‘Extra tax’ on interest even after returns filing
News Desk :Ayesha Tabassum has a fixed deposit account at a private bank. She has a Tax Identification Number, or TIN. She submitted her tax...
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War crimes: Shamsul Haque’s sentence reduced to 10 years in jail
Staff Reporter :The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday commuted the punishment of Shamsul Haque of Jamalpur to 10 years in jail...
Small-scale farmers receive 0.12pc of global climate finance
News Desk :Small-scale family farmers produce a third (32%) of the world’s food yet only 0.3% of international climate finance was spent helping them adapt...
Govt extends total cooperation for a free and fair national election: PMO
City Desk :The government is extending all out cooperation so that a free and fair election can be held in a peaceful manner, Principal Secretary...
Reza Kibria files writ to get EC registration for Gono Odhikar Parishad
Staff Reporter :A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of Election Commission (EC) decision not to give its registration...
Deaths from dengue now 1,484 with 8 more reported
UNB :Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,484...
‘Staggering’ 347m children facing water scarcity in South Asia: UN
Al Jazeera :More children in South Asia are struggling due to severe water scarcity made worse by the effects of climate change than anywhere else...
More death and destruction in Gaza as Israeli attacks continue
Al Jazeera :Israeli air strikes in Gaza have killed more than a dozen people and destroyed the main hospital’s cardiac ward, Gaza officials say, as...
Actor Sohel Chy murder: SC asks lower court to finish trial in 6 months
Staff Reporter :The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 of Dhaka to finish in the next six months...
Tk 108 crore incentive for high-yield rice growers
Staff Reporter :The government plans to provide farmers with nearly Tk 108 crore incentive to encourage them to increase cultivation of high-yielding varieties of rice...