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Sinopharm vaccine: Efforts underway to normalise things after price disclosure

Shawdesh Desk: The government is putting in its best efforts through diplomatic channels to “make things normal” and procure 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China as planned though

Freedom Fighters’ honorarium likely to be increased to Tk 20,000

Shawdesh Desk: Allowance for valiant Freedom Fighters of the nation will be increased from Tk 12,000 to Tk 20,000 in the next fiscal year. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal gave

Budget Power and energy sector allocation to increase by Tk 726 crore

Shawdesh Desk: The allocation for the power and energy sector has been raised by Tk 726 crore in the budget for fiscal 2021-22. The new amount is proposed at Tk

Budget: 10-year tax holiday for Private, specialised hospitals in districts

Shawdesh Desk: Private healthcare service providers in districts outside Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chattogram will be given a 10-year tax exemption on their income from the next fiscal. Finance Minister

Country achieves highest GDP growth in Asia in FY 2020-21

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has achieved real Gross Domestic Products (GDP) growth of 5.2 percent — highest in Asia. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal revealed this information while presenting the budget for

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

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