Two persons were killed when the motorcycle they were on was hit by a vehicle in Manda upazila of Naogaon last night.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said China is a little upset that the procurement price of Sinopharm vaccine was made public in Bangladesh.

Suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission Khandaker Enamul Basir has again sought bail from the High Court in a case filed over transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized over seven kilogrammes of gold, 11,000 bottles of Phensedyls and other smuggled goods worth around Tk 10 crore after conducting drives in various border areas of Jashore in the last five months.

The Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) has praised the proposed national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year and said it was a bold initiative to set the GDP growth target at 7.2 per cent amid the ongoing pandemic.

A college student was killed when she fell off a motorcycle after it collided with a bicycle in Khulna city today.

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) welcomed the proposed budget for 2021-22 fiscal year, but it thinks implementation of the annual plan will be the biggest challenge.

The BNP today said that the proposed budget for fiscal year 2021-2022 did not reflect people's hopes and aspirations.

Thirty-four people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Private universities owners' association today said the proposed 15 percent income tax on private universities was unacceptable and contradictory to the Private University Act, 2010.

A local newspaper editor in Rajshahi sued two journalists of another local daily under the Digital Security Act yesterday.

Bangladesh has made a strong call for a temporary waiver from certain TRIPS obligations for the production of vaccines, medicines and other health technologies to effectively respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

The proposed budget does not have much to offer in terms of concrete measures and innovative policies to combat Covid-19 induced challenges, said Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today.

The Transparency International Bangladesh has expressed concern for not having sufficient allocation in the next budget for critical sectors, including health, to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) welcomed the budget for the FY 2021-22 for the reduction of corporate tax rate, tax exemption from automobile, home appliance, light engineering along with tax incentive for employment of transgenders.

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources divisions have received Tk 27,484 crore allocation in the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021-22, which is Tk 726 crore more than the allocation in the current fiscal.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has tipped the new budget as realistic in the current context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year will not be able to play its due role in offsetting the economic hardship arriving from the coronavirus pandemic, the Centre for Policy Dialogue said today.

The proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 is realistic and time-fitting which will ensure participation of all people, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that about 1 million jobs will be created in the country’s IT sector in 2021 to achieve the goal of “Digital Bangladesh”.