Front Page
Hidden property income to face tax
The government is preparing a new mechanism to bring previously undisclosed income from land, apartment, and commercial property transactions into the formal tax system, according...
Industry divided on asset repatriation proposal
The government’s proposal to revive a legal protection scheme for repatriated laundered funds, with incentives to channel the money into priority sectors such as productive...
EC to ban posters, party symbols
The Election Commission (EC) is set to introduce significant reforms to local government elections, including a ban on campaign posters, the removal of party symbols,...
Chattogram in uproar over child assault
Chattogram police have arrested a man, identified as Monir Hossain, 35, on charges of attempting to rape a four-year-old girl in the Abu Jafar Road,...
Madrasah student put on 5-day remand
The death of a child at a madrasah in Dhaka’s Banasree area has sparked serious concerns over student safety and supervision inside residential religious institutions,...
Budget must send clear reform signal: Debapriya
The upcoming national budget should not be presented merely as an account of income and expenditure; rather, it must carry a clear political and economic...
Power price to rise by Tk1.25 per unit
The Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has proposed a weighted average increase of Tk1.25 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in retail...
BD, India sit for Ganges talks
Bangladesh and India have opened a crucial round of talks in Kolkata on the future of the Ganges water-sharing agreement and broader cooperation on transboundary...
Ramisa’s father echoes Sagar-Runi’s unsolved case
As the country entered a third consecutive day of protests over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter, her father Abdul Hannan Mollah sat...
Protests erupt over Ramisa’s killing
The rape and murder of seven-year-old Ramisa Akter — a bright second-grader from Dhaka’s Pallabi neighbourhood — has unleashed a torrent of public anguish across...