The government has set up a committee to scrutinise the Chinese proposal for joining the Global Development Initiative (GDI), said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on Wednesday. Addressing an event organised by a local Bangladesh Daily in Dhaka city, the state minister also pointed
Save the Children on Wednesday called for allocating at least 16 per cent of the upcoming national budget (or about 2.6 per cent of GDP) to the education sector. The organisation has also called for strengthening child-focused initiatives in the budget. Budget for the health sector should earmark
The High Court on Wednesday ruled that tax imposition on the money donated by Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus to three trusts is justified. The High Court bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir delivered the verdict, dismissing three applications
