ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOLS’ TUITION FEES : No VAT for 6 months: HC

The High Court on Thursday stayed collection of Value Added Tax on tuition fees of English medium schools for six months.

NBR nets Tk 153cr on 1st day of tax fair

The National Board of Revenue collected Tk 153 crore in income tax on Wednesday, the opening day of a weeklong income tax fair being organised by the revenue board throughout the country, and provided 57,047 people with services related to income tax payment, according to the official data of the NBR.

Bangladesh an excellent example of religious harmony: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday termed Bangladesh an excellent example of religious harmony saying that the people of all faiths here can perform their religious rituals freely and independently.

Tarique receives Khaleda in London

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia arrived in London on Wednesday morning when her elder son Tarique Rahman received her at Heathrow airport.A large number of leaders and activists of BNP welcomed Khaleda at the airport, BNP chairperson’s press wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan told New Age, quoting leaders of BNP UK chapter.

MILLENNIUM DEV GOALS : Bangladesh set to miss several components

Despite a 15-year push since 2001, Bangladesh is headed to miss achievement of 100 per cent literacy and several other components of eight Millennium Development Goals.

Syed Mohsin Ali laid to rest in Moulvibazar

Social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali was laid to eternal rest beside his parents’ graves at Shah Mostafa Mazar at Darjirmahal in the district town on Wednesday.

Khaleda off to London

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia left Dhaka for London on Tuesday night for her eye treatment and celebrating Eid-ul-Azha there with her family members. She flew to London by an Emirates Airlines flight around 9:50pm, said her press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel.

Receding floodwater leaves many under open sky

Floodwater has receded further in the north and central parts of the country, leaving affected people to suffer for lack of funds with which to mend their damaged homesteads.

Cancer, heart, kidney patients increase sharply

The incidence of cancer, heart diseases and kidney ailments increased sharply among all sections of people in recent years but many of them find the high costs of treatment simply unaffordable.

Govt eyes 40 lakh income taxpayers by FY20, says Muhith

Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Tuesday said that the government had set a target to increase the number of registered income taxpayers to 40 lakh or 2 per cent of country’s total population by the financial year 2019-2020 in a bid to boost income tax collection.