New tax zones manned by few borrowed staffers

Expanding tax nets for a must-have boost to Bangladesh's deficient revenues falters as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) appointed top officials to newly created tax zones mostly sans supporting staff.Sources have said most of the zones have yet to receive approval for appointing support-staff personnel either through regular recruitments...

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Gazans trek home as truce begins

KHAN YUNIS (Palestinian Territories) Oct 10 (AFP): Full of grief after two years of war but glad to be going home, thousands of displaced Palestinians set off across the Gaza Strip on Friday, as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold.Timidly at first, then in a huge column, thousands...

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Deregulated imports boosting economy, pressuring reserves

Bangladesh sees a significant rise in import orders, with a leap in September, in what is seen as an early indication of the country's economic rebound after months of recession.However, officials and money-market experts sound alert as the deregulated export resurgence has a domino effect on the country's repleting foreign-exchange...

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Eminent academic Syed Manzoorul Islam dies

Eminent educationist and writer Syed Manzoorul Islam, emeritus professor at the Department of English at Dhaka University (DU), passed away Friday at the age of 74 while undergoing treatment at a city hospital.A former professor of English language and literature at DU, Islam breathed his last at around 5pm on...

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Venezuela's opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Oct 10 (Reuters) : Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting dictatorship in the country and dedicated the award in part to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly insisted he deserved it.Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer who lives in...

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Prayer Timings (2025-10-11)

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