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NBR to review fiscal incentives offered to API industries

Six months after the publication of the 'National Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and Laboratory Reagents Production and Export Policy by the Ministry of Commerce, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to review the tax benefits offered under it.NBR officials said that the board was not aware about those...

One dies as Tablig factions clash near Tongi venue

A clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat left one dead and more than a hundred injured near the Tongi Ijtema ground on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Ismail Mondol, 65, of Munshiganj district, said officer-in-charge (OC) of Tongi East Police Station Kamal Hossian, quoting the deceased's son Zahid Mondol.The...

Dhaka for info sharing on Rakhine situation

After failing to start repatriation of Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh has written to Myanmar seeking information about the situation in Northern Rakhine state."We have told them that the repatriation could not be started as Rohingya are not willing to go back now as they feel that conducive environment has not been...

Dr Kamal calls upon EC to act without fear, favour

Jatiya Oikyafront Senior leader Dr Kamal Hossain called upon the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday to discharge their duties neutrally and independently without fear and favour to any political party."It is my appeal to the Election Commission that they should discharge their duties/ responsibilities neutrally and independently and without fear...

EC orders poll officials not to allow open voting

Mentioning that the casting of vote openly is illegal, Election Commissioner Rafiqul Islam instructed on Saturday the election officials not to allow such practice during the upcoming national election, reports UNB."Someone may say I'll cast my vote in public after you give him/her a ballot paper. Please don't allow anyone...

21st anniv of CHT Peace Accord today

The 21st anniversary of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord is today (Sunday). The treaty was signed on December 2, 1997 between the government and the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) during the first tenure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, ending bloody conflicts in three hill districts. The then...