Finance adviser hints at end to tax break
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the tax exception culture enjoyed by industries over the years was due largely to low domestic revenue generation...
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US Trade Representative, BGMEA discuss RMG issues
US Trade Representative Brendan Lynch and Trade Policy Analyst for South and Central Asia Emily Ashby met with the leadership of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association at a hotel in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Taiwan says China carrying out huge maritime deployment
China is deploying dozens of ships in its biggest maritime mobilisation around Taiwan in years, Taipei said Tuesday, after Beijing voiced fury at President Lai Ching-te鈥檚 recent visit to the United States...
Govt should make United Power pay legal gas prices, review deal
UNITED Power Generation and Distribution Co Ltd, which owns two commercial independent power plants, set up with a combined capacity of 164MW in 2008 and 2009 that supply power to the export processing zones in Dhaka and Chattogram, is reported to have been raking up an abnormal amount of money in profit, more so since 2018, when it began...
AL crony keeps raking in abnormal profit
One of the Awami League cronies, who made it to the recently published White Paper on economy for raking in abnormal profit, continues to do so with its business monopoly as a commercial independent power producer, while paying less for years for the gas it uses in its plants.
Inflation, investment stagnation remain as concerns: Mintoo
Former Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Abdul Awal Mintoo on Monday cautioned that high inflation was likely to persist, and investments in Bangladesh could stagnate in the coming years...
3 BNP wings to march towards Agartala Wednesday
Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 three associate bodies 鈥� Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal, and Chhatra Dal 鈥� will begin a long march from Dhaka towards Agartala in India on Wednesday to protest against the attack on the Bangladesh mission in Agartala and the desecration of the Bangladesh national flag...
BADC chairman inspects Pabna, Natore, Sirajganj activities
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation chairman Md Ruhul Amin Khan has recently inspected various activities of the BADC in Pabna, Natore and Sirajganj districts...
Growing distrust of USA globally
THE special military operation in Ukraine essentially puts an end to the unipolar world in which the Americans considered themselves the supreme ruler, bossing around other countries...
Second climate justice assembly 2024 begins in Dhaka
The two-day second climate justice assembly 2024, organised by Dhoritree Rokkhay Amara, began on Saturday at the Liberation War Museum Auditorium in Dhaka.
Jiban Bima okays Tk 600cr in bonuses, settlements
Jiban Bima Corporation on Thursday approved policy bonuses and claim settlements worth Tk 600 crore at different rates in favour of policyholders, said a press release.
30 Red Cross staff killed in 2024
Dozens of Red Cross staff and volunteers gathered Wednesday for a candlelight vigil for more than 30 of their colleagues killed in 2024, during the deadliest year on record for humanitarians...
BNP submits recommendations to police reform commission
BNP on Thursday submitted its recommendations to the police administration reform commission...
Tk 5 lakh reward for Jr hockey team
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Thursday awarded Tk five lakh to the Bangladesh Under-21 hockey team in recognition of their achievement of qualifying for next year鈥檚 FIH Men鈥檚 Junior World Cup at a...
OECD warns of protectionism weeks before Trump return
The OECD warned Wednesday that protectionist trade measures pose a major risk to disrupting the world聽economy, just weeks before Donald Trump is set to return to the White House...
Tools against corruption should not be rhetorical
PASSPORT, road transport administration, law enforcement and judicial services have come up to be the top four corrupt services sectors from 2017 to 2023, as Transparency International Bangladesh surveys for 2023, 2021 and 2017, the latest three of the surveys that the corruption watchdog have published since 1997, show. In the 2021 and 2017 surveys, the most corrupt service sectors were the same and in the...
Topu fires Kings to win in Fed Cup聽
Defending champions Bashundhara Kings managed a narrow 1-0 win over Brothers Union in one of the two matches on the opening day of the Federation Cup at the...
Riazul hopes to revive hockey鈥檚 glory
Bangladesh Hockey Federation ad-hoc committee general secretary, Lt Col (rtd) Riazul Hasan, is on a mission to reform hockey鈥檚 glory in Bangladesh. A former player and seasoned organiser...
Deprived deputy secretaries from 25 cadres to be promoted
Deputy secretaries from 25 different cadres, who have been deprived of promotions, would receive their due advancements in December, said Md Obaidur Rahman, additional secretary of the recruitment, promotion, and transfer (APD) of the ministry of public administration on Tuesday...
GIZ delegation meets UGC chairman
A three-member German technical cooperation agency delegation paid a courtesy call on the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz at the UGC in Dhaka on Tuesday...
BB okays Tk 3,000cr loan at 4pc interest for ICB
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh has received approval from the Bangladesh Bank for a Tk 3,000 crore-loan at a reduced interest rate of 4 per cent, down from the initial 10 per cent...
Revisiting Shahbagh events and July-August uprising
THE Shahbagh movement of 2013 and the recent July-August uprising stand as defining chapters in the evolving narrative of Bangladesh鈥檚 socio-political history. The two protests, distinct in origins and goals though, explain interwoven paths of public mobilisation, collective memory and the exercise of state power. The Shahbagh movement emerged from a nation鈥檚 quest for justice, its rallying cry demanding the...
Authorities need to attend to fertiliser, seed crisis
THIS is worrying that potato growers in the north are faced with a shortage of seeds and fertiliser. The shortage, coupled with high prices of both seeds and fertiliser, is likely to impact the potato production in the 16 northern districts, where two-thirds of potatoes are produced. As agricultural authorities have not ensured enough supplies, prices have increased sharply. Farmers in the region allege that syndicates...
Passport, BRTA, police most corrupt sectors: TIB
The Department of Immigration and Passports has been found to be the most corrupt service provider, followed by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and law enforcement agencies...
Govt moves to fill 4,75,001 vacant posts
The ministry of public administration has directed the relevant ministries, departments, and organisations to take immediate steps to fill 4,75,001 vacant posts in government service...
Damascus takeover could change Middle East
THE collapse of the Baathist government of Syria in the north of the country, as the al-Qaeda affiliate HTS (Hay鈥檃t Tahrir al-Sham or the Levant Liberation Council) advanced into Aleppo and Hama, could reconfigure the Middle East. The rapidity of the advance and the Muslim fundamentalist leadership of the fighters remind me of the fall of the government of Ashraf Ghani before the Taliban advance...
Federation Cup kicks off today
Defending champions Bashundhara Kings will take on Brothers Union in one of the two matches on the opening day of the 37th Federation Cup at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla today.
Bridging Cartesian roots with 4IR realities
THE evolution of higher education over the past three centuries has been guided by the ideas of various philosophers, each contributing to distinct goals: cultivating reason, promoting individual growth, advancing society, and solving practical problems. Dominant philosophies like rationalism during the Enlightenment and pragmatism in the Industrial Age shaped education while coexisting with alternative...
KEPZ decides to fast-track land registration
The governing body of the Korean Export Processing Zone, headed by the chief adviser, decided on Monday to fast-track its land registration and ease its bond licensing procedure to turn the key industrial park into a foreign direct investment hub...
Dengue death toll nears 500 this year
At least six more people died of dengue and 882 affected were hospitalised in the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services press release...