Magura child rape case verdict on May 17
Staff Reporter : A Magura court set May 17 for delivering the verdict in the case over the rape and murder of the 8-year-old child. Judge M Zahid Hasan of the Magura Women and...
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Army updates contact numbers
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Army has released updated contact numbers for their camps stationed across Dhaka and surrounding districts to enhance law and order and ensure public safety. According to a press statement...
FY26 budget to avoid borrowing, printing money
Staff Reporter : Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has stated that the upcoming national budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 will not rely on extensive bank borrowing or money printing. Instead, the government will...
Investment not political collateral
Staff Reporter : Investment and employment must not become casualties in political disputes, the head of Bangladesh’s principal investment authority said on Monday, as representatives from 17 political parties gathered in Dhaka for a...
NBR abolished in bid to raise tax-to-GDP ratio
Staff Reporter : In a landmark move to modernise Bangladesh’s tax system, the interim government on Monday announced the dissolution of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), replacing it with two new entities –...
IMF okays $1.3b for BD after reform talks
Staff Reporter : The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to disburse the next two instalments of its $4.7 billion loan programme to Bangladesh, totalling $1.3 billion, following a breakthrough in discussions regarding foreign...
Train tickets go on sale from May 21
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Railway authorities will begin selling advance train tickets online from May 21 ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. With June 7 tentatively set as the date for the second-largest religious festival for...
Essential imports to face 2pc tax as NBR ends exemptions
Staff Reporter : The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is preparing to impose a 2 per cent Advance Income Tax (AIT) at the import stage on nearly 200 previously exempted items-a move that could...
New university for seven colleges stuck in red tape
Dhaka College correspondent: The appointment of an interim administration and the launch of the admission process for the proposed new university comprising seven affiliated colleges remain stalled due to complications at the Ministry of...
DSE to open on 2 Saturdays ahead of Eid holidays
Staff Reporter : The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will remain open on the next two Saturdays – 17 and 24 May – following a government directive to keep offices operational on weekends in the...
Dhaka-Kathmandu talks focus on connectivity trade, energy
Staff Reporter : In a significant gesture aimed at regional healthcare development, Dr Yunus announced that the upcoming 1,000-bed hospital being built with Chinese support in Rangpur would be open to patients from both...
Illegal push-in by India: 78 abandoned blindfolded on Sundarbans shoal
Staff Reporter : A total of 78 Bengali-speaking individuals, reportedly Bangladeshi as India claimed, were pushed into Bangladesh across the Mandarbaria border in the Sundarbans by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and its...