Soaring vegetable prices continue to haunt city dwellers
The low- and middle-income people in the capital Dhaka have not got any respite from soaring prices of vegetables over the week ending Friday.
Honouring Mujib, Zia may pave way for nat’l unity: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said that the process for national unity might begin with showing due respects to late presidents Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman.
VAT ON TUITION FEES : Protests continue, students call strike at private univs
Students of private universities continued protests for the third consecutive day on Friday and called strike at all private universities from today for withdrawal of value added tax imposed on their tuition fees.
40 Bangladeshi pilgrims injured in Makkah
At least 40 Bangladeshi pilgrims were injured as a huge construction crane collapsed and crashed onto the Grand Mosque in Makkah in Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing 87 hajj pilgrims.
July-Aug ADP implementation rate hits lowest in a decade
The implementation rate of the annual development programme in the first two months of the current fiscal year hit the lowest mark in a decade mainly due to sluggishness of government agencies and departments in executing projects.
No SIM re-registration needed for valid mobile users
The telecom ministry on Thursday changed its stance on re-registration of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and decided that the operators would launch screening to find out fake and faulty users for registration.
Pvt univs to pay VAT, not students: Muhith, NBR
The finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday said the authorities of private university will have to pay the value added tax imposed on the tuition fees of private universities. ‘The VAT will not be withdrawn in any form.
PRIVATE UNIVERSITY TUITION FEES : VAT triggers student protests
The recent slapping of 7.5 per cent value added tax on tuition fees triggered day-long protests by thousands of private university students Thursday bringing the capital’s traffic to complete halt. The students held peaceful demonstrations shouting slogans ‘Our parents are not ATM Machines.’
ZIA CHARITABLE TRUST CASE : Testimony rewritten after defence protests
The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3 on Thursday recorded the testimony of a prosecution witness in Zia Charitable Trust case again following protests from the defence counsel who alleged that the previous recording was unlawful.
CPB, SPB hold sit-in to reduce power, gas prices
Left politicians on Tuesday at a sit-in programme in the city called on the Awami League led government to take steps to reduce prices of power and gas which effected from September 1. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on August 27 increased the average price of electricity by 2.93 per cent and natural gas by 26.29 per cent at consumer level which effected from September 1.
