RANGPUR, May 19 (BSS): Health experts at a post-rally discussion here have stressed for leading systematic life and controlling hypertension or high blood pressure (HBP) to reduce risks of the silent killer disease. They put special emphasis on regular physical...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-20 00:00:00
PABNA, May 19: At least 15 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups of AL and BNP at Kaitalo in Bera upazila of Pabna Tuesday noon over a disputed land. Police said that two groups of AL...
RANGPUR, May 19 (BSS): Speakers at a day-long training course Tuesday stressed on the essence for creating adequate awareness through launching vigorous social movement, involving every citizen, for preventing child marriage. They were addressing the training course organised by Oporajeyo-Bangladesh,...
GOPALGANJ, May 19 (UNB): A man was hacked to death by his rivals over establishing supremacy at Shashabaria village in Sadar upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Laku Molla, 63, a former army member, and a resident of...
RAJSHAHI, May 19 (BSS): With the advent of the Bangla month of Joistha, commonly known as 'Modhumash' (honey month), the juicy fruit litchi has appeared in the local markets of the region including the Rajshahi city like the previous years...
MYMENSINGH, May 19 (BSS): A case was lodged today with a Mymensingh court against three persons including MA Hannan, Jatiya Party lawmaker from Trishal constituency of Mymensingh for committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation in 1971. The...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-20 00:00:00
MAGURA, May 19: A view exchange meeting on creating awareness to protect human rights was held in Magura. BRAC human rights and legal aid programme arranged the meeting at Magura Judges' conference room Monday. Magura district judge Md Aminul Islam...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, May 19 (BSS): An extensive Aus cultivation plan has been taken up here this year. According to the district office of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Aus would be cultivated on a total of 54,928 hectares of land...
Two houses, shop looted in Noakhali Robbers looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth Tk 0.3 million (3 lakh) from two houses and a shop at Bahadurpur and Kadirhanif villages in Sadar upazila early Tuesday. Witnesses said a gang...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-05-20 00:00:00
Government officials' salary incomes are likely to come under full-scale taxation from the upcoming financial year, as the tax net is being cast wide to enhance revenue. An initiative has been taken to bring their salary incomes--both basic and allowances--under...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-05-20 00:00:00
Bangladeshi investment in the outer world has been on a steady rise-through both overt and covert channels. Experts say the actual volume of country's investment overseas cannot be gauged as capital flowing out through unrecognised passages is thought to be...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-05-20 00:00:00
An HSC (higher secondary certificate) examinee under the Dhaka education board posted a copy of the leaked question paper (objective part) of accounting on his 'facebook' page at 2.33 a.m. of Sunday night. Next day at the examination hall he...
Philippines is the first country who offered shelter after its south-east Asian neighbours blocked them from entering, report agencies. Manila, a signatory to the United Nation's refugee convention, said it would help as it denied a local report claiming that...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-05-20 00:00:00
A finance move is on to allocate Tk 1.0 billion for each of the largely dormant district councils in the budget for the next financial year (2015-16). The proposition, however, is learnt to have met with strong disapproval from within...
Zaidi Sattar in a paper presented at a seminar titled \'Fiscal Policyfor 2015-16 Budget in the Context of the Seventh Plan\' organised by the Policy Research Institute (PRI) on May 09, 2015 in Dhaka. The Financial Express was the media-partner of the even | 2015-05-19 00:00:00
Mobilisation of revenue without distorting business incentives continues to be a major challenge for the Government. Though a strategic shift from import to domestic-based revenue sources is taking place (Table 1), the Government's continued heavy reliance on import-based taxes for...
Muhammad Zamir | 2015-05-19 00:00:00
Proving the poll predictions wrong, British Prime Minister David Cameron won a stunning election victory and swept easily into office for another five years - with his Labour opposition in tatters. The Conservative Party with 331 seats and 11.3 million...
The demand for raising allocation for the health sector under the forthcoming fiscal's national budget, has been voiced by experts in the relevant field. Surely it merits attention, considering the fact that the health budget in Bangladesh has never exceeded...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-05-19 00:00:00
It is by now well-documented that the farmers in Bangladesh (and also in India) have replaced the traditional varieties of rice (TVs) with modern ones (MVs). This was triggered mainly by higher yield but other considerations have also played a...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-05-19 00:00:00
The saga of boatloads of Myanmarese Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants adrift at sea, starving and exhausted, is harrowing. Over the last two weeks these people in boats have been floating on sea waters near the shores of Malaysia, Indonesia and...
I am a regular commuter along the roads that connect Lalmatia with Motijheel -- my workplace. The misery and suffering we all face on these roads are too well-known to elaborate. Interestingly, most of the private cars that create congestion...
The issue of unregistered kindergartens was covered by most English dailies on May 17. The kindergartens of the country should come under official inspection. Registration should not become lengthy process due to bureaucratic red tape. If this happens, the whole...
Getting up early in the morning is a blessing for health. The morning air is pure and refreshing for health. We can have a period of fresh air in the morning if we wake up early. Waking up early helps...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2015-05-19 00:00:00
The positive side of Bangladesh economy is that every year the gross domestic product (GDP) is going up which results in an increasing per capita GDP. The size of the population, as well as economic activities, has been increasing over...
Jamaluddin Ahmed concluding his three-part article, titled \"From differential to uniform rate system in Bangladesh: The political economy of reforming value-added tax\" | 2015-05-19 00:00:00
VALUE ADDED TAX RATES AROUND THE GLOBE: Information on update of VAT rates in 160 countries have been collected and documented in a tabular form. It shows that in the seven ASEAN countries the average rate of VAT is 9.43%...
Zarif Rasul | 2015-05-19 00:00:00
Human capital is broadly defined as the education, skills, training, health and other related factors of the population that determine their overall productivity and capacity to seize opportunities created by economic progress. Formation of human capital is paramount for sustaining...
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