Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is receiving poor response from both the individual taxpayers and owners of legal yet undisclosed funds in filing returns this fiscal year (2008-09), said its officials.Only 40,000 individual taxpayers filed their returns...
FE ReportPoor and marginal farmers of the country's northern and central regions will receive direct cash support from the government to minimise the losses to 'Aman' crop caused by the latest flooding, official sources said."The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has...
FE Report City dwellers have started leaving the city by all modes passenger transports to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr, which is less than a week away, with their near and dear ones at their village homes. While visiting Syedabad and Gabtoli...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Sept 26: Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary general, will make a two-day trip to Dhaka beginning November first, Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed Chowdhury, foreign advisor disclosed this at a new conference addressed by Chief advisor Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed...
FE Report Saudi Arabia has not stopped issuing visas to Bangladeshi nationals seeking employment in industrial and agricultural sectors or even in households, according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh. "The Kingdom is currently recruiting general labourers and workers in...
The holy Shab-e-Qadr, a night in which the holy Quran was revealed, will be observed across the country tonight (Saturday night), reports UNB.Muslim devotees will spend the night on prayer mats seeking blessings of the Almighty for the continued peace...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has made agriculture credit disbursement mandatory for all commercial banks and also introduced a new credit mechanism of revolving crop credit in view of stimulating production, reports UNB."BB Governor Salehuddin Ahmed gave necessary approval in this regard...
BENAPOLE, Sept 26: A Bangladeshi cattle trader was beaten to death by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Panch Bhulot border here early Friday. The deceased was identified as Shaheed Ali (30), son of Sher Ali of Panch Bhulot...
Tangail experienced a mild tremor Friday morning, recorded by Dhaka University's Earth Observatory. The quake, occurring at 10am, measured 3.3 on the Richter scale. —bdnews24.com
A terrorist was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Holan in Dakshinkhan area in the city early Friday. The dead was identified as Syed Mohammad Shihab (35), ringleader of 'Shihab Group',...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government is expected to revise the country's export target upward for the current fiscal year at over 20 per cent from 16.50 per cent, commerce ministry officials said Friday.They said the government, buoyant by a 71 per cent export...
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Internet): The financial emergency gripping the country made for odd bedfellows on Thursday as US President George W Bush brought together the two men who hope to replace him in January - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican...
FE Report In a major move, the Bangladesh Telecom Company Limited (BTCL), formerly Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB), decided to introduce 'toll free' telephone calls to facilitate business.Once operational, people calling the toll free numbers will not have to...
Juma'tul Wida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, was observed across the country with religious fervour and sanctity, reports UNB. Large numbers of 'musullis' (devotees) attended the Juma prayers at different mosques seeking divine blessings for peace...
FE Report The two-day annual forum of the Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU) began in the city Friday with 400 delegates participating from 32 countries.The key events of the forum include workshops, exchange of views, reviews of...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a bullish trend in the week that ended Thursday boosted by strong participation of the investors, with the turnover registering 30.30 per cent up. The pulse of the premier bourse remained rigorous in...
From Fakhrul AlamCHITTAGONG, Sept 26: In order to alleviate the sufferings of passport seekers, One Point Passport Service launched its journey at the General Post Office, Bandar, Chandgaon, Agrabad and Chawkbazar post offices in Chittagong on Monday.Post Master General (PMG)...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26(AP): Pakistan warned U.S. troops not to intrude on its territory Friday, after the two anti-terror allies traded fire along the volatile border with Afghanistan.Thursday's five-minute clash adds to already heightened tensions at a time the United States...
Awami League (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman Friday said they, if voted to power, would legitimise those work of the caretaker government (CG) that are justified, reports UNB .But they are not sure whether the CG system would be continued...
Bikalpadhara Bangladesh (BDB) president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury Friday said there would be no problem to revive the grand alliance taking HM Ershad and his Jatiya Party (JP) into fold, reports UNB."The JP is not a major problem. There are many...
BNP chairperson's adviser Brig Gen (retd) Hannan Shah said Friday that the nomination process in BNP would start after the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, reports UNB.Talking to the journalists at Hannan Shah's New DOHS apartment, he said a new office of BNP...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury greeted Japanese Foreign Minister (FM) Hirofumi Nakasone, who has just been named to the post by Prime Minister Taro Aso, reports UNB.In a message Thursday sent from New York where the Foreign Adviser is currently...
Former Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina will turn 61 tomorrow (Sunday), reports UNB .The AL and its front organisations have chalked out various programmes including iftar and doa mahfils to observe Hasina's birth anniversary.Hasina was born...
CHUADANGA, Sept 26 (UNB): Farid (30), son of Nawshad Ali of Laxmipur village under Damurhuda Upazila and a regional commander of Purbo Bangla Communist Party (ML), was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and police near Zia Khal Friday.Police...
Newly appointed Bangladesh ambassador to Italy Masud Bin Momen has presented his credentials Friday to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at historic Quirinale Palace, reports UNB.A release from Bangladesh mission in Rome said the Ambassador briefed Italian President about various initiatives...
BAGERHAT, Sept 26 (bdnews24.com): Bagerhat district BNP's acting president Shamsul Haque was attacked and injured by party supporters Friday. He was receiving treatment at Bagerhat Sadar Hospital. Hospital sources said he had been given a few stitches in the head.The...
NEW YORK, Sep 26 (UNB): Bangladesh urged the developed countries to ensure access to essential malaria medicines through transfer of technology to deal with the deadly and complex disease, Malaria.Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed made the call Thursday while addressing...
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (UNB): Kuwait has assured Bangladesh of providing necessary financial support for the construction of the long-awaited Padma Bridge, as Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed made the request during a meeting with the premier of the oil-rich...
Poribesh Banchao Andolon (PABA), an organisation of environmental activists, Friday urged the authorities concerned to take necessary measures to re-excavate the Rupnagar-Duaripara canal and save it from illegal occupation, reports BSS. At a protest meeting, the PABA leaders said a...
BARISAL, Sept 26 (UNB): Construction work on 'Mukto Bihongo'(the free bird), first sculpture on liberation war in Barisal, was inaugurated today (Friday) at Amtala crossing, the entrance point of the city.Barisal Mayor Advocate Shawkat Hossain Hiron inaugurated the construction work...
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