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MNA Editorial Desk: The Cabinet has approved the draft of the “National Human Resource Development Fund Usage Policy-2019” aimed at creating skilled manpower to accelerate the booming economy and meet the growing demand of competent workforce. The approval came from a weekly cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka on Monday. The cabinet approved the draft to create skilled manpower considering its growing demand in the local and international arena and to accelerate the booming economy,” Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam in his maiden briefing told newsmen at the Secretariat ...

MNA National Desk: The cabinet on Monday approved the proposed list of holidays for the 2020 calendar year with 14 general holidays and eight more by the executive order of the government. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at the Prime Minister’s Office with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Briefing reporters at the Secretariat after the meeting Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said the 14 general holidays will include seven weekly holidays – five Fridays and two Saturdays. Apart from these 22 days of public holidays, Shafiul Alam said, there will ...

MNA National Desk: The government has initiated a move to bring the surplus money of different autonomous, semi-autonomous and statutory agencies, including non-financial corporations, to the national exchequer as 68 self-governed agencies have Tk 2.12 trillion of idle money in different banks. To ensure the better use of the surplus money, the Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of a bill at its meeting held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The title of the bill is ‘Deposition of Surplus Money of Self-Governed Agencies including Autonomous, Semi-Autonomous and Statutory Government Authorities and Public Non-Financial Corporations ...

MNA National Desk: The government has appointed Bridges Division Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam as the new cabinet secretary. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told reporters after a meeting at the Cabinet Division on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com. Khandker Anwarul Islam will replace Mohammad Shafiul Alam, who will be appointed as the alternative executive director of the World Bank after the end of his tenure as cabinet secretary in October this year.

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the new cabinet to work with sincerity and honesty to fulfil the expectations of people who have voted Awami League to power again with a huge mandate. “The cabinet will work with sincerity and honesty, every work has to be performed with sincerity…this has to be kept in mind,” she said in her introductory speech at the maiden cabinet meeting of her newly formed government at the Prime Minister Office (PMO) in Dhaka city on Monday morning. The prime minister said there are responsibilities and duties of the government towards the ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her new cabinet colleagues on Wednesday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his final resting place at Tungipara. The prime minister paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at his graveyard marking the installation of her government for the third consecutive term. After laying the wreaths, Hasina stood there in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to Bangabandhu, the architect of independence. A smartly turned out contingent drawn from the three forces gave a guard of honour to the prime minister, ...

MNA Business Desk: The cabinet approved the national budget of around Tk 4.64 trillion for the fiscal year 2018-19 on Thursday afternoon, reported news agency. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the special meeting of the cabinet held at the parliament complex. Finance Minister AMA Muhith placing the national budget for the 2018-19 fiscal in parliament with all the indicators pointing to another expansionary budget in keeping with the AL government’s previous budgets. The figure is an increase of 25 percent from the revised budget and more than 16 percent higher than the original budget of the outgoing fiscal year. ...

MNA National Desk: The cabinet on Monday approved 22 public holidays for the year 2018. The approval was given in the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Prime Minister’s office with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Briefing reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat after the meeting Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam said 14 days will be observed as ordinary public holidays and eight days will be observed under executive order. The cabinet secretary said public holidays will be observed on February 21 (International Mother Language Day), March 17 (Bangabandhu’s Birth Day) and March 26 (Independence Day), April 29 (Buddha ...

MNA National Desk: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today hinted that the cabinet may be reshuffled to bring dynamism in the government’s activities ahead of the upcoming 11th parliamentary election. “It’s prime minister’s jurisdiction. I can’t say when the reshuffle will be made but there may be a change in the cabinet,” Quader said. He also cleared the issue of creating Deputy Prime Minister post, that was spread in social media, saying it is nothing but a rumor. “Deputy Prime Minister… it is just a rumor. It does not have any reality. It is absolutely baseless lies.” He, however, ...

MNA Technology Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday launched a secure communications messaging app ‘Alapon’ for the public servants which will facilitate messaging and folder sharing. The mobile app is developed by the government’s ICT Division. The prime minister launched it before the weekly Cabinet meeting. Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam told reporters that through this app the government officials will be able to converse with each other, much like Viber. The Prime Minister immediately spoke with Barisal’s deputy commissioner through the app. Earlier on 2 August, authorities of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) launched a mobile application ‘Nogor’ ...