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Educational institutions of various types continue to pay value added tax while private universities have been exempted from VAT payment amid student protests. Students, guardians and authorities of other educational institutions that are still paying VAT consider it ‘discriminatory’ and demanded exemption from

Foreign clothes, shoes, ornaments, cosmetics and other items, both imported and smuggled took a significant share in the more than Tk 10,000 crore Eid market across the country. Sellers say that high-spending consumers in the country have a liking for foreign goods. Shopkeepers said that domestic manufacturers need to compete with

Says ministry report Building another international airport nearby Dhaka will cost Tk 50,000 crore, a pre-feasibility study by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism suggests. The ministry has sought approval of the cabinet committee on economic affairs to implement the project under public-private partnership (PPP). It is likely to be placed in the

The government hospitals in the city are ill-equipped to handle emergency cases as they lack the required equipment and manpower. All the hospitals often refer the critical patients to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital which makes the condition of the critical patients worse due to the journey and delay, said the

Although several hundred passenger sheds were built on the roadsides of the capital city Dhaka, the commuters are deprived of having desired facilities as many of those sheds located in various wrong points. The city dwellers alleged that these passenger shades are now being captured by the snatchers, drug addicts, smugglers, floating people and some ... Read more

The fishermen communities of Savar and Dhamrai Upazilas have been forced to change their profession in the last 10 years due to continuous decrease in catches in the river Bangshi while local people are reluctant to take fishes of the polluted river. Let alone the reduced flow of water through Bangshi, the industrial

Female Domestic Workers S’pore offers job to 45,000 Bangladeshis Singapore has proposed hiring 45,000 female domestic workers from Bangladesh on a pay higher than in the Middle Eastern countries. Singapore is home to around two lakh Bangladeshi workers, but this is the first time it wants to hire female ones. “Singapore needs 1.75 lakh female ... Read more

Aminul Haque has paid dearly for earning his bread and butter as he lost much of his hearing due to noise pollution at his workplace. Aminul, 36, has been working at the production section of an export oriented garment factory for ten years now. “As he is exposed to acute noise pollution for a long ... Read more

The customs intelligence personnel at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday night arrested a 35-year old Singapore bound passenger and seized from his luggage unendorsed foreign currencies worth Tk 1.3 crore, they said on Friday. The customs intelligence unit described it as the airport’s fourth largest seizure in

The government for the first time is going to introduce pre-primary education formally in all government primary schools from next January. Children above five years will participate in the one-year-long pre-primary education course and will learn basic knowledge through playing with their peers in a joyous

Cracks in Bangabandhu Bridge Proposal for appointing Chinese firm sent back The Cabinet committee on purchase on Thursday sent back a proposal for appointing a Chinese firm to mend the cracks in the Bangabandhu Bridge, that appeared in 2006, for seeking experts’ opinions on the best way to repair the bridge

Fitra has been fixed at Tk 100 per head this year all over the country. The Islamic Foundation at its meeting yesterday fixed the amount. A press release of Islamic Foundation said the Fitra of Tk 100 has been fixed taking into consideration the price of rice. The meeting was presided over by Maulana Mohammad ... Read more

The 34th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed across the country today with due respect. Nazrul, who enriched the Bangla literature with his genius, died on Bhadro 12 of Bangla calendar (August 29, 1976) at the age of

A total of 18,233 people were killed and 15,471 others injured, 12,537 of them critically, in road accidents across the country during the last five and a half years till June this year, official sources said here today. Police filed a total of 21906 cases with various police stations accusing 21,100 people during the period ... Read more

1 killed, 15 badly injured in melting iron; work safety missing Explosion of a furnace at a steel factory in the city left one dead and 15 workers seriously injured yesterday reminding the horrible lack of workers’ safety in this sector. Eight of the workers of Hasan Steel Mill at Kadamtoli were admitted to the ... Read more

The High Court (HC) yesterday forbidden holding of all types of political and cultural programme at the main altar of the Central Shaheed Minar. The court also directed the government to give national awards to both dead (posthumous) and alive language heroes, and provide financial assistance to the needy heroes in recognition of

The members of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) urged the Government to build special economic zones in Rajshahi and Rangpur in a bid to generate employment. For the sake of balanced development, the government should give tax exemption to the entrepreneurs who want to build industry in the areas, they

Lab test confirms infection The suspected anthrax outbreak in Sirajganj is tested to be the mildest form of the skin infection that can easily be treated with antibiotics. Laboratory tests of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has confirmed it as cutaneous anthrax, the most common form of the disease, which infected ... Read more

Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were shot dead on Satkhira border on Monday and Tuesday night. BDR sources said a group of cattle traders were taken by Indians to their cattle market at Hatathganj bazzar on Monday. After purchase of cattle they were returning at about 11 pm when BSF troopers of Joynagar camp fired at ... Read more

The Dhaka University (DU) is going to see a different style of convocation for its tens of thousands of ‘deprived’ graduates who have passed during the three decades – 1960’s to early 90s – when there was almost no convocation held in DU. The primary preparations for the grand arrangement are going on after the