The mayor of Seattle says it would be unconstitutional and illegal for US President Donald Trump to send military forces into the city to clear protesters occupying a neighborhood, as he has suggested.

Two more doctors, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier, dies today.

The government has sought to extend tax holiday benefits to seven new sectors from the next fiscal year to encourage expansion of manufacturing activities, according to tax measures proposed by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal for the fiscal year 2020-21.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court asking that the government be asked to immediately lockdown the entire Dhaka city.

The government will take steps to send the returnee migrant workers overseas again after providing them with training and helping them developed their skills based on the changing demand in the post-coronavirus international labour market, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad has said.

Beverage brand Pepsi has announced its collaboration with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan as brand ambassador in Bangladesh.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has said good governance must be ensured so that the money allocated to different sectors in the proposed budget is spent properly.

With the opportunity offered to money launderers by the government to whiten black money failing to draw a significant response, the new budget has made a new, lucrative proposition -- invest the money and no one, not even the income tax authority, will be able to question its source.

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury says that people’s lives and livelihoods had been ignored in the proposed national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year.

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order authorising sanctions against individuals involved in an International Criminal Court investigation into whether US forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed imposing a 50 percent penalty on misdeclaration of exports, imports and investments in overseas countries as the government aims to increase tax revenue and prevent money laundering, according to the budget proposal for fiscal year 2020-21.

Protected and unprotected: an oblique line of the government’s preference separated the two.

Despite major projects in transport sector being either halted or delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak, no course of action was chalked out during the budget session today on the projects.

Save for a slash in the income tax, there is no respite in this year’s budget for penny-pinching middle class families.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed continuation of 1 percent additional cash incentive for the country’s garment export in 2020-21 fiscal year too, considering the economic fallout from Covid-19 pandemic.

A local authority in southern England has said it will remove a statue of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide scouting movement, the latest memorial to be taken down in the wake of anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed continuation of the 2 percent cash incentive on remittance sent by Bangladeshi migrants.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has increased supplementary duty from 25 percent to 30 percent in the proposed budget for 2020-21 fiscal which would result in costlier operation of special chartered flights.

Despite much of the south-western parts of the country still reeling from the shock and damage of Cyclone Amphan, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed a reduction in allocation in budget for disaster management and relief.

The price of gold is likely to decline as Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed withdrawal of VAT on import of gold.