Prime Minister Private Sector Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman today said the entrepreneurs of the United States (US) are showing interest to invest more in Bangladesh seeing the present government various measures to develop the country.
"US entrepreneurs are not worried about election. If they are worried, they would not have come for investment now. They have lauded the present government and its head Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for taking measures to make the country investment-friendly. They have good relations with the present government," he said.
The PM adviser said this while talking with reporters after a meeting with a delegation of the US Chamber of Commerce at the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) headquarters in the city.
The Cabinet today gave the final approval to the draft of Cyber Security Act, 2023 which will replace the existing Digital Security Act.
The approval came from the Cabinet meeting held at Prime Minister Office (PMO) in the city with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
"In the draft law, the offenses under four sections - 17, 19, 27 and 33, have been made non-bailable," Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said while briefing reporters at the Secretariat here in this afternoon after the meeting.
Replying to a query, he said the trial procedure of the ongoing cases filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) will be run following the same law.
Kohinur Chemical Company, a production organization, has finally paid Taka two lakh as due fees for using foreign artiste in advertisement.
The company has recently made an ad of soap where they used foreign model. And it was noticed by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
The ministry has instructed the company to deposit the fee of Taka two lakh fixed by the government through a challan to the specific financial code of the ministry, said a release here today.
BAGERHAT: A zonal commander-level meeting between the Bangladesh Coast Guard and Indian Coast Guard was held through video conference today.
On behalf of Bangladesh Coast Guard, West Zone Zonal Commander Captain Mohammad Kibria Haque, its headquarters Director (Operations) Captain Faiz Uddin Ahmed and senior officials joined the meeting, a press release of Bangladesh Coast Guard said today.