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Tax return filing soars with locally developed system

FE Report | 2025-02-24 00:00:00

A locally developed tax-return system enabled the National Board of Revenue (NBR in Bangladesh to achieve a remarkable success as the online system witnessed a nearly 300-percent increase in income-tax-return submissions for the 2024-25 fiscal year.Developed by local private information...

Kohli hits ton as India beat Pakistan

2025-02-24 00:00:00

DUBAI, Feb 23 (AFP): Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 100 as India beat Pakistan by six wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy on Sunday to push the title holders to the brink of elimination.India comfortably reached their target of 242...

Court orders freeze on S Alam's Tk 8,133cr bank deposits

2025-02-24 00:00:00

A court on Sunday ordered freezing Tk 8,133cr bank deposits belonging to businessman S Alam and his family.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order in response to a plea filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director...

Draft lacks financing roadmap, incentive to ordinary citizens

FE REPORT | 2025-02-24 00:00:00

The draft renewable energy policy 2025 lacks decarbonisation and financing roadmaps to boost the country's renewable energy (RE) sector.It also lacks green taxonomy and support to ordinary citizens or individuals to go green.Energy experts and environmentalists made the observations at...

UN in contact with all parties to resolve Rohingya crisis

FE Report | 2025-02-24 00:00:00

The UN Special Envoy on Myanmar, Ms Julie Bishop, on Sunday said she is in talks with all the stakeholders in a bid to resolve the Rohingya issue.She said this in response to a question whether the UN is in...

CPA warns of quadrupling storage rent

FE REPORT | 2025-02-24 00:00:00

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has warned of imposing a four-time high rent for containers stored in the port yards and the Kamalapur inland container depot (ICD), effective from March 10, amid a huge stockpile of boxes in the two...

CA to meet govt high-ups Feb 27

FE REPORT | 2025-02-24 00:00:00

Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Muhammad Yunus is expected to hold a special meeting with government high-ups on February 27 to devise necessary strategies and find ways to recover the huge amount of money laundered during the previous Sheikh Hasina regime,...

Upswing in imports in seven months of FY25

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-02-24 00:00:00

Overall import has witnessed an upward movement in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2024-25, ahead of the upcoming fasting month of Ramadan, officials said.The actual import in terms of settlement of letters of credit (LCs)...

Students from different educational institutions stage demonstrations in the capital city on Sunday against

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Students from different educational institutions stage demonstrations in the capital city on Sunday against the backdrop of a series of recent incidents of rape and other criminal offences in different parts of the country. In the photo, students of BRAC...

Gas tariff hike to raise import dependence, cut jobs

FE REPORT | 2025-02-24 00:00:00

If the government implements the proposed increase in natural gas tariffs, it could halt local production, increase import dependency, and lead to significant job losses, warned sector insiders on Sunday at a policy discussion. The seminar, titled "Policy Consideration in...

BD seeks to launch Starlink internet

FE REPORT | 2025-02-24 00:00:00

Bangladesh eyes cover-all speedy Starlink internet service as Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has invited new US government functionary and technology tycoon Elon Musk to launch the satellite.In a letter to the top US businessman and Chief Executive Officer of...

Repo facility awaits regulatory axe again

JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-02-24 00:00:00

Existing repo facilities are being squeezed further as the central bank is bent on phasing out its 28-day-tenure liquidity window in a move to make banks manage funds more efficiently.Updating the bankers about such facility-curtailing move, the monetary policy unit...

Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan joins a photo session after the

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan joins a photo session after the roundtable discussion titled, "Ensuring Security and Meeting Defence Challenges in the Contemporary Geopolitical Environment: The Relevance for Air Space" held...

Rain likely today ...,,,,

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Rain/thunder showers is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Light to moderate...

Medical interns start complete shutdown over 5-point demand

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Interns at government medical college hospitals in the country including Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) and Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) started a 'complete shutdown' on Sunday, demanding the fulfillment of their five-point demand, including reforms in the healthcare sector,...

Student protesters in capital demand justice

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Students have taken to the streets in the capital demanding justice over an incident of robbery and sexual assault on a "Unique Road Royals" bus travelling from Dhaka to Rajshahi, reports bdnews24.com.One of the demonstrations, which began at around 10:00...

