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Ambitious but not unrealistic: Muhith

Acknowledging that the current budget is ambitious, finance minister AMA Muhith has asserted that it can still be implemented. He was speaking at a post-budget press conference in the city's Osmani Smriti Auditorium. “I think the revenue target of Tk. 242,752 crore for the next fiscal year is not challenging, as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has improved its capacity and opened 96 new offices at the upazila level,” he said. “It has also recruited a number of officials,” he added. He observed that major achievements are only achieved against steep targets. Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed, agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury, planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, information minister Hasnul Haque Inu, and state…

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Businesses’ demand not reflected: FBCCI

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) said in its final reaction that…

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News

BNP seeks fair polls to ‘restore democracy’

Reiterating its demand for polls under a non-partisan administration, the BNP yesterday accused the Sheikh Hasina government of destroying all democratic institutions in the country in a bid to establish the one-party rule. “The country is now in the grip of a despotic ruler. There is no alternative…

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Metro

Drinking water highly unsafe in Barisal

Think twice before you ask for a glass of water in Barisal city, as tests conducted by the Department of Environment (DoE), Barisal, have revealed high count of coliform bacteria in the water being used in different hotels and restaurants there. Describing the current situation as hazardous for human…

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Editorial

The budget proposal

The budget with the total outlay at Tk 340,605 crore for the 2016-2017 fiscal is certainly a huge one and the apprehension that whether this budget could be implemented achieving the revenue target of Tk 2,42752 crores cannot be dismissed. It is also very unlikely that National Board of Revenue (NBR)…

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Op-ed

Why expose students’ weakness through media?

Recently a news video of a private TV channel went viral in the social media. The news was based on interviews with a few selected GPA 5 winners at this year’s SSC exams. The reporters tried to gauge the depth of knowledge of the GPA 5 winners. The reporters tried to come to the conclusion whether…

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Business

BGMEA urges govt to reduce ‘source tax’

Terming some initiatives of the national budget for fiscal 2016-17 as encouraging for industrialisation, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday said the proposed 1.50 per cent tax at source would hinder the goal of export earning envisaged by the government in line…

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Worldwide

Turkey says Germany still ally after genocide resolution

AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkey on Friday said Germany was still a key ally despite Ankara’s fury over a parliament resolution that recognised the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide. Seeking to keep the dispute from erupting into a full-blown crisis, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim…

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Dhakalive

BotTala’s new play ‘Modhu Shikari’ at British Council today

Theatre troupe BotTala is going to stage it’s new play ‘Modhu Shikari’ today at British Council auditorium on the occasion of the upcoming World Environment Day. The drama ‘Modhu Shikari’ has been made based on the Bengali translation of ‘The Honey Hunter’,…

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Sports

Serena struggles into final

AFP, PARIS: Serena Williams kept alive her hopes of making Grand Slam history in Paris on Friday, but she was again well below her best in a 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 French Open semi-final win over Kiki Bertens. For the second straight day, the 34-year-old American looked out-of-sorts and at times exasperated…

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Nationwide

‘Nabinagar- Paturia highway to be made four-lane’

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the Nabinagar-Paturia highway will be upgraded to four lanes from the existing two lanes. The minister said this after inaugurating a rest house near Paturia ferry terminal in Shivalaya upazila of Manikganj. Roads and Highways Department…

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Chemical factories cram Old Dhaka

At least 850 chemical factories are illegally operating in the capital, with the majority of them concentrated in densely populated areas of Old Dhaka. These flammable chemical factories, including plastic and polythene workshops, are running without any licence or Department of Environment (DoE) certificate,…

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