Budget 2022-23: Priorities on restraining inflation, agriculture, human development, boosting export and investment

The government has considered top five priorities while preparing the budget for FY2022-23, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told the parliament today while placing budget. "In preparing the budget for the next fiscal year, top priority has been given to containing inflation stemming from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic since the beginni...

Govt will create 15 million jobs in five years: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina said her government has set a target of creating 15 million employments in the next five years. “Yes, it’s true that our government has set a goal of creating 15 million employments in the next five years,” she said in reply to a starred question from treasury bench member M...

Cabinet okays minimum wage of Tk 8,300

The Cabinet has approved the National Wage Scale-2015 and allowances for the workers of public sector industries with minimum wage of Tk 8,300 as recommended by the National Wages and Productivity Commission 2015, reports BSS. The approval was given in the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Prime Minister’s Office with Prime Minister S...

We want to utilise every able person for nation's uplift: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government doesn't want to build a "work-reluctant" nation, rather it wants that everybody who has work ability to utilise this strength for the country's socioeconomic development."We never want Bangladesh be built as a work-reluctant nation. Rather, we want that everybody who has work ability and str...

Bangladesh in 2014: Agriculture and Overseas Employment

  In January 2014, Bangladesh Awami League was elected to state power for the second consecutive time since 2009. This time, the government aimed to fulfill the pledges made in its 2014 election manifesto titled: “Marching Ahead Bangladesh” as well as sustaining the momentum of development started during its earlier tenure since 2009.