Two workers killed in N'ganj AC blast

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Two men have been killed in an explosion while repairing an air conditioning unit at a private bank in Narayanganj's Sonargaon Upazila, reports bdnews24.cpm.The incident took place at around 01:00 pm on Sunday at the Kanchpur branch of Eastern Bank,...

19 Dhaka canals to come under renovation

2025-02-24 00:00:00

FE REPORTEnvironment and water resources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday said a master plan would be crafted to renovate 19 canals with an eye to addressing waterlogging in Dhaka city.Monthly action plan is aimed at addressing the problem in...

Army chief attends EME corps annual captain confce

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Sunday attended EME Corps Annual Captain Conference-2025 at EME Centre and School (EMEC&S) at Saidpur Cantonment, said a release of the Directorate of the ISPR.On his arrival at EMEC&S, the army chief was welcomed by...

4 DIGs sent on forced retirement

2025-02-24 00:00:00

FE REPORT The government on Sunday sent four Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) of police into forced retirement in its latest attempt to overhaul the administrative sector.Senior Secretary Nasimul Gani of the Home Ministry signed separate notifications issued on that day...

NOAB demands lowering of tax rates on newsprint, profit

2025-02-24 00:00:00

FE REPORTThe Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) has reiterated its call to revise downward the tax rates on newsprint imported by newspapers.During a pre-budget consultation meeting with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Sunday at the Jatiya Rajassa...

Call for comprehensive reforms to restore economic stability

2025-02-24 00:00:00

FE ReportExperts underscored the urgent need for comprehensive reforms to restore stability in Bangladesh's economic and political landscape. They highlighted that achieving long-term resilience requires strengthening the financial, agricultural, educational, and healthcare sectors. Now is the time for necessary changes,...

ACC to sue ex-state minister Zahid Ahsan Russel

2025-02-24 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case against former state minister for Youth and Sports and ex-MP from Gazipur-2 constituency Md Zahid Ahsan Russel on charges of acquiring assets beyond known sources of income, reports BSS.ACC Director...

Info being collected about DCs who served as ROs in 2024 polls: Secretary

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Intelligence agencies are currently gleaning information about the deputy commissioners (DCs) who served as returning officers in 2024 general elections, said Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration Mokhlesur Rahman on Sunday, reports UNB.Among DCs who were made officers...

Hasina lost capability to run country for misrule

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Bangla Academy President Prof Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq has said ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina had lost her capability to run the country because of her prolonged misrule, oppression, repression and corruption, reports BSS."The students and the mass people had...

Hasina ordered 'no treatment', 'no release' at hospital: Tajul

2025-02-24 00:00:00

The chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Muhammad Tajul Islam has said the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina, during her visit to a hospital in late July, 2024, had ordered the authorities not to provide treatment to any...

SC to hear Azhar's review plea tomorrow

2025-02-24 00:00:00

The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed tomorrow (Tuesday) for hearing the review petition filed by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, challenging the judgment that upheld his death sentence in a war crimes case, report agencies.The three-member apex court bench...

Dudu questions govt's achievement after six months in power

2025-02-24 00:00:00

THAKURGAON, Feb 23 (UNB): BNP Vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has criticised the interim government, stating that it has achieved nothing even after six months in power.He also questioned the rationale behind keeping the interim government in office.The BNP leader came up...

BNP International Affairs Secretary Barrister Nasir Uddin Ahmed Ashim attends a workshop, titled '31-Point

2025-02-24 00:00:00

BNP International Affairs Secretary Barrister Nasir Uddin Ahmed Ashim attends a workshop, titled '31-Point State Structure Reform Proposal' organised by Kalabagan thana unit of the party at the Green Road staff quarters playground in the capital on Sunday. — Focus...

ACCA BD’s thought leadership symposium held

2025-02-24 00:00:00

The global accounting body- The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) hosted an ACCA Symposium - A Thought Leadership Session on BPO, GTT & Sustainability on Saturday, says a press release. The full-day event brought together approximately 200 senior officials,...