Govt approves hydro power import from Nepal
The cabinet committee on government purchase in a meeting on Tuesday approved a proposal to import 40 megawatt hydro power from Nepal through India...
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49 migrants dead after boat sinks off Yemen
A boat carrying more than 200 migrants sank off Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead, mostly women and children, in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route from Africa, a UN agency said on Tuesday...
Water resource management workshop held
Bangladesh Water Development Board, Institute of Water Modelling and Centre for Environmental and Geographical Information Services jointly organised a workshop on...
Will the budget attain targeted goals?
THE finance minister, Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, placed the budget for the 2024鈥�2025 financial year in parliament on June 6. This is his first budget as finance minister and the first for the incumbent government...
Corruption investigations must be expedited and made public
A CONSTRUCTION company found involved in major corruption is contracted for construction work at the University of Rajshahi and this only demonstrates that corruption prevention mechanisms are flawed and ineffective...
Tanjil re-elected Prime Bank chairman
Tanjil Chowdhury has been re-elected chairman of Prime Bank for the third consecutive term, said a press release...
EC must now investigate wealth mismatch of candidates
TRANSPARENCY International Bangladesh has earlier made public its findings form the analysis it carried out on the affidavits that the candidates submitted to the Election Commission running in both the national and local government elections...
Flash flood in Bangladesh feared to linger
The flash flood in north-eastern Bangladesh is feared to linger amidst forecasts of heavy to very heavy rain continuing, particularly in the upstream in neighbouring India...
BCB reappoints Nawaz as U-19 head coach
Bangladesh Cricket Board has reappointed Mohammed Naveed Nawaz as the head coach of the Under-19 team and he will also be working as a batting consultant for...
BGMEA wants end to 鈥榟arassment鈥� by customs officials
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Saturday urged the government to make the apparel export business free from...
20 drown in boat accident in eastern Afghanistan
Twenty people, including children, drowned when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan鈥檚 eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, a provincial official said....
Power supply to 97pc cyclone-hit consumers restored
Power supply to 97 per cent consumers of the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board was restored while it was cent per cent for consumers of West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd till 12:00 noon on Thursday.....
BRDB holds deputy director conference
A conference of deputy director of the Bangladesh Rural Development Board held at its conference room on Wednesday...
Adani assured of arrear payment聽
Finance minister Abul Hasaan Mahmood Ali on Wednesday said that the government would clear arrears on power purchases from the Adani Group of India...
Unravelling taxation conundrum
IN AN era when digitisation is rapidly reshaping economies, Bangladesh stands at a crossroads. Online businesses, from聽 electronic commerce giants to freelance platforms, are creating employment and contributing to economic growth...
SC allows income tax collection from all pvt universities
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the National Board of Revenue to collect outstanding income tax from three private universities...
HC starts hearing Tk 600cr tax evasion case of Prof Yunus
The High Court on Thursday started fresh hearing on two writ petitions filed by Grameen Kalyan, a nonprofit social business company founded by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, challenging the National Board of Revenue鈥檚 claim of Tk聽600 crore income tax from the company for the years 2013 to 2017...
PM endorses phasing out tax waivers
The National Board of Revenue will go ahead with its plans to phase out tax waivers from the upcoming new national budget to bolster the tax-to-GDP ratio, which is now...
25pc duty for MPs to import cars likely聽
The National Board of Revenue has taken the initiative to impose a 25 per cent duty on car imports by lawmakers, partially withdrawing the duty-free facility for them to import...
Poorly performing schools show failure of education authorities
THE results of the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations, published on May 12, show that no single examinee has come out successful from 51 educational institutions, mostly madrassahs. Forty-two of the institutions are...
BCB undergoes cultural shift regarding injuries
Five years and a few days ago, Taskin Ahmed, while talking to media at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, broke down in tears as he was excluded from Bangladesh鈥檚...
Four dead, 60 injured as billboard collapses in Mumbai
Four people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India's financial capital Mumbai, officials said Monday.
Taskin injury delays WC squad announcement
The announcement of the Bangladesh squad for the ICC T20 World 2024聽was delayed聽by a day as the Bangladesh Cricket Board is waiting for an...
Questions that need to be answered
THE secondary school certificate and equivalent examinations started on February 15, the written tests were completed on March 12, and the practical examinations continued until March 20, beginning on March 13, 2024. On May 12, the results came out, meaning that...
NBR prepares to phase out聽tax waiver聽
The National Board of Revenue is likely to implement a roadmap to phase out tax waivers enjoyed by different sectors from the new financial year...
BWDB holds orientation
The orientation programme of the 15 newly-appointed sub-assistant engineers and section officers (mechanical and electrical) of the Bangladesh Water Development Board was held at Pani Bhaban meeting room on Panthopath in Dhaka on Wednesday...
PDB owes聽Tk 33,108cr聽to power producers聽
Bangladesh Power Development Board owes Tk 33,108 crore to different power generation companies, both public and private, including...
Two more years for madrassah students to join new curriculum
Madrassah students will have to wait for at least two more years to get their specialised textbooks under the new national curriculum that has already been introduced for general students, authorities said...
Bodies of 8 Bangladeshis killed in Tunisia boat capsize handed over
The bodies of eight Bangladeshis who were killed after a boat carrying them capsized near Tunisian coast while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe were handed over to their families on Friday...
Bodies of 8 Bangladeshis killed in Tunisia boat capsize arrive
The bodies of eight Bangladesh nationals who died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe and subsequently drowned near the coast of Tunisia arrived in the country on Thursday noon...