70pc machinery for effluent treatment found substandard

The government made tanners in Hazaribagh shift to Savar Tannery Estate hastily, being misguided by a group of people about preparedness of the leather hub, said the BSCIC chief. As industry stakeholders aired fear of local people's outrage against pollution by untreated tannery waste from the ill-equipped estate, the Bangladesh...

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Biswa Ijtema ends seeking world peace

GAZIPUR, Jan 21 (UNB): The second phase of Biswa Ijtema concluded on Sunday with the Akheri Munajat on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of the capital.Huge Muslim devotees, both from home and abroad, converged on the congregation venue and attended the concluding prayers seeking...

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Taxmen find fake tax clearance certificates

Taxmen have detected a number of forged tax clearance certificates at field-level tax offices that were prepared with the support of vested quarters including tax practitioners and supporting tax officials, tax officials said.The government has made it mandatory for taxpayers to submit tax clearance certificates for obtaining different services including...

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Tariff Commission prefers DFQF to APTA

A state agency finds duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) access to China 'more preferable tariff treatment for Bangladesh' in a swap for duty treatment under the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA). Officials said the Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) did the arithmetic of the trade-off between the two arrangements as the Ministry of...

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Kabul hotel attack death toll hits 18

The Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghan capital Kabul left 18 people, including 14 foreigners, killed. The Telegraph newspaper reported the casualties citing a spokesman for the Interior Ministry Najib Danish on Sunday. He said that 11 of the 14 foreigners killed were employees of KamAir, a private...

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Prayer Timings-(22-01-2018)

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