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Taxmen, auditors cross swords over authority

The tax collector and the auditing watchdog are at loggerheads over the authority to audit taxpayers' documents filed in revenue offices.Tax officials said the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of Bangladesh is empowered to audit government documents, not those of private organisations according to the law.But officials...

BD reaching danger level of income inequality

Economists made on Saturday an urgent call for measuring growth with equity as Bangladesh is reaching the danger level of income inequality. Alongside a uniform and quality education system at all levels, they suggested allowing a truly impartial institutional and regulatory framework for fair distribution of resources.These policy concerns and...

Two more die of dengue, 607 hospitalised in 24 hrs

Two more people died of dengue in the capital and Jashore while 607 new dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours until Saturday morning, reports UNB.Rubaiya Akhter, 11, a Class-VI student of Wahed Ali High School and daughter of Abdur Rashid of Koyra village in Shibalaya upazila...

BPC swings to profit as int'l oil market cools

State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) started racking up profits again in oil trading on the back of falling international oil prices.The recent fear over the economic fallout from the U.S.-China trade war has resulted in the decline in international oil prices proving a boon for the government agency, industry insiders...

4th JS session begins today

The fourth session of the 11th parliament begins today (Sunday) after a 59-day recess. Before the House goes into the session at 5.00pm, the business advisory committee of parliament will sit in a meeting at 4.00pm to fix its duration and businesses. President Abdul Hamid on August 21 convened the...

Three held with 2,246 mobile phone handsets at HSIA

Law enforcers arrested on Saturday three persons along with 2,246 smuggled mobile phone handsets at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. The arrestees are Mohammad Sujon, 49, son of Aktar Hossain of Faridpur, Shahriar Hossain, 33, son of Md Dulal Hossain of Demra in the capital, and Md Rafiqul...

Literacy Day today

The International Literacy Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe today (Sunday). The theme of this year's day is 'Literacy and Multilingualism'. Different government and private organisations have chalked out various programmes on the occasion. The International Literacy Day is celebrated throughout the world marking...