Traders blame low supply for high price; not enough catch in rivers even after 2-month ban
April 24 is a date that should not be and cannot be ever obliterated from our memory. Rana Plaza collapsed on the morning of a hot summer day, on April 24, 2013. At least 1,136 people, mostly garment workers, were killed and over 2,500 others injured in the deadliest garment factory disaster in history as the nine-storey building came crashing down in Savar.
The agriculture ministry has started issuing permits to importers to bring potatoes to control prices
BNP standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan today said the "cold-blooded' attack on BNP rally was "slyly crafted" by the government in a bid to crush people's aspiration for the restoration of democracy in the country
The BNP yesterday alleged that the government drew up a “master plan” to attack its rally after witnessing the enormous gathering.
At least 17 journalists were injured during clashes in the capital yesterday and several of them were reportedly attacked by BNP men.
Downtown Dhaka turned into a battlefield yesterday as BNP activists and police clashed, leading to the death of a policeman and a ward-level BNP leader.
The buses were torched in Kalshi, Hemayetpur, Gazipur from 9:18pm to 9:30pm
Less than 3 per cent of people of Bangladesh will be below the poverty line and extreme poverty will be reduced to zero by then, he said in his budget speech.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today in his budget speech hoped that the ongoing stress in the foreign exchange reserves would improve in a short period of time.
Shanta Asset Management Ltd Vice Chairman Arif Khan talks to The Daily Star about the aspects of the new national budget
The allocation for the health sector in the proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year has been reduced to approximately 5 percent of the national budget from 5.4 percent in the outgoing fiscal year
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has proposed withdrawing supplementary duty (SD) on 234 imported goods and regulatory duty (RD) on 191 imported goods in fiscal year 2023-24 to aid Bangladesh’s graduation from a least developed country (LDC) to a developing one by 2026.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in his budget speech revealed that more than 1.49 crore Bangladeshi workers are working in 176 countries across the world
In his budget speech for FY2023-24 at the national parliament today, Kamal said inflation would be largely controlled from here on.
The finance minister presented the new budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024 in the parliament on Thursday.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today in his budget speech said that a digital bank would be set up within the next fiscal year to broaden and accelerate financial inclusion efforts.
The government proposed going for making the Baggage Rules 2016 stricter, lower the limit for the travellers in case of bringing in gold bar or gold pieces and impose higher taxes.
