Despite it seems to be a tough task, the interim government is making best efforts to bring back the laundered money from abroad, Chief Adviser Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said.
“The government has enough efforts to bring back the laundered money,” he said while speaking at a press briefing at Foreign Service Academy here today.
Replying to a question, Alam said the Chief Adviser in his meeting with the heads of the states and other organizations in USA in September last on the side line of the UNGA, made it clear that the money laundering issue was one of the main agenda of his government.
The government today renamed 14 government medical college and hospital, dental college and healthcare institution across the country including Dhaka, after their respective districts.
A gazette notification signed by the Senior Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare M A Akmal Hossain Azad said here.
In Dhaka, Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute will now be known as the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute while Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital in Faridpur as Faridpur Medical College and Hospital and Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Eye Hospital and Training Institute in Gopalganj as Gopalganj Eye Hospital and Training Institute.
Besides, Sheikh Hasina Medical College and Hospital in Tangail was renamed as Tangail Medical College and Hospital while Sheikh Russel National Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital as National Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital, Sheikh Lutfar Rahman Dental College and Hospital in Gopalganj as Gopalganj Dental College and Hospital, Sheikh Sayera Khatun Medical College and Hospital in Gopalganj as Gopalganj Medical College and Hospital and Sheikh Sayera Khatun Trauma Center in Gopalganj as Gopalganj Trauma Center, the notification said.
Sirajganj 250-Bed Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital was renamed a Sirajganj 250-Bed General Hospital, Sheikh Hasina Medical College and Hospital in Jamalpur as Jamalpur Medical College and Hospital, Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Specialized Hospital in Khulna as Khulna Specialized Hospital and Bangabandhu (Daldalia) Union Health Sub-Center in Kishoreganj as Daldalia Union Health Sub-Center.
Moreover, Colonel Malik Medical College and Hospital in Manikganj has been renamed as Manikganj Medical College and Hospital and M Abdur Rahim Medical College and Hospital in Dinajpur as Dinajpur Medical College and Hospital.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has lifted all import and regulatory duties on rice to ensure food security and control prices for the common people.
To this end, the revenue authority issued a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) on Thursday.
Earlier, the Directorate of Food submitted a report on the country overall rice stocks to the food ministry. Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) sent another report to food and commerce ministries, and the NBR about the rice price situation.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in association with the Department of Environment (DoE) today conducted a drive in the city to prevent the use of banned polythene shopping bags.
A team inspected Mohammadpur Agricultural Market and several nearby supermarkets in the capital, a ministry press release said.
During the drive, members of the monitoring committee urged shop owners to use jute and cloth bags instead of polythene.
Vendors were instructed to cease using polythene bags, with a warning that strict actions would be taken if polythene bags are found during future inspections.