North Korea leader Kim Jong Un (L) and US President Donald Trump shaking hands after their meeting at Capella Resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on Tuesday — AFP
Read moreThe country's trade deficit crossed US$15 billion in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (FY).It was attributed to higher import payments than lower export receipts.The gap in trade with the rest of the world rose to $15.33 billion in the July-April period of FY 2017-18.The figure was...
Read moreFinance Minister AMA Muhith came under attack of the opposition members of parliament (MPs) again in the Jatiya Sangsad for his 'failure' to restore discipline in the banking sector, reports UNB.Taking part in the budget discussion, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal MP Nazmul Huq Pradhan said businessmen are looting banks but the...
Read moreAt least 12 people, including four of a family, were killed in separate incidents of landslide in different areas of Naniarchar upazila in Rangamati and Cox's Bazar districts early on Tuesday, reports UNB.In Rangamati, four of the victims were killed in Darmachandpara, while four members of a family in Boro...
Read moreBangladesh performed 'average' in the World Bank's (WB's) country policy and institutional assessment (CPIA) in 2017, said a new report.The International Development Association (IDA), the bank's soft-lending arm, has prepared the report. The IDA prepares such statement every year as part of its performance-based allocation system.The assessment does review each...
Read moreThe government needs to strengthen its online tax monitoring to help raise its capacity to meet the annual revenue collection target, opined the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), an international professional services firm. Everything concerning tax, including tax registration and tax filing, should go online, the PwC officials said at a post-budget briefing...
Read moreHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has proposed to take BNP chief Khaleda Zia to Dhaka's CMH for medical tests, hours after her family sought permission from the home ministry to take her to the United Hospital, report agencies.Inspector General of Prisons Syed Iftekhar Uddin told reporters on Tuesday morning: "Jail authorities...
Read moreTwo more die in Mymensingh anti-drug raidTwo more people were killed in an anti-narcotics raid in Mymensingh. A shootout took place early on Tuesday with law enforcers in the district's Kalibari area, said Ashiqur Rahman, chief of Detective Branch of district police. The dead were identified as 30-year-old Md Rony,...
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