National committee announces fresh programmes
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Thursday announced fresh programmes in demand of scrapping coal-based power plants at Rampal in Bagerhat and Banshkhali in Chittagong.
Experts suggest keeping two separate VAT rates
Economists and experts on Thursday suggested the government for keeping two separate value-added tax rates for businesses considering the prevailing reality regarding economic situation and accounting practices in the country.
PH senate ends probe with $66m still at large
The senate blue ribbon committee of Philippine on Thursday terminated its three-month long investigation into the theft of $81m Bangladesh central bank’s money with $66 million of the amount yet to be recovered and a large chunk still untraced.
Teacher’s humiliation: N’ganj School committee dissolved amid protests
The education ministry on Thursday dissolved the Piyar Sattar Latif High School management committee in Narayanganj and reinstated its head teacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, who was humiliated by the local lawmaker in public and suspended by the committee on allegation of hurting religious sentiment of the Muslims.
Pentagon: 'Unsafe' intercept over South China Sea
At least two Chinese J-11 tactical aircraft carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a United States EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft that was conducting a routine mission in international airspace over the South China Sea, a U.S. defense official told CNN Wednesday.
First missing Chibok girl found after 2 years as Boko Haram prisoner
When Amina Ali Nkeki was kidnapped by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram more than two years ago, she was a mere schoolgirl.
The nasty, multibillion-dollar general election campaign begins
The ugly, multibillion-dollar general election campaign is here. The clash between Donald Trump and the forces supporting Hillary Clinton played out on Twitter and social media Tuesday, underscoring a certainty about the fall campaign -- nothing will be off limits.
U.S. Special Forces take the fight to ISIS in Libya
It is a tiny, remote aircraft hangar, carved in the Sicilian rock decades ago, but now home to a new and vital front for the United States against ISIS.
Sri Lanka floods: Huge storm triggers landslides, leaving villages buried
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes by floodwaters and landslides after a major storm hammered Sri Lanka.
Fixed deadline for tax return, penalty for time petition in offing
The National Board of Revenue is set to introduce a cutoff date for filing income tax returns for individual taxpayers with the aim of ending its own unauthorised time extension practices.
