Home minister asks IG Prisons to curb jail corruption
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday asked the inspector general of prisons to curb corruption inside jails across the country after a recent internal inquiry by the ministry found widespread corruption and irregularities in the prison system.
CORRUPTION IN ACC Public perception not totally baseless: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that the public perception about many of the Anti-Corruption Commission employees being involved in corruption was not totally baseless.
OUTGOING FINANCIAL YEAR 2018-19 Budget implementation goes off track
The implementation of the national budget in the outgoing financial year has gone off track because of slow revenue growth and struggle by government agencies to improve development expenditure and service delivery.
INCOME FROM SAVINGS INSTRUMENTS Tax rate likely to go up
The government is likely to increase the rate of tax on the interest income derived from investment in national savings instruments in the upcoming 2019-20 national budget.
Tk 5,23,191 crore new budget likely
An overall expenditure outlay of Tk 5,23,191 crore is likely to be proposed in the budget for the next financial year to be placed in parliament by finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday.
AGE LIMIT FOR JCD NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS A faction demands a roll back
About 200 leaders and activists of the Jatiyatabadi Chattra Dal held day-long protest demonstrations in front of BNP central office at Naya Paltan after locking its main entrance Tuesday to press their demand of rolling back the age limit set for the candidates of the next central committee election, the date of which is yet to be fixed.
BNP MP asks religious affairs minister to resign
A Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker on Tuesday demanded resignation of state minister for religious affairs for misleading announcements over the date of Eid-ul Fitr while another criticised the government for the denial of bail to jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Defaulted loans soar to Tk 1.11 lakh crore
Defaulted loans in the scam-hit banking system skyrocketed to Tk 1,10,873.54 crore in the first quarter of 2019 because of a 31 per cent increase in non-performing loans in private commercial banks.
ACC director Enamul suspended
Anti-Corruption Commission director Khandaker Enamul Basir was suspended on Monday on the allegation of sharing information of ongoing probes against deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman for accumulating illegal wealth.
Outgoing Financial Year 2018-19 All steps failed to fix banking fiasco
Budgetary and other incentives provided for the banking sector in the outgoing fiscal year have failed to improve the financial health of the ailing sector, which witnessed further scams in the year.
