Muhith wants a fixed day for income tax payment by 2018

Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday instructed the National Board Revenue to work for introduction of a ‘fixed day’ for submission of income tax returns by the taxpayers.

INDO-BANGLA LAND SWAP : People opting for India start leaving Bangladesh

Sixty-three people from former Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh territory moved to India Thursday afternoon through the Burimari land port in the first part of such movement following the transfer of territories in adverse possession between the two countries over three and a half months back.

Jamaat’s hartal largely ignored

The countrywide general strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting at the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed was ignored largely across the country on Thursday.

2 killed, 8 held after France raid, but ringleader's status still unknown

French authorities took the offensive Wednesday, raiding a purported hideout of the ringleader in last week's deadly Paris attacks in an operation that ended with eight detained, two dead and potentially more bloodshed thwarted.

#JeSuisChien: French police dog dies in Saint-Denis raid

An early-morning police operation in the suburbs of Paris turned violent as gunfire and explosions rang out in the area of Saint-Denis.

Paris attacks at a glance: Wednesday's developments

A suicide bomber blew herself up and a police sniper took out a second terror suspect after authorities stormed two apartments and a church Wednesday in the northern Parisian suburb where one of last week's deadly terrorist attacks took place.

Police: Suicide bombers, one of them 11, target Nigeria market

Two bomb attacks in 24 hours -- one of them involving an 11-year-old female suicide bomber -- killed dozens of people and wounded more than 120 others in the Nigerian cities of Yola and Kano, authorities said.

PM seeks people’s help to capture criminals, militants

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday called upon the people to help the government and law enforcement agencies to capture those involved in criminal activities and militant acts.

Death sentence upheld

The Appellate Division on Wednesday dismissed the review petitions of war crimes death row inmates Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.

Jamaat calls countrywide shutdown today

Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown for Thursday protesting at the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed.