Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury told the parliament that the revenue collection of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has crossed the milestone of four lakh crore taka for the first time. He presented it as a historic success in the country's revenue management.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said that there are now many neem trees at Arafat Maidan, where there were none 50 years ago. It is likely that in 1978, martyred President Ziaur Rahman, while performing Umrah, advised the then Saudi King to plant neem trees for the shade of the pilgrims and at that time, he sent about 100,000 neem tree saplings from the country. Now, the people of Saudi Arabia call those trees 'Zia Tree' instead of neem trees.
The dengue situation in the country has further deteriorated. Five more people have died of dengue fever in the last 24 hours. With this, the number of dengue deaths this year has increased to 18. Of these, 13 people lost their lives in June alone, which is the highest monthly death toll this year.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has proposed several people-friendly amendments in the proposed budget to reduce the tax burden of the common man, withdraw the provisions for laundering black money, and develop domestic industry and education.
The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) has issued a set of directives, including ensuring playground availability, to make sports compulsory in the national curriculum from Class IV in government primary schools across the country.
Eminent artist, puppeteer and cultural personality Mustafa Monowar will be buried at Banani Graveyard in the capital on Tuesday afternoon. Before the burial, his body will be taken to his long-time workplace Bangladesh Television (BTV) premises, the Central Shaheed Minar and the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dhaka University.