any other alternative. LNGThe idea has captured policymakers’ minds following the recent hearing of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on the state-ow...
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