Govt set to hike sugar duty again
The government is set to increase again the import duty on both raw and refined sugar through imposing 15 per cent value-added tax and raising the tariff value of the product for protecting the state-run sugar mills.
Pak civil society did not accept military atrocity in 1971: Hina Jilani
Pakistani rights activist and also chairman of South Asians for Human Rights Hina Jilani said in Dhaka on Sunday that what happened during the 1971 war of independence was ‘injustice to Bangladesh’ and the Pakistan civil society did not accepted their government’s denial of atrocities committed by Pakistani forces here.
Mughal heritage site demolished in old town
A Mughal heritage building was demolished on Sunday without permission of the Department of Archaeology and Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha at Shakharibazar in the capital.
Mujahidul Islam Selim receives death threat
President of Communist Party of Bangladesh Mujahidul Islam Selim received a death threat through his email early Saturday.
MUNICIPAL POLLS : Most ruling alliance partners nominate no candidate
Jatiya Samajtantrick Dal faction and Workers Party of Bangladesh nominated 26 and 9 candidates respectively to contest for mayoral posts, while none of the ruling alliance partners but Awami League nominated candidates in 235 municipal polls slated for December 30.
PAYRA PORT : Govt weighs Delhi’s proposal
Dhaka is considering a proposal made by Delhi for allowing India to construct Payra Sea Port in Patuakhali under a government-to-government deal in a major policy shift, officials said. Delhi has been showing keen interest in the proposed port along with Britain, Netherlands and China since the present government decided to build it in 2013.
DLA demand Pak apology for 1971 genocide
Leaders of the Democratic Left Alliance, a combine of eight left leaning political parties, on Saturday called on the Awami League led government to take up a stronger stand against the government of Pakistan for denying their part in the genocide during the war of independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
10 injured in bomb explosion at Kantaji’s Temple
Ten people were injured inside a jatra pandal besides Kantaji’s Temple at Kaharole in Dinajpur after a ‘improvised time bomb’ exploded on early Saturday during a traditional festival. The police investigators suspected that it was either an act of ‘militancy’ or it might have caused by local infighting.
Single candidate for 33 councillor positions in Feni
Election Commission officials on Friday expressed their ignorance about the Awami League’s obstructing anyone outside the party from submitting nomination papers for 33 of the 48 councillor positions in three Feni municipalities.
BROKERAGE HOUSES : BSEC bins DSE plea for opening new branches
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has turned down a Dhaka Stock Exchange’s plea that sought regulatory approval on opening new branches by all the brokerage houses in a bid to bring fresh fund in the capital market.
