Legal redress for VAT payers gets costlier
Aggrieved taxpayers will now have to pay four times higher in value-added tax for filing appeals against the assessment of the National Board of Revenue because of a new measure included in the proposed budget for the next fiscal year.
Hillary Clinton clinches Democratic presidential nomination
Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Monday, according to CNN's delegate and superdelegate count, and will become the first woman in the 240-year history of the United States to lead the presidential ticket of a major political party.
British pedophile Richard Huckle gets 22 life sentences
A London court handed 22 life sentences to a man Monday after he pleaded guilty to 71 child abuse offenses while in Southeast Asia.
Kim Jong Un too 'young and impulsive': South Korean Defense Minister
Young, rash and impulsive.A frank assessment of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by South Korean Defense Minister Han Minkoo.
Falluja's children face aftermath of their escape from ISIS
There was something strange in their eyes: a flat, empty, distant stare. The boys, especially the ones in their early teens, look at you, but don't see you.
U.S. steps up pressure on China over prison labor
The U.S. has stepped up efforts to battle forced labor in prisons overseas, and the move is spelling trouble for some Chinese companies.
Warrant issued for Quasem’s execution
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday evening issued the warrant for the execution of war crimes death row inmate Mir Quasem Ali.
Post-poll violence: AL men vandalise 40 houses in Jessore, 20 wounded in Pabna
At least 40 houses owned by supporters of Awami League rebel chairman candidates in Jessore were vandalised while at least 20 people were injured as the bands of two rival member candidates locked their horns in Pabna on Monday.
Forbes ranks Hasina as world’s 36th most powerful woman
American business magazine Forbes on Monday ranked Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina as the 36th most powerful woman in the world, 23 places up from the last year.
SP’s wife killing: DB seizes motorcycle ‘used’ by killers
The Detective Branch of Chittagong Metropolitan Police on Monday seized a parked motorcycle reportedly used in the killing of superintendent of police Babul Akhter’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in Chittagong city on Sunday and interrogated four youths but released them.
