Monday, July 7, 2025

NBR faces pressure against tax net spread

The National Board of Revenue will focus on expanding tax net in achieving revenue collection target to be fixed for the upcoming national budget for the 2013-2014 financial year instead of imposing new and additional tax, said NBR chairman Ghulam Hussain. He, however, said that the revenue board was facing big

BSCCL to sell bandwidth at lower price

The state-run Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited will sell bandwidth to the local internet service providers by launching the internet protocol transit service. As per the new service the BSCCL will buy bulk bandwidth from the large vendors and sell it to the local International Internet Gateway service operators

Stocks decline on war crimes verdictZnews

Dhaka stocks ended in the red on Wednesday as the International Crimes Tribunal-2 announced to deliver the verdict on a Jamaat leader’s involvement in crimes against humanity today, which made investors worried about the upcoming political situation. The benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange,

Abahani face Power challenge today

Abahani Limited will be looking to return to winning ways when they take on Power Company of Taiwan in their second match of the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu today. The sky-blue outfit began their campaign on Tuesday

Komol needed six stitches

Abahani Limited’s midfielder Abdul Baten Mazumder Komol needed six stitches on his head after a collision with Sabindra Shrestha of Three Star Club during their Tuesday’s AFC President’s Cup match in Katmandu Komol, a national team player, was injured before

Special TV programmes on Tagore

The television channels of the country have chalked out special programmes to celebrate the 152nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The list consists of plays and telefilms; shows featuring music, dance and recitation; talk shows; and magazine programmes. ATN Bangla will air a documentary titled Rabir Chithite Bangladesh at 11:15am. The channel will also air ... Read more

Train torched in Chittagong by miscreants

Some persons, allegedly belonging to the Jamaat-Shibir, on Tuesday set five compartments, including two AC coaches of the intercity Suborna Express, on fire at Chittagong railway station. The train was scheduled to leave for Dhaka at 7am. Two youths have been arrested. However, no casualties were reported. The incident took place after the train reached ... Read more

UN chief calls for dialogue to defuse tension

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the recent violence in Bangladesh and urged political and religious leaders to sit across the table to defuse the tensions. “The Secretary-General has been following the recent incidents of violence in Bangladesh with increasing concern and is saddened by the loss of lives including the ... Read more

BNP demands int’l probe into Shapla square operation

Terming the incident of the pre-dawn drive of the law enforcers at Shapla Square in the capital ‘ a genocide’ BNP on Tuesday demanded a neutral and international probe into the incident. The Standing Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) in a statement on Tuesday said, we are stunned and deeply shocked like the people ... Read more

26 cases filed against 50,000 Hefazat men

Twenty-six cases have been filed against more than 50,000 persons, in connection with the massive violence unleashed by Hefazat-e-Islam activists on Sunday and Monday. Of them, 16 were filed for the violent activities carried out by Hefazat members during the Islamic organisation’s “Dhaka Siege Programme” on Sunday. Ten of these cases were

Savar tragedy: Govt team goes to US May 13 to save GSP

In an effort to ensure the continuation of GSP facilities of Bangladeshi products in the US market, a government delegation, led by Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque, will travel to Washington on May 13 for holding talks with stakeholders including officials of the United States Trade Representative. The decision was taken on Tuesday at a meeting ... Read more