RAB wants mobile courts for VAT recovery
Rapid Action Battalion has made a proposal to the National Board of Revenue for conducting drives against tax dodgers through the mobile courts in a bid to prevent tax evasion and accelerate revenue collection.
Khaleda remarks draw protest
Several pro-liberation organisations on Tuesday demanded trial of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on sedition charges for her recent remarks on the number of 1971 Liberation War martyrs.
Paper: Trump is Biff from 'Back to the Future'
Ahead of a visit Monday from Donald Trump, the publisher of the influential New Hampshire Union Leader printed an editorial slamming the Republican presidential front-runner's "public descent into bathroom humor," and revived the comparison to Biff Tannen from the "Back to the Future" movies.
Ramadi has been taken back from ISIS, Iraqis say
Iraqi troops have retaken the city of Ramadi from ISIS, the country's military said. Troops have raised the Iraqi flag on top of the government compound in central Ramadi, military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasoul said Monday.
Tamir Rice shooting: No charges for officers
Prosecutors say the police officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a Cleveland recreation center last year won't face criminal charges. Neither will the other officer who was with him.
Saudi Arabia crushed by cheap oil - and the cuts are coming
Saudi Arabia's finances are getting slammed by the crash in oil prices. The government spent way more than it collected in 2015 -- leading to a budget deficit of nearly $100 billion.
Close New Year celebrations before sunset, says PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked her cabinet colleagues to remain alert against possible acts of sabotage in the backdrop of recent militant attacks in different places.
Khaleda urges people to protect voting right
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday urged people to resist in a peaceful and united manner the ruling party’s plan of spreading ‘evil-influence’ in municipal polls slated for Wednesday.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS : Campaigns end amid violence
Amid widespread violence and harassments by supporters of ruling Awami League candidates the campaigns in the country’s maiden municipal mayoral elections, under party nominations, set for tomorrow, ended on Monday midnight.
Govt asked to use khas lands to set up special economic zone in Habiganj
Politicians, academics and professionals on Monday called on the Awami League-led government to abandon 511 acres of agricultural land acquisition project of two tea estates in Habiganj for setting up a special economic zone.
