The body of Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali, who died yesterday morning in a Singapore hospital, arrives at the Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport tonight, said a spokesman of the ministry. 'The body of the minister will arrive here...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be flying to London for a medical check-up and will return home after spending Eid with her elder son Tarique Rahman. Her spokesperson Maruf Kamal Khan said, she would be travelling on an Emirates Airlines...
After it sealed the main entry point used by migrants the previous day, Hungary had continued to let them enter through an official border entry post around 2 kilometres further down. But at midnight, the main official border crossing point...
China and Iran have close diplomatic, economic, trade and energy ties, and China has been active in pushing both the United Sates (US) and Iran to reach agreement on Iran's nuclear programme. Iran wants China's help to resolve tensions and...
Oil edged higher towards $47 a barrel on Tuesday, supported by the prospect of lower US inventories and production although concern about weaker Asian demand kept prices in check. While analysts expect reports this week to show no change in...
As Australia woke to news that another prime minister had lost his job mid-way through a parliamentary term, views were divided within political circles about what Malcolm Turnbull's ascension to the top post would mean for the country. Mr Turnbull...
Security researchers say they have uncovered previously unknown attacks on routers which direct traffic around the Internet, allowing hackers to harvest vast amounts of data while going undetected by existing cyber security defenses. The attacks replace the operating system used...
Heavy and regular smokers have a significantly increased risk of tooth loss, according to a new study that found smoking can hide the effects of gum disease, according to a recent study. Male smokers are up to 3.6 times more...
At least 22 migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos Tuesday, local media said. The boat went down off...
Nepal's Constituent Assembly Tuesday rejected calls to remove the key term 'secularism' from the new Constitution and officially make it a Hindu state, triggering protests by Hindu activists. As the Constituent Assembly resumed voting on individual articles of the Constitution...
Tangail-4 parliament constituency, vacated by former telecoms minister Abdul Latif Siddique, will go to polls on 28 Oct. The Election Commission on Tuesday announced the by-polls schedule. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said on Tuesday that the polls will...
The government has directs readymade garment (RMG) factory owners to pay workers half of the current month’s monthly salary before Eid. And also to pay Eid bonus to the employees before September 20. Owners of those factories which are not...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith inaugurated the Celebration of National Income Tax Day featuring a colorful rally at National Board of Revenue (NBR) premises Tuesday with the slogan of ‘No alternative to income tax in building a happy nation’....
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved the proposed Chinese Economic & Industrial Zone to be set up on 774.25 acres of land at Anwara in Chittagong involving Tk 4.2037 billion exclusively for Chinese investors....
Armed Police Battalion (APBn) with the help of customs officials in separate drives on Monday night arrested two youths, including an Indian national, with 17 gold bars from Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport. "Mukesh Kumar, 40, an Indian national and...
Shortage of long-term financing is choking the investment-backed growth of companies in developing countries and hampering the ability of credit-worthy families to borrow for education and housing needs and escape poverty, said a new World Bank (WB) report. The report,...
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday urged all concerned to create awareness for protecting ozone layer to save environment. In separate messages on the eve of World Ozone Day 2015, the President and the Prime Minister...
The High Court on Tuesday asked the concerned authorities to close down two facebook pages which were circulating contents insulting Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PUBH), within thirty days. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Mustafa Zaman...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed will leave Dhaka for Geneva on Wednesday to attend the preparatory meeting of the WTO Ministerial Conference. The commerce minister has schedule to hold meetings with WTO Director General and ambassadors of influential countries on September...
Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma on Tuesday sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's active participation at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Malta later this year, as he called on her at the premier's office....
The number of tax-payers will be increased to 4 million by 2019-20 financial year (FY19), said Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday. Addressing a programme on the National Income Tax Day at a city hotel, the minister said currently 11...
North Korea says its main nuclear facility, the Yongbyon complex, has resumed normal operations. The country was improving its nuclear weapons "in quality and quantity", state-run news agency KCNA reported. Yongbyon's reactor was shut down in 2007 but Pyongyang vowed...
Visiting UN Under Secretary General Atul Khare on Tuesday praised the Bangladesh police force for contributing to maintaining global peace for over 25 years, sending female police officers to the UN peacekeeping missions, and ensuring the security of the UN...
Police arrested a youth for allegedly violating a minor girl at West Khabashpur in Faridpur town on Tuesday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Jewel, a resident of Poradia Village in Nagarkanda upazila. Maternal uncle of the victim said the...
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will start selling advance bus tickets for the homebound passengers from tomorrow (Wednesday) on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha. The advance tickets will be sold from different BRTC bus counters in the city, said...
The government has made one of the two International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs) nonfunctional as the number of such cases has come down. The Law Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday. As per the notification, one of...
Khaleda Zia left for London for a medical check-up and will return home after spending the Eid-ul-Azha with her eldest son Tarique Rahman. The BNP chairperson boarded an Emirates Airlines regular flight with several family members and it took off...
MOULVIBAZAR, Sept 15: The body of Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali who died in a Singapore hospital on Monday was brought home on Tuesday night. A flight of Singapore Airlines carrying the body of the late minister landed at...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh is the lowest tax effort country among the developing countries. This was confirmed by a study of Bangladesh Bank. The study, conducted recently, found that Bangladesh was the lowest tax effort country in the sample with an average tax...
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