Stop harassment by field-level VAT officials, DCCI urges NBR
Leaders of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday demanded the National Board of Revenue take steps to stop harassment by field-level tax officials while collecting value-added tax.
Dipan’s father Abul Quasem gets death threat, feels insecure
Slain publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan’s father Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq said on Wednesday that he was feeling insecure as he had felt in 1971.
DELTA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION : Netherlands to help Bangladesh
The Netherlands on Wednesday assured Bangladesh of providing all kinds of support and assistance for implementation of its Delta Plan-2100, as the two countries are facing the common problems.
Yet another cop hacked to death at checkpoint
Assailants hacked to death a policeman and injured another in a ‘premeditated’ attack minutes before the law enforcers were setting a makeshift check post on Nabinagar-Chandra highway in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital Wednesday morning.
Fakhrul sent to jail
The acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, landed in jail on Tuesday for the seventh time since May 2012.
Traders want vessel rent, port charge cut at Pangaon terminal
Businesses on Tuesday suggested a roadmap that can be prepared by the government to make the Pangaon Inland Container Terminal cost effective for the importers and exporters so that they become interested to use the port, officials of the National Board of Revenue said.
Khaleda, Tarique trying to contact int’l terrorist organisaitons: Inu
Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday alleged that Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman were trying to communicate with the Middle East-based international terrorist organisations to create instability in the country.
BASIC BANK : Bacchu appointed 1,553 people violating rules
An internal investigation of the state-owned BASIC Bank Ltd found that its former chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu had appointed at least 1,553 employees at different positions of the bank from 2011 to 2014 violating banking rules.
RECENT KILLINGS : Blame game clouds probes
The national political scene is witnessing a return of the old blame game in the wake of recent killings of secular bloggers.
Khaleda on secret killing mission: Hasina
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Monday alleged that Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia launched a secret killing mission staying abroad to save war criminals from the ongoing trial.
