JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-03-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh sees its current account turn deficit again during July-January primarily as a spike in payments on account of transportation in services tips the balance. The current-account deficit amounted to more than half a billion dollars -- $552 million --...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-12 00:00:00
Land-registration taxes may decrease in the next budget for fiscal year 2025-26, National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abdur Rahman Khan said on Tuesday."We would consider not increasing the existing taxes (on land), rather we would make it tolerable," he...
The government has fixed the minimum Fitra at Tk 110 per person while the maximum Fitra is set at Tk 2,805.This year the minimum fitra has been reduced by Tk 5 compared to the last year and the maximum fitra...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-12 00:00:00
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed says the government is now dealing with some "sensitive" money-laundering cases and he is hopeful about recovering stolen assets through deals with foreign parties concerned. "Those who laundered over Tk 2.0 billion have been identified....
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-03-12 00:00:00
India's Adani resumes full-scale operation and supply of electricity from both of its dedicated power-plant units following a call from Bangladesh at the start of Ramadan.The Adani Power Jharkhand Ltd (APJL) plant supplied around 1,362 megawatts (MW) of electricity against...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-03-12 00:00:00
The tax intelligence has targeted 500 bank accounts through which tuition fees have been sent to students studying abroad.It has already collected information on 50,000 accounts from five banks to scrutinise whether the parents or guardians have shown the expenditures...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest temperature of the country was recorded on...
Power Grid Bangladesh PLC has formed a 5-member committee, led by BM Mizanul Hassan, chief engineer (System Operation) of the company, to investigate Tuesday morning's fire incident at Aminbazar 400/230kV substation in Savar, reports UNB.The committee has been asked to...
The 38th finance committee meeting of the Southern University Bangladesh in progress at its Baizid Arefin Nagar Campus in Chattogram on Tuesday with its board of trustees (BoT) and finance committee Chairman Khalilur Rahman presiding over the meeting. BoT Secretary...
Teachers will no longer be able to give any sort of private lessons to students in classrooms of government primary schools, reports bdnews24.com.The Directorate of Primary Education on Tuesday issued a directive instructing school administrations to stop all sorts of...
A young man allegedly assaulted three police personnel, including officer-in-charge (OC) of Pallabi Police Station, over a trivial matter in the early hours of Tuesday, reports UNB.According to police, the attack happened on the police station premises, leading to the...
China is set to ramp up investments in Bangladesh's key sectors, including textiles, clean energy, electric vehicles, and digital technology, said Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen, reports BSS. The envoy made the remarks while speaking at a seminar, organised...
At least 10 ready-made garment (RMG) factories declared holiday on Tuesday after workers staged protests over unpaid wages and alleged attacks on their fellows, blocking highways in Gazipur's Tongi and Kaliakair areas, reports bdnews24.com.Protesters barricaded and occupied the highways from...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-12 00:00:00
Recruiters on Tuesday demanded reinstatement of the previous rules, relaxing attestation from the Bangladeshi authorities, in sending workers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) amid a sharp fall in manpower export to the top destination. Members of Bangladesh Association...
Former BNP lawmaker Nazim Uddin Ahmed passed away at his Banani residence in the capital early Tuesday, reports BSS.He was 70.Nazim Uddin was elected BNP lawmaker for two times from Lakshmipur-1 (Ramganj) constituency.
SUNAMGANJ, Mar 11 (UNB): A pedestrian has been killed and several others injured in a clash between two groups of BNP and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) over allegedly extortion money collected from vehicles in Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj.The victim is...
The High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking why the administration of the presidential oath of office by the parliament's speaker should not be declared illegal, reports bdnews24.com.The bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain ordered...
A complaint was filed with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against 121 people including former Bagerhat-1 lawmaker Sheikh Helal Uddin, his son and former Bagerhat-2 lawmaker Sheikh Tonmoy, former mayor of the Khulna City Corporation Talukder Abdul Khaleque and his...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued warrants for the arrest of ten people in connection with the death of Shaikh Ashhabul Yeamin, report agencies.Shaikh Ashhabul Yeamin, who was a fourth-year student in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at...
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah has said the Election Commission (EC) is thinking about introducing a proxy voting system in a bid to ensure the franchise of expatriate Bangladeshis in the upcoming national election, reports bdnews24.com."In...
New German govt struggles to win supportfor defence, infrastructure plansBERLIN, Mar 11 : Germany's Greens, whose support is needed for the prospective next government's plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and draw up a huge infrastructure investment fund,...
QUETTA, Mar 11 (AFP): Armed militants held hundreds of train passengers hostage on Tuesday in an ongoing siege claimed by a separatist group behind rising violence in southwestern Pakistan.The militants wounded the driver as they took control of the train...
BRUSSELS, Mar 11 (AFP): The EU will Tuesday open the way for member states to set up migrant return centres outside the bloc, in a highly contentious move following pressure from governments to facilitate deportations. The European Commission is to...
MANILA, Mar 11 (Reuters): Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was served an Interpol arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court on his arrival at Manila's main airport on Tuesday, the government said.The ICC has said it would pursue an investigation...
JEDDAH, Mar 11 (AFP): Ukraine said talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia began "very constructively" on Tuesday, with a partial ceasefire with Russia on the table hours after Kyiv conducted its largest drone attack on Moscow in three...
Rupali Bank PLC held a Business Review Meeting 2025 at its Head Office in Dhaka on Tuesday, with the participation of branch managers under Dhaka North Divisional Office. Managing Director of the bank Kazi Md. Wahidul Islam was present as...
Dhaka Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on bancassurance with Shanta Life Insurance recently. Under this agreement, the bank will offer insurance policies of Shanta Life Insurance through its distribution channels. Sheikh Mohammad Maroof, managing director & CEO of...
Southeast Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sheba Holdings Ltd recently. Under this agreement, customers of Sheba Holdings will avail of home loans from Southeast Bank at concessional and competitive interest rates and with other benefits. Masum Uddin...
MTB Foundation distributed bicycles to underprivileged yet meritorious female students in Pabna and Ishwardi under its 'Swapno Sarathi' (The Dream Chariot) programme, marking International Women's Day 2025. The initiative, driven by the motto "School-e-jete durotto jeno badha na hoy" (Distance...
U.S. retail investors are growing increasingly uneasy about a plummet in the stock market, asking for more investment advice, questioning whether to buy the dip and looking for safer havens, strategists and wealth advisors said, reports Reuters.Investor fears that Donald...
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