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Govt plans to set aside Tk 100bn for emergency response to pandemic

Shawdesh Desk: The government has planned to set aside Tk 100 billion in the coming fiscal year in order to meet expenditure related to unanticipated emergencies due to the Covid-19

Cigarette prices will increase

Shawdesh Desk; With a view to reducing the use of tobacco products and increase revenue collection targeting the habit-forming good, cigarette prices are set to go up again. Finance Minister

Bangladesh records 30 more Covid-19 deaths, 1,687 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh confirmed 30 more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours till Thursday 8:00am, taking the country’s death toll to 12,724. However, the fatality rate remained unchanged at

FY 2021-22 proposed budget placed in JS with a roadmap to Covid-19 recovery, healthcare revamp

Shawdesh desk: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has placed the national budget of Tk 6,03,681 crore for the 2021-22 financial year, largest in the country’s history. The budget is aimed

Bangladesh now “wonder of wonders”: Minister

Shawdesh desk: Presenting his second budget amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said Bangladesh’s extraordinary pace of development has stunned the world today. “Bangladesh is now

Kamal for offering a tax exemption to IT service providers for 4 years

Shawdesh Desk: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed to offer a tax exemption to IT service providers for four years in the next budget. “I propose to offer tax

National Budget Speech 2021-2022 (full text)

Shawdesh desk: National Budget Speech 2021-2022 A H M Mustafa Kamal FCA, MP Minister Ministry of Finance Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh 20 Jaisthya 1428 03 June 2021

Malala unveiled as new Vogue cover star

Shawdesh Desk: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist who was shot by the Taliban after campaigning for girls’ education, has been unveiled as British Vogue’s latest cover star. In an accompanying