Eight sectors to enjoy advance tax waiver

Some eight sectors, including solar panel manufacturers and animal feed manufacturers, will enjoy exemptions from the payment of advance tax at the import stage. The advance tax is payable at the import stage and the importers are allowed to adjust or get refund of the paid taxes from the relevant...

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Vow to root out terror activities from BUET

Teachers and students at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have taken an oath to wipe out terror activities from the campus, report agencies.BUET Vice-Chancellor Prof Saiful Islam took part in the oath-taking programme organised by the general students at the auditorium on Wednesday. The programme was scheduled...

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Slow work threatens second oil refinery

The building of second crude oil refinery with an annual capacity of 3.0 million tonnes is facing delay, hit by slow construction work.Presently, state-run Eastern Refinery Ltd is the lone operating crude oil refiner of the country, whose capacity is 1.5 million tonnes a year.The cost of the second refinery...

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Rohingya’s early return better for Bangladesh, PM tells ADB

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed on Wednesday the need for the quick repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State of Myanmar, reports UNB. It will be better for Bangladesh if they go back as early as possible, she said.The Prime Minister came up with...

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BD ahead of India, Pakistan in global hunger index

Bangladesh has ranked 88th out of 117 qualifying countries on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019 with a score of 25.8, which is higher than India and Pakistan, reports BSS.Pakistan ranked 94 with a score of 28.5 while India ranked 102 with a score of 30.3 in terms of severity...

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Prayer Timings-(17-10-2019)

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