Bangladesh urged Uzbekistan to establish Uzbek Diplomatic Mission in Dhaka and to establish direct air connectivity between the two countries to intensify business and investment engagements.
The connectivity will also bring tangible results in the fields of culture, tourism and people to people contact.
These were discussed in the third round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between Bangladesh and Uzbekistan held today at Tashkent, a press release said here.
Policy Research Institute Executive Director (ED) Ahsan H Mansur said that the Bangladesh has achieved digital Bangladesh goal partially.
He said still now half work is doing through online and another work is doing through offline which is conflicted the definition of Digital Bangladesh.
He told this in a roundtable discussion, organised by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), at their auditorium on Tuesday.
BASIS president Russel T Ahmed presided over the function.
He told in his keynote presentation that Bangladesh has huge potentiality but the goal did not achieved due to the skilled manpower and education policy.
The ED Ahsan H Mansur said that the initiation of digital financial services (DFS) in Bangladesh has been quite satisfactory, yet its untapped potential remains substantial, presenting significant opportunities for further development.
Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan inaugurated his newly renovated and modernized ejlash (courtroom) at the Supreme Court this afternoon.
Flanked by his colleague judges from both divisions of the Supreme Court, the chief justice raised the curtain from the nameplate. Justice M Enayetur Rahim at the time conducted a munajat.
A special session of a ceremonial bench consisting of judges from both divisions of the Supreme Court was held later at the chief justices ejlash marking the resumption of the trial process at the courtroom.
SANGSAD BHABAN: The Parliament today passed the supplementary budget of Tk 30643.51 crore for the fiscal 2023-24 to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions for the outgoing fiscal year ending June 30.
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali placed the supplementary budget in the House on June 6 along with the national budget of FY2024-25.
A total of Tk 7,61,785 crore was proposed in the budget of 2023-24 fiscal.
Different ministries, divisions and institutions sought increased amount under 20 demands for grant. Discussions, however, were held on only two cut-motions which were moved by three members.