Tk 113,819cr budged passed for FY
2009-10
Undisclosed money could be legalised
in first year
The parliament on Thursday passed the national budget worth Tk 1,13,819 crore for fiscal year 2009-10 by approving the Bill of Appropriations 2010, amid abstention of the main opposition led by Bangladesh National Party. The finance minister, AMA Muhith, who placed the fiscal measures on June 11, initiated the Bill of Appro-priations in the parliament which was passed by voice vote after a brief discussion...[ + ]
Cabinet body to award
2 IOCs offshore
gas blocks
Experts protest against provision to
allow gas export by IOCs
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the energy division to send a proposal to the cabinet committee on economic affairs to award nine offshore gas blocks to two international oil companies, said officials...[ + ]
RTI Act comes into
force today
No commissioners, no office, no
info delivery units yet
The Right to Information Act 2009 comes into effect today, in its entirety, but with no measures as yet to ensure the people’s right to information. Although the Act, excepting three of its provisions — demand for getting information, disposal of appeals against refusal to provide information and lodging complaints with the proposed information commission against such denial — was enforced with retrospective effect from April 20, 2008, no information delivery unit has yet been set up in any government office...[ + ]
Ashulia, Savar
become normal
All became quiet in the industrial belt at Ashulia and the Dhaka Export Processing Zone at Savar on Tuesday four days after the violence began on Saturday. No violence took place in the areas on Tuesday and a large number of lawmen were on patrol...[ + ]
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People yet to get proper services
Apart from the name, there has been no change at all in the first year of state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited as a public limited company, according to concerned people. The government-appointed chief executive of the organisation, however, disagrees with them arguing that things have changed for better after BTCL became a company...[ + ]
Business leaders spell out major challenges
Apparently confused about probable outcomes of budgetary measures aimed at increasing investment, business leaders feel that budget implementation and improving business climate are the two most important challenges in the new fiscal year...[ + ]
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