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Time is now ripe for introducing 'Sukuk'

The country needs to formulate a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for getting optimum benefit from the Islamic financing instruments, former chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Abdul Mazid maintained."Bangladesh needs to formulate a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for Islamic finance," the former bureaucrat said while speaking...

No concern for BD over exclusion from Assam citizenship: FM

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen ruled out on Saturday any concern for Bangladesh amid the exclusion of nearly 2 million people from the final citizenship list in Assam saying Bangladesh believes in India's assurance, reports UNB.He said they raised the issue in advance when Indian External Affairs Minister Dr...

India leaves 1.9m people of Assam off citizens' list

Nearly 2 million people have been left off a list of citizens released on Saturday in India's northeastern state of Assam, after a mammoth years-long exercise to check illegal immigration from neighbouring Bangladesh, report agencies.Resentment against illegal immigrants has simmered for years in Assam, one of India's poorest states, with...

Taxpayers to face action for failure to submit returns

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to bring prosecution against some taxpayers on case-to-case basis for their failure to submit tax returns despite having taxable incomes.The move came after the taxmen have found that 50 per cent of the Taxpayers Identification Number (TIN) holders don't submit...

Drone photography reveals grimmer city dengue picture

Findings of drone photography have revealed approximately 36,000 probable habitats of Aedes mosquitoes in the city painting a much grimmer picture than initially anticipated.The drone photography, the first of its kind in the country, was conducted at three spots -- Mirpur, Gulshan and Narinda -- covering 295 acres of areas.The...

BJP's BD migrants claim busted

An analysis of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), published by the Assam State government in India on Saturday, shows that allegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders regarding the influx of Bangladeshis into that state is not true, experts opined."Many (of the BJP's) hard-liners claimed that about five...

An open sesame to foreign tour

Around 200 public officials have so far visited Russia in connection with the capital-intensive Rooppur nuclear power plant project. Spending a substantial amount from the project fund, insiders said on Saturday, some officials went to Russia for inspecting nuclear power facilities and some others either for training or for other...

Holy Ashura on Sept 10

The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed in the country on September 10. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a meeting on Saturday evening as the new moon of Muharram, the first month of...

Bodies of teenage boy, girl found hanging from tree in Naogaon

Police have recovered the bodies of a teenage boy and a girl hanging from a tree in Naogaon's Patnitala Upazila on Saturday. The authorities suspect the two died by suicide after their families rejected their relationship. The youths have been identified as Kajli Murmu,18, and Joy Hembrom, 17, both members...

Motorcyclist killed in city road crash

A motorcyclist was killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit his motorbike in the city's Malibagh area on Saturday, police said. The deceased was identified as Hemayet Hossain (35), son of late Firoz Bepari, of Kazirhat village under Mehendiganj upazila of Barishal district. He was running a furniture shop located in...