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The new VAT law (VAT and Supplementary Duty Act, 2012 and Rules 2016) has finally been scheduled to be put into effect this year starting from July 01, 2019. The...
Economic growth and poverty reduction performances have been very impressive in Bangladesh during the last few years. Real economic growth has been hovering above 7.5 per cent rate and poverty...
Remittances from migrant workers are important for the Bangladesh economy. Workers' remittances are currently the second highest source of foreign currency for our economy. In 2018, the country earned about...
Sudan is on the threshold of disaster. On June 03, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful pro-democracy protesters in Khartoum, killing over 100 and wounding hundreds more. Now, hope for...
Venezuelans in the city of Washington D.C., in the United States, are currently without consular protection as access to their country's embassy has remained unstable since April. "I went to...
Chinese migrant workers in megacities are more inclined to leave super cities and start business in local community with government supporting grants. Sense of security, belonging, and skills drawing from...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Khandaker Enamul Basir on Tuesday trashed the allegation of taking bribe from Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Mizanur Rahman. "It's completely fabricated," he told journalists...
As they do not see any light of hope for dignified repatriation to their homeland in Rakhine state, Myanmar, a large number of Rohingyas are either making desperate move to...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has suggested the government give Taka 5,000 in compensation to each of the farmers, who did not get the desired price of their paddy...
A record third match of the World Cup was abandoned because of rain as Bangladesh's game against Sri Lanka was called off without a ball being bowled. With persistent rain...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) found 22 more food items of different companies as substandard. The national quality control agency tested a total of 93 remaining food items in...
Nestle could expand its plant-based burger sales partnership with fast food chain McDonald’s beyond Germany and is also looking for other partners, the Swiss food giant’s head said on Tuesday....
The number agent banking accounts and deposit collection through the banking has increased at the end of January-March quarter compared to the previous quarter. According to the quarterly data of...
The government is going to procure some 2,50,000 metric tonnes of paddy directly from farmers so that they can enjoy the benefits of farming, said Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder...
The country's macroeconomics is currently under pressure, claimed Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Tuesday. He attributed the problem to revenue shortfall, problems in...
The weather affected the World Cup for the second day in a row as Bangladesh's game against Sri Lanka was delayed and veering towards abandonment, according to BBC and ESPNcricinfo....
Some 28 people were killed and 1,204 injured in 110 incidents of political violence in first four months of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rights body....
A Union Parishad member was arrested on Monday night for his involvement in the torture of two grade-IX students in Nalchity upazila of Jhalakathi. Rafiqul Islam is the member of...
The Government has decided to appoint AFM Gousal Azam Sarker, currently serving as the Director General of Foreign Ministry’s International Organisations wing in Dhaka, as the new Bangladesh Ambassador to...
The government is likely to propose increasing the monthly allowance for the freedom fighters (FF) to Tk 12,000 from Tk 10,000 in the next national budget, to be placed in...
A wolf was allegedly trapped and beaten to death after venturing into villages of Taltali upazila of Barguna district recently. The poor animal came into conflict for killing the livestock....
Praising Bangladesh’s remarkable achievements in the field of child education and health, new UNICEF country representative Tomoo Hozumi has assured that UNICEF would continue to work with the government for...
A man was found dead at a brick kiln in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam, 55, former president of Puthia upazila unit...
Stocks extended the gaining on Tuesday, with turnover hitting nearly three- month high, as investors continued to show their buying appetite on large-cap stocks amid budgetary expectations. Market analysts said...
China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Hong Kong matters are purely a Chinese internal affair and China demands the United States stops interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs. Ministry spokesman...
South Korea's state benefit for the unemployed and job-seekers hit a record high in May on an increased benefit and the higher number of beneficiaries, a government report showed Tuesday....
A Gaibandha court has sentenced ex-Jatiya Party MP Abdul Kader Khan to life imprisonment for murdering Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton nearly two and a half years ago. Judge...
A faction of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists were staging demonstrations in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan central office by locking its main gate on Tuesday demanding cancellation of the...
Energypac Power Generation Limited (EPGL), a leading power company in the country, signed a land lease agreement with Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) on Tuesday. Paban Chowdhury, Executive Chairman, BEZA...
Chattogram Region of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized business development conference at the Radisson Blue Hotel in Chattogram recently. Prof. Dr. Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman, Executive Committee of...
Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the US Central Intelligence Agency, according...
The first budget session of the 11th parliament will begin this afternoon. Also the third session of the present parliament in general, it is scheduled for 5:00pm, according to the...
Southeast Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Tuesday, while Indonesia slipped from a more than one-month high hit in the previous session. Singapore stocks rose, taking cues from broader...
Six people died in a fire in a municipal psychiatric clinic in the Ukrainian southern port of Odessa, Ukraine’s emergencies service said on Tuesday. The fire occurred on Monday evening,...
Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports and said he expects to meet with the Chinese leader....
North Korean state media called on the United States on Tuesday to “withdraw its hostile policy” towards Pyongyang or agreements made at a landmark summit in Singapore a year ago...
Two people were killed and two others injured as a bus crashed into an auto-rickshaw at Gabtali in Chandpur Sadar upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Emran Hossain,...
Stocks witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as investors continued to show their buying spree on sector-wise shares ahead of national budget. Following the previous day’s...
The government will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Wednesday on current issues with special focus on the Rohingya one, said an official on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul...
The country's export earnings in May 2019 hit a record single-month high of US$ 3.81 billion, with the readymade garment sector contributing more than 85 per cent to the export...
The country’s export earnings from Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector earned $31.73 billion in the first 11 months of the fiscal (July to May), up 12.82 per cent from the corresponding...
An alleged drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Uttar Bijoypur in Cumilla Sadar South upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Bappy alias Rajib,...
The share prices of Eastern Cables and National Life Insurance Company rose up to 40 per cent in recent time though there was no undisclosed price sensitive information. Eastern Cables...
Ten most-traded firms grabbed one-fifth transaction of the DSE Monday while United Power topped the chart. Market analysts said investors were active on United Power Generation & Distribution Company's shares...
French Technip has shown interest to build the proposed crude oil refinery as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor. It has already proposed state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to...
Back-to-back defeats may have jeopardised Bangladesh's prospects of reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup but the task is merely difficult and not impossible, captain Mashrafe Mortaza said ahead of...
A helicopter crashed onto the fog-shrouded roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday, killing the pilot and unnerving a US city still scarred by memories of the September 11,...
Thousands of people have been stranded and at least five killed amid torrential rain throughout central and southern China, with authorities bracing themselves for at least another four days of...
Bangladesh head into the crucial encounter against Sri Lanka in Bristol with one eye on the weather and the other firmly on the fitness of talismanic all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan....
Home-grown apps for voice, video call and instant messaging services are making inroads into the market, posing a threat to telecom operators' dominance over the same, industry insiders said. Seven...
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