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Budget passed: Opposition abstains: Money whitening for one year; duty on mobiles, small cars slashed; tax-free investment limit Tk 10 lakh Pulack Ghatack
Jatiya Sangsad (JS) yesterday passed the Tk 1,13,819 crore budget for 2009-10 fiscal year amid abstention of main opposition BNP.
Before passing the budget, the Sangsad lowered taxes on certain items, but kept the governments total income and expenditure target intact, creating a possibility of wider budget deficit in the new fiscal.
The JS also authorized the government to spend Tk 189,995 crore from the supplementary fund to finance all activities from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 by passing the Appropriation Bill, 2009.  |
Govt vows to maintain peace in RMG sector: 3000 law-enforcers deployed in DEPZ, Ashulia
Staff Reporter
At least 3,000 members of the law enforcing agencies have been deployed at the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) and Ashulia to maintain peace following three days of violence by agitating garment workers.
Two garment workers were killed by the police and the Ansar firing at Ashulia on Saturday and Sunday when the garment workers of some factories turned unruly over pay hike. More than 200 workers were also injured during the clashes with the law enforcing agencies and among themselves. |
Steps taken to restart closed jute mills: JS told BSS, Dhaka
Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui on Tuesday told the House that the present government is committed to optimum use of jute.
"To this end, the government has constituted a Jute
Commission for multipurpose use of jute as well as revitalisation of the jute industry," he said in reply to a question raised by treasury bench member Begum Noor Afroz Ali.
He said steps have been taken to restart the closed jute mills side by side with running other state-owned jute mills with full efficiency and increase the production capacity through BMRE. |
Shahjahan Siraj surrenders, sent to jail
Court Correspondent
Former Forest and Environment Minister fugitive Shahjahan Siraj surrendered to the Special Court No 4 yesterday in a case in which he was awarded eight years inprisonment for dodging income tax.
He was also fined Taka two lakh in default he will suffer six months more in prison. Meanwhile, he was also shown as arrested yesterday in another case filed for non-submission of his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission. In this case, the Judge of Special Judge court No 9 awarded him imprisonment for thirteen years. |
Govt wants to make one-party parliament: BNP
UNB, Dhaka
Main opposition BNP on Tuesday condemned what they called government's mentality to turn the parliament into a one-party parliament as reflected through a senior ruling-party leader's recent statement asking the absentee opposition lawmakers to resign.
Addressing a press briefing of the BNP Parliamentary Party at the Media Centre of Parliament at noon opposition chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque said the ruling party should not forget that government's lifespan and existence become uncertain if parliament runs sans opposition. |
9 HC judges take oath
UNB, Dhaka
The nine additional judges appointed for two years to the High Court division of the Supreme Court were sworn in Tuesday.
The judges are M Moazzem Hossain, Soumendra Sarker, Abu Bakar Siddiqui, M Nuruzzaman Nani, Mainul Islam Chowdhury, Obaidul Hassan Shaheen, M Enayetur Rahim, Naima Haider and M R Hassan.
Chief Justice MM Ruhul Amin administered the oath at the judges' lounge at a simple ceremony.
All the judges of both the divisions of the Supreme Court were present at the function.
"With the new inclusions, the number of High Court judges now stands at 83," said a source at the Supreme Court. |
Hasina visits Home Minister
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Commentary: Reduction of newsprint import duty is not relief enough Slashing of import duty on newsprint from proposed five per cent to three per cent, as provided for in the budget for 2009-10 is expected to give a little relief to newspapers using imported newsprint. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her winding up speech on the budget on Monday had offered suggestion in this regard.
Industry leaders however, were asking for waiver of the new duty plus withdrawal of five percent regulatory duty that used to be realised from imported newsprint before. Thus total import duty on newsprint would come to eight per cent in place of proposed 10 per cent. |
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Internet Edition. July 1, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
