Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
The government has brought capital gain from transfer of agricultural land under the tax net for the first time with imposition of 1.0 per cent tax on it from the upcoming fiscal year (FY). Currently, the gain from transfer of...
HABIGANJ, June 9 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members on the seventh day of their drive recovered on Monday more cache of firearms and ammunition from Satchhari jungles along the Indian border in Chunarughat upazila. The Rab team which is...
Deploring that successive finance ministers were mum over the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Defence, JSD MP Moinuddin Khan Badal Monday demanded explanation for allocating Tk 164.62 billion in the 2014-15 fiscal for the ministry, reports UNB. "It's become...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, June 9: Export of light engineering (LE) products marked a 13.18 per cent rise in first 10 months of the outgoing fiscal year (FY) compared to the same period of the last fiscal as Bangladesh exported LE products worth...
BENAPOLE, June 9 (UNB): Work on constructing a boundary wall of the immigration check-post site in Benapole was halted after protests by members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) here on Monday. Manir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Benapole thana...
NARAYANGANJ, June 9 (UNB): A court here placed on Monday former Rab official Lt Col Tareque Sayeed on a fresh five-day remand in connection with the sensational Narayanganj 7-murder case. Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Chand Nirupam passed the order when...
DUBLIN, June 9 (AFP): Fresh claims that children at Catholic 'mother and baby' homes in Ireland were subjected to experimental vaccine trials heaped further controversy Monday on the Church-run institutions. Eighty children became ill after they were accidentally administered a...
BEIRUT, June 9 (AFP): The International Committee of the Red Cross and Syria's Red Crescent have made rare aid deliveries in rebel-held territory in northern Aleppo province with government consent, a spokesman said Monday. "Together with the Syrian Arab Red...
MADRID, June 9 (AFP): Researchers looking for the remains of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, the author of "Don Quixote", said Monday they had identified five spots in a Madrid church where his bones may lie. Scientists used infrared cameras,...
Parliament on Monday passed the supplementary budget of Tk 80.66 billion for fiscal 2013-14 to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries, reports UNB. Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed the supplementary budget in the House for its approval. Muhith moved...
BEIJING, June 9 (Agencies): Bangladesh and China signed on Monday five instruments, including two agreements, one memorandum of understanding (MoU) and two Exchange of Letters (EoLs), to enhance their mutual cooperation in sectors like trade and investment, power generation and...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) withdrew on Monday the "single borrower exposure limit" by the commercial banks for financing Padma Bridge project, reports BSS. "Considering the importance of the Padma Bridge in the country's economy and the priority given by the government,...
ISLAMABAD, Jun 9 (IANS): A group of heavily armed gunmen stormed Pakistan's biggest airport on Sunday and at least 27 people were killed in a night-long battle at one of the country's most high-profile targets. The assault on Jinnah International...
Syful Islam | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
The GSP (generalised system of preferences) scheme of the United States may be renewed next month, creating a hope for the revival of its benefit for Bangladeshi products to the US market, Bangladesh trade officials have said. The US GSP...
Five more judges of the High Court (HC) have been made permanent. They are Justice Ashish Ranjan Das, Justice Mahmudul Hoque, Justice Md Badruzzaman, Justice Zafar Ahmed and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo. The President in consultation with the...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Director General (DG) of Food Ahmed Hossain Khan for allegedly committing corruption in a project of the World Bank (WB). ACC deputy director M Mafidul Islam filed the case against...
FE Report | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh wants to boost its trade with three new South American countries-Argentina, Peru and Uruguay-as part of its efforts to explore new destinations, officials have said. According to them, the three countries are very potential export destinations for medicines, leather,...
NEW DELHI, June 9 (Xinhua): Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the services sector declined by 54 per cent year-on-year to US$2.22 billion in the fiscal year 2013-14 in India, said the government on Sunday. The Department of Industrial Policy and...
NEW DELHI, June 9 (Reuters): India's new government will pursue a broad economic reform agenda focused on job creation through public and private investment that makes containing inflation its top priority, President Pranab Mukherjee told parliament on Monday. The president...
YANGON, June 9 (AFP): High street giant Gap is to become the first American retailer to source garments made in Myanmar, the US embassy in Yangon said, over a decade after sanctions against the former junta slashed the country's textile...
MANILA, June 9 (Reuters): The Philippine senate has approved a bill that will open the country's restricted banking sector to more foreign financial institutions. The passage paves the way for a change in the law ahead of a goal for...
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua): Russia is looking east for Chinese investors amid souring ties with some Western countries. During a China tour, officials from Moscow expressed their wishes to cooperate with Chinese enterprises as the Russian capital has planned a...
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua): Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) grew 1.2 per cent year on year to 1.12 trillion yuan (US$181.75 billion) in the first five months of this year, Chinese customs data showed...
Bangladesh Under-19 team made a good start in the three-match one-day series beating visiting Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) Under-19 team of India by 18 runs in the first match at Fatullah Outer Stadium in Narayanganj on Monday, reports UNB....
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Partisthan (BKSP) notched an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Urban Sports and Cultural Development (USCD) in a 40-over match of the Metropolitan Women's Cricket League at BKSP ground-4 in Savar on Monday, reports UNB. Batting first after winning...
Touring Bangladesh A team conceded a humiliating 117-run defeat against Sagicor High Performance Centre (SHPC) of West Indies in the first one-day match at Bridgetown on Sunday, reports UNB. Replying to SHPC's mammoth 327 runs for 9 featuring a century...
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