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Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed changes to duties on different products, which will result in an increase or decrease in their prices. He unveiled a Tk7,61,785 crore (approximately $7.1 billion) national budget for the 2023–24 fiscal year in the national parliament.

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President Mohammed Shahabuddin left Dhaka for Ankara on a six-day visit to attend the installation ceremony of Turkish president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, slated for Saturday.

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President Mohammed Shahabuddin today authenticated the proposed national budget for FY 2023-24 and the revised budget for FY 2022-23 for placing before the Jatiya Sangsad by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

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Finance Minister AHM Mustaf Kamal is set to place the biggest ever national budget of Tk7.61 lakh crore for FY2023-24, in the parliament on todays afternoon.

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Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's statement terming the High Court verdicts in graft cases as "pre-ordered" is an insult to the country's law and judiciary.

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US Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Haas today said the new US visa policy applies to “everyone” and it is to encourage all in Bangladesh to make right “behaviour” to ensure free and fair election.

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With an air quality index (AQI) score of 166 at 9:50am today (May 30, 2023), Dhaka ranked first among cities with the most polluted air. The air was classified as "unhealthy", according to the air quality and pollution city ranking.

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Today, Dhaka is second in the list of cities with the most polluted air in the world. This information is known from Air Quality Index (AQI) at 8:20 am today. Dhaka scores 169 in the index. Indonesia's Jakarta topped the list with a score of 170.

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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said the new US visa policy will help control money laundering. "There is nothing to worry about the new visa policy," he told reporters after attending a programme at International Mother Language Institute auditorium in the city.

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Chinese vice-minister of foreign affairs Sun Weidong arrived in Dhaka on Friday night on a two-day official visit to discuss issues of mutual interest.

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Former Mayor Jahangir Alam's mother Zayeda Khatun defeated Awami League candidate Azmat Ulla Khan by 16 thousand 197 votes in Gazipur City Corporation election. In this, Zayda Khatun was elected as the second woman mayor among the city corporations of the country.

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People all over the country are watching the results of the Gazipur City Corporation elections. Total 480 centers in the election. The election commission has published the results of 450 centres. Independent candidate Zayeda Khatun got 2 lakh 05 thousand 413 votes in table clock symbol.

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The voting in Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections has ended in a fair and peaceful manner. Earlier, the voting began at 8am and ended at 4pm using Electronic Voting Machines at all centres.

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The US visa ban warning regarding obstruction of the democratic election process in Bangladesh applies impartially to both the government and the opposition. Committing acts of violence will result in visa ineligibility.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home this morning after wrapping up her three-day official visit to Qatar.

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Awami League General Secretary, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India in September.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here this afternoon for Doha on a three-day official visit to attend the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) 2023 to be held on May 23-25.

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Ilisha well in Bhola has been recognized as the 29th gas field in the country. On Monday, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid gave this information at a press conference held at his residence in Baridhara of the capital.

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Two aircrafts of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying 829 hajj pilgrims reached Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The first flight carrying 414 passengers reached the airport around 7:30 am while the second flight reached at 11:30 am, said a press release from the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh.

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The US embassy in Bangladesh has issued an alert fearing an escalation of violence ahead of the next national elections and advised its citizens to remain vigilant.

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Prime Minister’s ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said BNP leaders described 2018 general elections as fair and participatory while speaking to the media on election day but they changed their statements in the evening as results were coming in.

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Agriculture Minister Md Abdur Razzaque has said a decision on onion import will be taken within two to three days after monitoring the market situation.

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The national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines' first Hajj flight of this year left Dhaka for Jeddah with a total of 415 passengers onboard today.

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Quader today urged BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to  disclose whether the directives of their movements to oust the government  will come from London or Thakurgaon.

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Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Saturday reproached Myanmar for not showing due diligence about taking its displaced nationals back despite the repatriation pledge of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh.

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India’s Delhi, Pakistan’s Lahore and China’s Beijing occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 203, 168 and 163, respectively.

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This year, a total of 122,221 pilgrims from Bangladesh are going to perform the holy hajj. The number of hajj pilgrims from Bangladesh was 57,585 last year due to Covid-19 restriction. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, 127,198 pilgrims from Bangladesh performed hajj in 2019. The Hajj is expected to be held on June 27 depending on the sighting of the moon.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed satisfaction over getting global recognition of her brainchild community clinic reaching the healthcare services to every doorstep across the country.

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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday dismissed the writ challenging the process of electing Mohammed Shahabuddin as the next president of Bangladesh. At the same time, the court fined the petitioner MA Aziz Khan Tk1 lakh for wasting the court's time.

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Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin said the government is working with determination to prevent human deaths due to wild elephant attacks. Along with the initiative of the government in this regard, common people should also be aware.

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