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Sangsad goes into budget session Jun 3    

The Jatiya Sangsad goes into the budget session on June 3. This is the first time since the restoration of parliamentary democracy in 1991 that the BNP will not have any participation in the session, reports the Daily Star. sangsad bhabanThe party, which was either in the treasury or in the opposition bench between 1991 and 2013, ended up having no representation in parliament after the BNP-led 19-party alliance boycotted the January 5 national elections. President Abdul Hamid convened the budget session yesterday, Mahfuzur Rahman, secret...

Tour operators, agents demand cash incentive  

Leaders of tour operators and travel agents on Friday demanded budgetary measures for duty-free import of tourist vehicles and 10 per cent cash incentive for tourism business. ‘In the upcoming national budget, we need provision of importing duty-free tourist vehicle and 10 per cent cash incentive as we are earning foreign currency without any support from the government,’ they said. The demands were made at a pre-budget discussion on civil aviation and tourism at Dhaka Reporter Unity. tour operatorsAviation and Tourism Journa...

Speaker expects swift resolution of issues with India

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury hoped for a quick resolution of outstanding issues like the Teesta river and land boundary agreements with the new government in India while stressing the need for further cementing bilateral ties for mutual benefit. “I congratulate the newly elected leadership in India. A shared history and common heritage consolidated our ties over time,” Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury said while addressing a meeting of the Bangladesh-India Friendship Society at Dhaka University on Saturday. speakerShe said that a bill was pending...

Hasina, Khaleda congratulate Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chief Khaleda Zia on Friday congratulated BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on securing a thumping mandate in the Lok Sabha polls. hasinaandkhaledaPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday congratulated BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on securing a majority in the Lok Sabha polls, Bangladesh Premier's Special Assistant Mahbubul Hoque Shakil told reporters in Dhaka. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief and former prime minister Khaleda Zia also congratulated Modi who has l...

Tea prices up at start of new auction season  

Tea prices in Bangladesh rose on Wednesday at the first auction of the new auction season, on the arrival of fresh and good quality leaf, brokers said. Bangladeshi tea fetched an average of 194.27 taka ($2.50) per kg at the auction, up from 68.03 taka at the last auction of the previous season, which was extended through April from the typical close at end-March, an official from National Brokers Limited said. Major buyers were back to the market on the arrival of fresh leaf at the first auction of the new season, the official said. teaSales volume...

AfDB, Yunus deepen cooperation on social business in Africa

“In one year we have come a long way and Tunisia is taking concrete steps in the adoption of social business. It will soon be a model for African countries and I am very happy,” said Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate, pioneer of microcredit and co-founder of the Yunus Social Business (YSB) during his visit to Tunisia on 9 and 10 May 2014. yunus-14-5-2014This, his second visit to Tunisia, offered a renewed opportunity to meet representatives of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and to review progress on social ...
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