Alongside a bevy of ministers and state ministers and advisors, Governor Talukder and NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem were also in attendance. As the finance minister moved to the Q&A session after his written speech, Mohammad Refayet Ullah Mirdha, president of the Economic Reporters' Forum, took a firm stand at the outset. "The governor has banned journalists' entry into Bangladesh Bank. If the governor of Bangladesh Bank makes any statement, we will boycott it," Mirdha asserted, drawing a line that echoed through the rest of the event. At that moment, when the finance minister looked towards him, the governor indicated with a gesture that he would not speak.

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FBI/Handout via REUTERSAl Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend according to US officials, appears in an undated FBI Most Wanted poster. Officials said the missiles killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri while he stood on a balcony at his home in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, over the weekend in the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. A senior administration official told reporters two Hellfire missiles were fired from an unmanned aerial vehicle at Zawahiri. Hellfire missiles, mostly made by Lockheed Martin are precision guided munitions for air-to-ground strikes that normally cause significant damage, taking down whole buildings and killing or severely injuring anyone nearby. A Pentagon spokeswoman referred a query on the R9X missiles to US Special Operations Command, which would be the prime purchaser of the missile.

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The government is facing intense criticism for allowing people to launder so-called black money without facing any questionsSheikh Hasina has compared the option to legalise undisclosed income without facing questions with using baits for fishing. They will need to pay a 15 percent tax, according to a proposal made in the national budget for 2024-25 fiscal year announced on Thursday. “We have also given the same option for people to bring their money to the banking system,” the prime minister said. She described controlling inflation as a challenge in the national budget, and emphasised boosting production and supply to tackle it. For that, we spent a lot.”The prime minister said this idea of fulfilling people’s needs was prioritised in the national budget.

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The country will celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on Jun 17 as the moon for the month of Dhu al-Hijjah has been sighted, reports bdnews24.com. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee at the Islamic Foundation hall in the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Friday evening. After the meeting, Religious Affairs Minister Faridul Haque Khan said the moon was sighted and the month of Dhu al-Hijjah will start on Saturday. Under the assumption that Eid will fall on Jun 17, the government had fixed the public holidays from Jun 16-18. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, one of their most important religious festivals, on the 10th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah.

REUTERS/Daniel BecerrilThe Mexican resident identified with contracting A(H5N2) bird flu in Mexico died due to chronic diseases and not the virus, Mexico's health ministry said in a statement on Friday. Earlier this week, the World Health Organisation said it had confirmed the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with A(H5N2) avian influenza in Mexico. "The diseases were long-term and caused conditions that led to the failure of several organs," the ministry said, citing specialists. The 59-year-old man identified with bird flu suffered from a chronic kidney disease, diabetes and arterial hypertension over the past 14 years, according to the statement. The ministry added that there is no evidence of person-to-person transmission of the A(H5N2) virus stemming from the case.

Muneem explained, “When such amnesty is given, it’s often perceived as a way to convert black money into white. Muneem said that black money typically does not benefit the national economy and is often spent abroad. In the fiscal year 2020-2021, the government had previously allowed the legalisation of undisclosed income with a 10 per cent tax. However, the new proposal reinstates this opportunity without the prior conditions, aiming to correct errors in income tax returns and increase economic activity in the private sector. “In this regard, I propose to introduce a section on tax incentives in the Income Tax Act, allowing taxpayers to rectify errors in their income tax returns and channel more money into the mainstream economy,” he added.

Modi's comments came after he met Murmu and accepted her invitation to head the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition government and run the world's most populous nation for the next five years. "It is my good fortune that all of you from NDA have chosen me to lead," Modi said earlier on Friday after NDA lawmakers voted for him to head their coalition. "No alliance has ever been as successful as the NDA," he said, after lawmakers and senior leaders thumped tables and applauded, with some standing and chanting "Modi, Modi!" The new government would, among others, focus on raising savings of the middle class and improve the quality of their lives as the "middle class is the driving force of the country", Modi added. The coalition negotiations are a throwback to an era before 2014, when Modi swept to power with an outright majority for his BJP.

REUTERSUS President Joe Biden is making a pitch for his re-election to Republicans who do not support their party's standard-bearer, Donald Trump, in November's election, a Biden campaign official said on Thursday. The Democratic president's campaign has hired a national Republican engcamagement director: Austin Weatherford, who was chief of staff to former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger, an outspoken critic of Trump, the official said. Biden and Trump are in a tighter rematch for the White House than in 2020, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling. The Trump campaign did not return a request for comment. The Biden campaign has held meetings with Haley voters and is placing a "seven-figure ad buy" targeting such voters, the Biden campaign official said.

NEW DELHI, June 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi isexpected to present a coalition agreement to the president on Friday, afteran unexpectedly close election forced his party to rely on allies to keep himin power. Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled outright for thepast decade but failed to repeat its prior two landslide wins, defyinganalyst expectations and exit polls. It was instead forced into quick-fire talks with a 15-member coalition thatagreed to give it the parliamentary numbers to govern. Modi was expected to visit President Droupadi Murmu with allied party leaderson Friday to seek her formal approval to form the next government, newsagency Press Trust of India reported. Modi insisted on Tuesday that the election results were a victory thatensured he would continue his agenda.

He currently edits Dainik Amader Notun Shomoy, Dainik Amader Orthoneeti, and Daily Our TimeSenior journalist and emeritus editor of Daily Amader Notun Shomoy, Nayeemul Islam Khan, has been appointed as the prime minister’s press secretary. Vaskar Debnath, deputy secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration, issued a notification about Nayeemul’s appointment on Thursday. According to the notice, Nayeemul is to receive a fixed monthly salary of Tk 78,000 on contract. In 2003, he became the editor of Dainik Amader Shomoy. He is currently serving as the chief editor of daily newspapers Amader Notun Shomoy, Amader Orthoneeti, and Our Time.