Speakers at a programme on Tuesday said the government should put more emphasis on collection of direct tax to reduce burden of indirect tax on the people, especially middle and low income ones. They also called for bringing transparency to tax system and reducing discrimination between the rich and the...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Nov 20: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has planned to procure two mother bulk carriers and 10 lighter vessels by 2021 aiming to carry coal for coal-fired mega power plants.Apart from bulk carriers, the state-owned corporation has planned to procure two mother tankers with 100,000 to 125,000 tonnes capacity each...
Read morePromoting rural e-commerce can help expand digital financial inclusion in the country, experts at a conference said on Tuesday. Rural e-commerce, including digital transactions and trade by rural people, has seen an upward trend over the last few years due to efforts by different stakeholders, including the government, they said....
Read moreBangladesh will scrap plans to build additional floating liquefied natural gas import (LNG) terminals in favour of land-based stations, a senior government official said, reports Reuters. Adverse weather is making it difficult to operate the country's sole floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) and, hence, Bangladesh does not plan to...
Read moreAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday India wants a free, fair, credible and inclusive election in Bangladesh, reports UNB.He made the remarks while talking to reporters after a meeting with Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla at the Secretariat.Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister,...
Read moreA BNP panel interviewed election aspirants of Chattogram, Sylhet and Cumilla on the third day of candidature review on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com.Tarique Rahman was part of the interview process on video calls via other apps as Skype is blocked, said several candidates after the interviews.The interview started for the aspirants...
Read moreSome 437 people fell victims to extrajudicial killings across the country in 10 months from January this year, according to Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), reports UNB.The human rights body came up with the statistics at a citizen dialogue with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) at the Daily Star...
Read moreA doctor, a newly graduated pharmacist and a police officer were killed after a gunman opened fire at a hospital in Chicago, police say, reports BBC.The gunman was seen arguing with the doctor, Tamara O'Neal, who he had been in a relationship with, before shooting her and turning his gun...
Read moreBikalpadhara Bangladesh chief AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has met Sheikh Hasina after deciding to contest in the elections under the Awami League-led Grand Alliance, reports bdnews24.com.Badruddoza, who is also heading the Jukto Front alliance, held the meeting with the prime minister at her Ganabhaban residence for more than an hour on...
Read moreBollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan says he has cleared farmers' loans worth more than than 40m rupees ($560,000; £436,000), reports BBC.He wrote on his blog on Tuesday that he had "taken care" of 1,398 farmers by paying off their debt, adding that he felt a "sense of accomplishment".All of the farmers...
Read moreFire Service personnel and local people coming to the rescue of students, who were on an educational tour, from a bus which plunged into a ravine at Manutek in Bandarban on Tuesday after its driver lost control over the vehicle — Focus Bangla
Read moreMembers of a number of organisations forming a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club in the city on Tuesday to protest exploitation of children — FE photo
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