Two army officers promoted
Two brigadier generals have been promoted as major generals today. The officers are major general hamid who will be head of engineering dept.of bangladesh army while major general rafique will be director general of ansar and vdp.
Lanka fails to probe war abuses, says Amnesty
The Sri Lankan government has never seriously investigated reports of human rights abuses during 25 years of civil war and needs to rapidly overhaul its justice system to bring peace to the country, Amnesty International said Thursday.
The London-based rights group said the problem is even
Green beckoning
The government plans big to improve the country's overall environment emphasising retrieving the degraded river system, checking pollution, promoting renewable energy and proper use of water along with taking up massive afforestation programmes.
In the proposed budget for 2009-10 fiscal ye
Govt bows down to black money
The government yesterday proposed to allow whitening of black money in exchange for payment of 10 percent tax on the amount, with a caveat that the whitened money must be invested in any of prescribed 62 sectors.
The 62 prescribed sectors are divided into three categories: industries, sha
Social safety net expanded further
The government has proposed to expand social safety net programmes
by increasing budgetary allocation and the number of beneficiaries,
expressing its intent to protect the poor from vulnerability.
In the proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, Tk 20,601
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Pakistan army kills 66 militants in tribal belt
Pakistan's army said Thursday it had killed 66 Taliban as fighting spilled into a tribal area and known bolthole for the militant group blamed for a deadly bombing at a luxury Peshawar hotel.
At least nine people were killed when three attackers shot their way through a security checkpost
Major test for first private-public bid
Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday, for the first time, proposed an allocation of Tk 2,500 crore for the public-private partnership initiative to implement different projects in infrastructure, health and education sectors.
The government yesterday also presented a position paper to the
Mix of progress, protection
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proved his reputation of being a straight talker when he placed his maiden budget for the new government in parliament yesterday that explicitly aimed at protecting the domestic industry and at the same time laid down the path for agricultural growth.
His visio
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Bank borrowing to go up by 57pc
The government yesterday proposed a "slightly expansionary" budget of Tk 1,13,819 crore for the fiscal year 2009-10. The proposed budget is 21 percent bigger than the revised budget of the previous fiscal year with big outlays on social safety nets, additional pay hike, PPP initiative and world e
Govt guns for long term power goal
Touching upon energy and power issues in his budget speech, the finance minister outlined a long-term vision to solve the gas and power crisis at present and in future, and as part of it proposed an allocation of Tk 4,310 crore for the sector in the next fiscal year (FY).
The allocation is
Govt opens arms for black money
The government yesterday proposed to allow whitening of black money in exchange for payment of 10 percent tax on the amount, with a caveat that the whitened money must be invested in any of prescribed 62 sectors.
The 62 prescribed sectors are divided into three categories: industries, sha
ADP goal lofty
Renowned economists of the country yesterday said it would be a major challenge for the government to implement the proposed annual development programme (ADP) for the fiscal year 2009-10.
In immediate reactions to the budget placed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith they expressed their doubt
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