Jamaat’s hartal passed unnoticed
Life across the country, including Dhaka, remained almost normal as nationwide 24-hour hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami passed unnoticed on Sunday.
DSE proposes Tk 1 lakh as tax-free dividend income
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Sunday proposed that the National Board of Revenue should increase capital market investors’ tax-free dividend income limit to Tk one lakh from existing Tk 25,000 with a view to spur market condition.
BTRC allows users to repurchase SIMs after June 1 deactivation
Mobile phone users will be allowed to repurchase their respective SIMs within 18 months after deactivation in the case of their failure in completing biometric re-registration of the subscriber identification modules by the May 31 deadline.
Barack Obama's last campaign
President Barack Obama's popularity is growing just in time for him to wage the final campaign of his political life.
Alberta wildfire growing, may reach Saskatchewan
The massive wildfire that forced almost 90,000 people to evacuate in Alberta is growing and approaching the neighboring province of Saskatchewan, Canadian officials said Saturday.
Three kidnapped Spanish journalists released in Syria
A trio of Spanish journalists who went missing last July in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo have been released, according to the president of the Spanish Journalists Federation.
U.S. personnel on the ground in Yemen
A small number of U.S. military personnel are on the ground inside Yemen as part of the effort to root out al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, the Pentagon said Friday.
4 killed as violence, rigging mark UP polls
At least four people were killed and scores were injured as violence, rigging, ballot stuffing and intimidation, mostly carried out by ruling Awami League activists, marked the fourth phase of partisan elections to union parishads on Saturday like the previous phases.
ASI stabbed in Dhaka city
A police officer was hospitalised ‘in a critical condition’ after being stabbed by an assailant with sharp weapons in old town of Dhaka.
Two-day career festival ends in Chittagong
A two-day career fair titled ‘Career Fest Chittagong 2016’ ended on Saturday with the participation of hundreds of job seekers, students from across the institutions and employers.
