Doulot Akter MalaA total of Tk 17.08 billion worth of income tax is now stuck up due to a large number of unresolved reference cases and writ petitions.It has been revealed in a recent position paper of the National Board...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The individual tax identification number (TIN) holders paid a record amount of tax-Tk. 7.39 billion-- for the current assessment year (2007-08) within the deadline expiring at 8 pm last Sunday. The amount is almost threefold of the...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 3 (UNB): Verdict in the case facing six detained teachers of Rajshahi University (RU) for the violation of Emergency Power Rules (EPR) 2007 will be delivered Tuesday.Judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal Ruhul Amin will deliver judgment in...
FE Report The rate of inflation concerning food items reached 11.73 per cent on a point-to-point basis in October last from 11.10 per cent in September 2007. This price-rise has been attributed to both domestic and international factors. The rate...
FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday ended broadly higher clawing back losses of the previous day following withdrawal of the regulatory body's ban on loan disbursement by the brokers to the retail investors.The benchmark index-DGEN or...
BEIJING, Dec 04 (Agencies): The global demand for food and its prices are likely to rise further, threatening livelihood and nutrition of poor people in the developing countries.Food prices are expected to keep rising worldwide in the years ahead due...
Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed has asked banks and NGOs to waive payment of loan instalments until April 2008 in the cyclone-hit areas considering suffering of the victims, reports bdnews24.com.He made the comment while talking to the press after...
FE Report An Administrator is expected to be appointed by the Ministry of Commerce by Thursday to run the affairs of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) as the tenure of the current executive committee expires...
Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia are facing problems due to alleged non-cooperation and mismanagement blamed on Bangladesh government's representatives there. The Bangladeshi pilgrims held a demonstration Sunday at Misafala to protest against the mismanagement in house renting and also...
Police recovered the body of a housewife from the rooftop of a building at Badda in the city Tuesday morning. The victim was identified as Ratna Begum (25), wife of rickshawpuller Zahidul Islam and resident of 178, Tetultola of Badda....
Jasim Uddin Haroon Some local knitwear manufacturers are now producing both high quality non-cotton fabrics and knitwear with the same to make an inroad in the developed markets. Currently, at least, five local knit manufacturers are developing the non-cotton fabrics...
Five firms have come out as pre-qualified bidders to stake a claim to the proposed 450-mw Bibiyana Power Plant project on completion of the evaluation of their pre-qualification (PQ) bids, reports UNB.The five pre-qualified bidders are Korea Electric Power Corporation...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government will take up its second rehabilitation package programme to rebuild the infrastructure damaged by recurrent floods in July-September period, official sources said.The new programme will be financed by the World Bank (WB). The Bank has pledged...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has asked the NGOs (non-government organisations) to be sympathetic to taking loan repayments from their clients in Sidr-ravaged areas, a government spokesman said. Fakhruddin made the request while the representatives of different NGOs working in the...
FE Report The World Bank (WB) has assigned Praful C Patel, the bank's vice president for South Asia, to hold talks with the interim administration on how the development lender can assist Bangladesh to overcome the post-Sidr crisis, according to...
Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam has asked the donors to simplify their funding procedures, report agencies. "It is widely believed that donors often attach tough conditions for funds… but now I am giving conditions for funding. The condition is...
FE ReportThe government will formulate a national policy for technical and vocational education and training in order to establish a quality-oriented and need-based education system in the country, official sources said.The European Commission (EC) will assist the government to prepare...
FE ReportThe Ministry of Commerce (MoC) will request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) for utilising diplomatic connections to facilitate the passage of the bill 'New Partnership for Development Act (NPDA) 2007' in the US Congress and the Senate, sources...
M Azizur RahmanThe Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) has constituted three separate committees headed by the chiefs of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Board of Investment (BoI) and Bangladesh Bank to identify the areas for necessary changes in the existing regulations...
BALI, Dec 4 (Agencies): A 190-nation climate meeting in Bali began a hunt for a new global deal to fight global warming by 2009 Tuesday with skirmishing about how far China and India should curb surging greenhouse gas emissions."The conference...
More organisations, business houses and individuals donated around Tk 18.2 million and 18,700 litres of crude palm oil to Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund in aid of the country's cyclone victims Tuesday, report agencies. The organisations and individuals, included...
FE Report The government of Denmark Monday pledged 10 million Danish Kroner, about US$2 million, to the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) to help Bangladesh recover from cyclone Sidr, said a press release. Ulla Tornaes, Danish Minister...
The Khulna power plant is water-cooled, requiring thousands of gallons of fresh water daily to keep it operative. To make this happen boatloads of river water must be hauled from the upstream, reports bdnews24.com. This process has turned into an...
Four persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Pirojpur, a robber leader was killed in a shootout between RAB and his cohorts at Boro...
FE Report The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has provided a total of 12 dory-type boats, which will be pressed into service for relief operations and mobile medicare facilities in Bangladesh's far-flung areas, battered by the recent Cyclone Sidr....
FE Report Primet Programme, a medical admission training programme awarded over 1,000 students for their outstanding performance in medical college admission test in 2006-2007 session Tuesday.Director of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and former president of...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Dec 04, 2007: Central CT Scan & Imaging Centre(CCIC) opened Computerised Tomography Scan (CT Scan) machine, Digital X-Ray, Memography and OPG at Amin Complex in Brahmanbaria. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Abdul Hai was present as the chief guest...
The name of the news agency in an item published under the headline 'Aziz terms food security a big challenge' on the front page of the FE's Tuesday issue was wrongly printed. The source of the news item was bdnews24.com....
The government Tuesday took a tough line on the allegations that NGOs continued to press for repayments of micro-loans from their clients in Sidr-ravaged areas. Adviser MA Matin, chief coordinator of disaster management, rehabilitation and relief work, warned that actions...
Eight persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Comilla, three people were killed and 28 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses...
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