CAG submits audit reports

Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh Masud Ahmed on Tuesday submitted the annual audit reports to president Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban.

Muhith asks secys to include taxes in dev project cost estimation

Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Tuesday asked the secretaries of the ministries and divisions for estimating the cost of development projects calculating applicable taxes as the government decided not to allow any tax exemption to any organisation from the next fiscal year.

Pak envoy summoned to foreign office

Bangladesh on Monday summoned Pakistani high commissioner in Dhaka Shuja Alam to foreign ministry.

SWIFT rejects Bangladeshi claims over $81 million cyber heist

SWIFT has rejected allegations by officials in Bangladesh that technicians with the global messaging system made the nation’s central bank more vulnerable to hacking before an $81 million cyber heist in February.

50 Bangladeshis named in Panama Papers, Offshore Leaks

Around 50 Bangladeshis have been named in the Panama Papers and Offshore Leaks investigations.

Nizami shifted to Dhaka jail

Condemned war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur jail in Gazipur on Sunday night.

15 injured in AL factional clash

At least 15 people were injured, mostly in bullets in factional clashes between the supporters of two lawmakers of the ruling Awami League at Mirpur in Dhaka on Sunday noon.

Jamaat’s hartal passed unnoticed

Life across the country, including Dhaka, remained almost normal as nationwide 24-hour hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami passed unnoticed on Sunday.

DSE proposes Tk 1 lakh as tax-free dividend income

The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Sunday proposed that the National Board of Revenue should increase capital market investors’ tax-free dividend income limit to Tk one lakh from existing Tk 25,000 with a view to spur market condition.

BTRC allows users to repurchase SIMs after June 1 deactivation

Mobile phone users will be allowed to repurchase their respective SIMs within 18 months after deactivation in the case of their failure in completing biometric re-registration of the subscriber identification modules by the May 31 deadline.