Doulot Akter MalaThe government's recent decision on deduction of 10 per cent tax at source from savings instruments, interest earning has created confusion among small investors.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been receiving a large number of queries from...
NOAKHALI, July 20 (UNB/bdnews24.com): Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed Friday called for a national unity to build Bangladesh as a completely independent and prosperous nation as the opportunity is now on hand."Now our responsibility is to build a sovereign...
FE Report The Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJMA) in its meeting Thursday urged the government to create a level playing field for both private and public jute mills as discriminatory policies will adversely affect the private jute goods manufacturers. The...
Detained Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina believes the country is heading towards a crisis situation, said former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru after meeting her Friday, reports bdnews24.com. "Hasina feared she might not get justice; she said a camera trial...
Jasim Uddin HaroonBangladesh's export market is increasingly becoming buyer-dominant while the country is subjected to sellers' market terms and conditions. This was revealed in a research study conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM).As result, local exporters are...
ISLAMABAD, July 20 (Agencies) : Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the court's chief justice (CJ), a case that prompted the biggest constitutional crisis of the military leader's eight-year rule. A 13-member panel assembled from the 18...
CHITTAGONG, July 20 (bdnews24.com): Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury Friday said no-one with corruption ties would be able to escape punishment, with or without their support for reforms. The coordinator of the national coordination committee on serious crimes made the...
A vehicle inspector of Chittagong office of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) was killed allegedly by doping in the port city Thursday night. The BRTA inspector Preety Kumar Chakma (54) was found in an unconscious state in the city's Serson...
SIRAJGANJ, July 20: Six people, including four children of a family, drowned and three others went missing as a boat sank in the rain-fed Dabilar Beel in Ullapara Upazila Friday. Locals said the boat, heading towards Chandalgati from Bahuliaghat, sank...
CHITTAGONG, July 20: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Noor Mohammad Friday said punitive actions have been taken against 2/3 thousand police officials on charge of corruption and irregularities since the state of emergency was declared on January 11. Addressing a...
FE ReportA government evaluation panel failed to find out the actual cost of the Kapashia Bridge project on the Shitalakha, the construction of which was completed in 2005. The implementation, monitoring and evaluation division (IMED) of the planning ministry found...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government will sit with representatives of some donors tomorrow (Sunday) to obtain confirmation of their funding assurances for building the proposed Padma bridge to connect the south-west region with the capital city of Dhaka.The government has decided...
WASHINGTON, July 20 (AFP):The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is revising its economic growth forecasts amid a "global boom," the IMF chief economist said yesterday, suggesting a bump up in official estimates. "We were criticised for being optimistic at the time...
Scheherazade Daneshkhu FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: A UN agency has called on donors and the governments of the world's poorest countries to focus on technology, science and innovation as a way of driving economic growth.Calling it a new approach, the United...
China is going to finance the setting up of a trade centre in Bangladesh under an agreement to be signed during the visit of a Chinese official delegation coming in the city today (Saturday), reports UNB.The delegation, led by Assistant...
FE ReportThe mobile phone operators of the country will be fined $10 for selling each of the SIM cards without complying with the government instructions from July 22."We took the decision after a meeting with the representatives of the six...
FE ReportThe market barometers of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to create new records in the week ended Thursday amid a thriving growth of turnover.The daily average turnover crossed Tk 2.0 billion-mark for the first time in the week and...
Taiwan files application to become UN memberTAIPEI, July 20 (AP): Taiwan has submitted a formal application to become a member of the United Nations (UN), an official said Friday, months before a planned referendum on the issue is presented to...
KATHMANDU, July 20 (PTI): A key parliamentary panel in Nepal has cleared the way for the construction of a mega power project located in the Himalayan nation's Doti district that will export power to India. The Parliament Natural Resource Committee...
Dhaka University (DU) teachers Thursday demanded removal of Adviser for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Mainul Hosein from the caretaker government for making biased comments in the wake of the arrest of Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina, reports bdnews24.com....
With Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina detained by the interim government, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy vents his anger about the arrest of his mother in an exclusive interview with the bdnews24.com. "The way the government is dealing with...
The country needs a strong cyber-policing system in its present strive to adopt newer technologies and prevent cyber-related crimes that sometimes pose threat to national interests, experts said, reports BSS.They told the news agency Friday that Bangladesh, which is moving...
The Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mahajote (BJHM) Friday demanded that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) champion the Hindu community's demand for 50 seats in parliament for its members, reports bdnews24.com. A 20-member BJHM delegation called on BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan...
DU CorrespondentBangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will enforce a strike at all educational institutions of the country tomorrow (Sunday) protesting the arrest of Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina and demanding her immediate release.The student organisation has also made an announcement to...
BARISAL, July 20 (UNB): Jute growers in the southern region have been suffering from frustration following government decision to close down the jute mills, although they have exceeded the target of cultivation.Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources here said the...
SAVAR, July 20 (UNB): Joint forces unearthed a counterfeit medicine factory and seized medicine worth over Tk 10 million (one crore) at Genda Mohalla in Pourasava area Thursday.Along with huge low quality medicines they also seized labels, machines and accessories...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 20: Bangladesh Telephone and Telegraph Board (BTTB) Chittagong contributed a record amount of revenue amounting to Tk 1.43 billion in the recently concluded 2006-2007 fiscal, This is Tk 110 million more than that of the previous one,...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 20: Southern University Bangladesh (SUB) conferred Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award on the Dutch-Bangla Bank (DBBL) for its immense contribution to different fields in the society.On behalf of the DBBL, Managing Director M Yesin Ali received the...
PATUAKHALI, July 20 (UNB): Three farmers were killed by lightning at Dakkhin Charpara village in Kolapara Upazila here Thursday.The dead were identified as Swapon (20), Shaheed (19) and Jakir Farazi (33).
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, July 20: Farmers of different upazilas in Brahmanbaria district are expecting a bumper yield of jute this year as the cultivation of 'golden fibre' has exceeded the target, sources said.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said they had...
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