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Saudi crown prince Salman invited to join Mujib year celebration

Dhaka has invited Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman to visit here to attend final celebration of birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in next March or to join the celebration of Bangladesh’s 50 years independence. Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen made the invitation today while Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh EssaYussef Essa Al Dulaihan called on him at State Guest House Padma in the capital, a foreign ministry press release said. During the meeting, the ambassador appris...

Maldives extends temporary ban on BD labour recruit

Ministry of Economic Development of Maldives, on Thursday, extended the ban on bringing Bangladeshi labourers to Maldives for a period of one year, just as the restriction's September 18 deadline draws close. Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail, in 2019, affixed a quota of 150,000 individuals as migrants per country, to be able to reside in the Maldives at any given time. Since Bangladeshi immigrants already exceed this quota, at the present time, workers ca...

Govt not to fail in revenue collection, says Kamal

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) would not fail in revenue collection if the other economic parameters remain well mentioning that the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted the country’s economy like the other countries. “The whole of the world is being affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic and we’re also affected as well. We’re working to overcome the shock and maintain the revenue collection. We won’t fail in revenue collection if other economic parameters remain well,” he said. The Finance Minister was briefing reporters virtually after holding a virtual meeting with the top income tax department officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

Job losses, flooding spark fears of hard times ahead

In April as the coronavirus pandemic hit, Mohammad Sumon returned to his village in Jamalpur, about 160 kms away from the capital Dhaka after losing his job at a garment factory, hoping to support his family working as a part-time mechanic. But severe floods that struck Bangladesh the last week of June, driven by heavy monsoon rains, are now keeping the 22-year-old from that work as well. [caption id="attachment_27726" align="alignright" width="812"] In this 15th April file photo, garment wor...

Probe body formed to investigate ex-army officer’s death

A probe-body has already been formed to look into into the incident of death of a retired army officer allegedly in police firing at Cox’s Bazar marine drive after investigation of the matter. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Sunday. “We have already formed a probe-body. When the probe report would come, it will be known what has happened. At this moment, I don’t want to make any comment as it could have impact on the investigation,” he told journalists at his residence here,  BSS reports. Asked whether any police officer has been su...

$ 202m WB addl financing to Increase food security

The World Bank’s (WB's) Board of Executive Directors on Saturday approved $202 million in additional financing for the Modern Food Storage Facilities Project to increase the storage capacity of Bangladesh’s national strategic grain reserves by 535,500 tons for 4.5 million households.

The project is helping Bangladesh address food insecurity in challenging times, such as frequent climate-induced disasters or crisis situations like the current COVID-19 pandemic. It is supporting the construction of eight public modern grain storage steel silo complexes for r...
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