Four ARSA members held in Ukhia
The Armed Police Battalion arrested four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army after conducting a raid in Ukhia upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar in the early hours of Sunday...
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Drive against ARSA continues: RAB
The RAB鈥檚 intelligence-based drive against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is continuing and operations are being launched as soon as any information is received...
World Telecom and Info Society Day today
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day will be celebrated in the country today with the theme 鈥楧igital Innovation for Sustainable Development鈥�...
Incoordination holding off expressway link worrying
INCOORDINATION between two projects erecting elevated expressways 鈥� the Dhaka-Ashulia elevated expressway and the Dhaka elevated expressway 鈥� has left uncertain the connection between the expressays meant in the Dhaka airport area...
SC orders companies to maintain status quo over share transfer
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the project implementing foreign companies to maintain status quo over...
Microbus catches fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway
A microbus caught fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway in front of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday...
Connection between 2 expressways in limbo
The lack of coordination among the authorities in implementing development projects becomes evident once again in a latest instance in which the building works to connect the two under-construction expressways, to be done in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in the capital, remains in limbo...
Dhaka elevated expressway construction halted after row among China, Thai cos
The works of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway project have come to a near halt following altercations between the three foreign investment and shareholding companies implementing the project over ownership of shares...
Conservatives tighten grip on Iran parliament
Iran鈥檚 conservatives and ultra-conservatives clinched more seats in a partial rerun of the country鈥檚 parliamentary elections, official results showed...
Pvt sector short-term foreign loans now $11.04b
Private sector short-term foreign loans decreased slightly in March as businesses focused on repaying existing loans rather than taking new ones...
Brick kilns on river question govt鈥檚 will to protect rivers
The sorry state of rivers is blamed, among others, on an unabated grabbing of river land by entrepreneurs and individuals enjoying political and moneyed clout. Some entrepreneurs setting up brick kilns, as a photograph with...
Pvt credit growth rises in March
The private sector credit growth in the country increased in March compared with that in the previous month due mainly to increased business activities during Ramadan...
Fear of fruit failure grips mango growers as heatwave intensifies
Chapainawabganj, the country鈥檚 mango capital, is facing a potential fruit failure this year due to the relentless heatwave scorching the region. Mango cultivation, already hit by an off-year with lower yields, is now under further threat as the intense heat dries up and causes immature mangoes to fall from trees...
Tax receipts witness 15.23pc growth in July-March
Revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue聽 from income tax, customs and VAT during the July-March period of the current financial year 2023-24 witnessed a 15.23 per cent growth fetching Tk 2,59,866 crore.....
Govt move to allow pvt sector to handle personal data decried
Speakers including lawyers, politicians, cyber security experts and activists on Saturday slammed the government鈥檚 move to allow the private sector to...
Pvt sector external debt drops to $11b
Private sector short-term foreign loans dropped further in February as businesses prioritised repaying existing loans over taking new ones. According to Bangladesh Bank data...
Private physicians for arresting attackers in 24 hrs
The Private Medical Institute Association on Wednesday threatened the authorities concerned with work abstention if the attackers of two physicians were not arrested within 24 hours...
Afforestation and forest conservation
HUMANS are mainly responsible for the current climate change and warming crisis in the world. So everyone has something to do to get rid of this crisis. Due to urbanisation,...
Govt urged to refrain from imposing VAT on metro rail fare
Different organisations, including the Socialist Party of Bangladesh and Institute for Planning and Development urged the government to refrain from imposing value added tax on metro rail fares...
Govt urged not to slap VAT on metro rail fare
Different organisations, including the Socialist Party of Bangladesh and Institute for Planning and Development urged Bangladesh government to refrain from imposing value added tax on metro rail fares....
Boro farming faces setback due to frequent power cuts
The cultivation of irrigation-intensive crop boro faces yet another setback as a result of a water crisis amid frequent power outages that, in certain areas, last up to 18 hours.
UGC advises admission seekers to avoid 30 pvt univs
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh recently advised students not to get admitted in 30 private universities across the country...
Ticket price of metro rail likely to increase as NBR imposes VAT
The National Board of Revenue is going to impose 15 per cent value added tax on the tickets for metro rail services from July 1 this year...