DESPITE having several sources of revenue and a dual system of tax collection (direct-indirect), the majority of tax revenue is collected through indirect tax, called value-added tax, regulated聽by the Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act 2012. The income tax, which is governed by the Income Tax Ordinance of 1984, includes corporate taxes, taxes...
The inter-education board coordination committee has mandated masks for all candidates and staff during the next Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations, beginning June 26, as Covid-19 and dengue cases rise nationwide.
In response to rising concerns over Covid-19 and dengue outbreaks, the government has issued a set of urgent directives to all educational institutions across the country.
As Covid-19 infections has begun to rise once again in Bangladesh, the prices of face masks has doubled in the wholesale market, driven by opportunistic traders seeking to cash in on its growing demand...
Ten new Covid cases were reported in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Tuesday evening, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
Amid rise of Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services has decided to start testing at different public hospitals across the country in a limited scale.
The Directorate General of Health Services on Wednesday issued an 11-point directive, including the avoidance of public gatherings, for people amid a rise in infections caused by new omicron sub-variants of the Covid virus in Bangladesh and a surge in Covid infections in neighbouring India...
Voicing deep concerns over the emergence of a new sub-variant of COVID-19, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, Abu Jafor on Wednesday urged all to avoid all forms of public gatherings...
Bangladesh reported 13 more Covid-19 cases out of 101 in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday raised concerns over the government鈥檚 preparedness in tackling a potential new wave of coronavirus, as new sub-variants of the virus keeps spreading in neighbouring countries, including India...
The Directorate General of Health Services has advised Bangladeshi citizens to refrain from traveling to India and other neighbouring countries experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases unless absolutely necessary...
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has urged passengers using the capital鈥檚 metro rail service to wear masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19...
Authorities have intensified the screening of people returning from India through Benapole land port in a bid to prevent the spread of a new variant of Covid-19...
Bangladesh reported three more COVID-19 cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning...
The Ministry of Railways on Sunday urged passengers to wear masks as deadly COVID-19 cases are rising again...
The government on Friday urged all to wear mask in crowded areas in the backdrop of prevalence of Covid-19 in some areas in Bangladesh...
Left student organisations on Sunday condemned recent attacks on and threats to left student leaders and activists during demonstrations in Rajshahi and Chattogram rejecting the Supreme Court鈥檚 May 27 verdict acquitting Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of 1971 war crimes charges...
Protests rejecting the Supreme Court鈥檚 May 27 verdict acquitting Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of 1971 war crimes charges and against the recent attacks on left student leaders and activists in Rajshahi and Chattogram continued in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country for the fifth day on Saturday...
The Appellate Division on Tuesday overturned its 2019 judgement that had upheld the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the 1971 liberation war...
Bangladesh failed to retain the title of the SAFF Under-19 Championship as they lost to India in the final 4-3 on penalties at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday.
The Indian space agency鈥檚 mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue, officials said Sunday.
Bangladesh will be looking to secure their second successive title of the SAFF Under-19 Championship when they face hosts India in the final of the six-nation tournament at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Arunachal Pradesh today.
Bangladesh advanced to the final of the SAFF U-19 Championship for the second consecutive time, after a 2-1 victory against Nepal in the first semi-final of the six-team tournament at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Arunachal Pradesh, India on Friday.聽
Nearly 25,000 out-of-school and learning-lagged children who had dropped out during the Covid-19 pandemic have returned to mainstream primary education through BRAC鈥檚 Returning to Learning project, which provided accelerated learning in 1,005 one-room schools...
Bangladesh take on Nepal in the SAFF Under-19 Championship 2025 semi-final at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Arunachal Pradesh, India, on Friday.
Bangladesh emerged as Group A champions in the SAFF Under-19 Championship 2025 after their group rivals, Maldives and Bhutan, played out a 2-2 draw at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Arunachal Pradesh, India, on Tuesday.
ACCORDING to the President鈥檚 Act 1975 (Remuneration and Privileges), as amended up to 2016, Section 3, the president鈥檚 salary is exempt from income tax. The president currently receives a monthly salary of Tk 120,000, entertainment allowance at actuals, fully furnished and maintained residential accommodation and government coverage for electricity, gas, water...
Bangladesh stormed into the semi-finals of the SAFF Under-19 Championship 2025 with a commanding 3-0 win over Bhutan in their Group A match at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Arunachal Pradesh, India, on Sunday.
A woman on Thursday called the national emergency service helpline 999 allegedly after stabbing his father to death after feeding him sleeping pills at his rented apartment at Savar, on the outskirts of the capital...
Luis Galvan, who played in every match in Argentina's 1978 World Cup winning campaign, died on Monday aged 77, the Argentinian Football Association announced.