Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar.
The celebrations were launched with the cutting of a specially designed cake by Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin, who attended the event with his spouse Datin Nurhayana Janis binti Abdullah.
In her welcoming remarks, Bangladesh High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam Nahida Rahman Shumona touched on the significance of the Bangla New Year celebrations.
The minister and spouse, together with the Bangladesh High Commissioner, then presented certificates of appreciation to several artists and patrons of the Bangladesh High Commission, in acknowledgement of their talents and contributions.
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Unpacking the Covid-19 stimulus packages: The devil is in the details
People trying to protect themselves from the heat as they wait in line to buy food at a lower price from a truck of Trading Corporation Bangladesh, Dhaka, on April 27, 2021. Photo: Amran Hossain
The history of designing and delivering policy-driven economic stimulus packages is customarily traced back to the New Deal which was implemented in the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The second milestone in the chronicle of wide-scale use of stimulus packages relates to the Great Recession of 2008, which was brought about by the global economic and financial crisis. The underlying logic of these public policy interventions was informed by the Keynesian postulate that if there is a fall in the market demand for investment and employment, then the government needs to come forward with fiscal support in order to protect consumption and employment. So, the move to counteract the socio-economic fall
BNP and Hifazat: partners on a mission
Members of Hifazat-e Islam carried out mayhem on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Narayanganj’s Signboard area as they clashed with the law enforcers in different parts of Bangladesh during the radical group’s violent shutdown on Sunday, Mar 28, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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In Bangladesh, the looming shadow of Pakistan ceases to die. Despite 50 years of liberated existence and a decade of phenomenal economic and human development, the ghost of Islamic radicalism refuses to go away.
The religious radicalism encouraged by Pakistani military junta to keep its stranglehold on its eastern wing before 1971 was defeated by resurgent militant Bengalee nationalism but it got a fresh lease of life after the 1975 coup and consolidated its grip with enormous patronage from military rulers, Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad.
PM once again stands by pandemic-hit people
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DHAKA, April 30, 2021 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has again stood with humanitarian support beside the country’s destitute and vulnerable people hit hard by the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic to ease their hardship in this difficult time.
The prime minister herself has been monitoring the humanitarian assistance activities along with providing necessary directives, aiming to offset the adverse impact of the deadly virus attack.
To this end, the prime minister will provide financial help of Taka 2,500 each to some 36 lakh severely-affected families, as she has reassured the nation that her government remained beside the people asking them “not to be panicked”.
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