NBR gets Tk 47cr surcharge from mobile users, fund still unused
The government has not yet formulated policy on utilisation and management of the revenue it collects from mobile phone and tobacco sectors in the form of surcharge.
Tarique gets seven years’ jail for money laundering
The High Court on Thursday sentenced Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman to seven years’ imprisonment with a fine of Tk 20 crore on charge of laundering money to Singapore.
Fin min plans to formulate comprehensive CSR policy
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has sought suggestions from bankers, trade bodies and research organisations for preparing a comprehensive policy on corporate social responsibility (CSR) for private sector.
4 JMB men held at Tongi
The Rapid Action Battalion detained four operatives of banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh at Tongi in Gazipur early Thursday.
Flood-hit people in north look for safe shelters
Heavy rainfall at the upper catchments and onrush of water flooded different chars and low-lying areas in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari, leaving thousands of people marooned.
Five ABT activists indicted with blogger Oyasiqur murder
Five members of banned Ansarullah Bangla Team were on Wednesday indicted with murder of secular blogger Oyasiqur Rahman.
Wage social movement against terrorism: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged all to wage a social movement against terrorism and militancy to supplement government’s efforts to eradicate this social menace from the country.
BB asks banks to be more vigilant to check terror financing
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked the scheduled banks to comply with the anti-money laundering rules and regulations properly to tackle terror financing.
30 arrested in anti-militancy drive
At least 30 people, many of them leaders and activists of Jamaat and its student wing Islami Chattra Shibir, were arrested in Dhaka and other districts in anti-militant drives on Tuesday.
Japan, Belgium become $1-billion export markets, US $6-billion
Bangladesh got Japan and Belgium as its two new billion-dollar export markets in the just concluded financial year 2015-16, riding on a moderate growth in the readymade garment export.
