NBR’s Q1 revenue Tk 5,798cr short of target
Earnings by the National Board of Revenue fell short of the target by Tk 5,798.54 crore or 15.81 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year 2015-16. Revenue board officials attributed the shortfall to fall in domestic consumption and sluggish economic activities in the country.
Govt wants to hold polls creating a vacuum in opposition leadership : BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders on Monday said the government wanted to hold another general election creating a leadership vacuum in the opposition.
Kader’s candidature, EC appeals against HC order
The Election Commission on Monday appealed against a High Court order that had directed it to accept the nomination of Krishak Sramik Janata League president Abdul Kader Siddique in the by-election for the Tangail-4 constituency of Parliament.
Security beefed up at airports, port city
Security personnel at all three international airports in the country were kept on high alert, the Civil Aviation Authorities, Bangladesh officials said Monday. The authorities also suspended movement of visitors who come at the airports to see off or to receive passengers.
TAVELLA MURDER : Three suspects on remand
Three suspects in Italian origin aid worker murder were remanded in police custody for eight days for interrogation on Monday, while another suspect made a statement before a metropolitan magistrate.
New video shows scenes from raid to free hostages from ISIS
Amid the incessant crackle of gunfire, the soldiers usher the cowering men through darkened rooms.
Turkish fishermen rescue baby: 'Brother, he is alive'
A remarkable rescue at sea was captured on video and is helping to lift spirits on a story so wanting for good news.
Saudi Arabia to run out of cash in less than 5 years
Not even the mighty Middle East can survive cheap oil forever. If oil stays around $50 a barrel, most countries in the region will run out of cash in five years or less, warned a dire report from the International Monetary Fund this week. That includes OPEC leader Saudi Arabia as well as Oman and Bahrain.
Tony Blair: The clear lesson of Iraq war
The actual lesson of Iraq is not complicated but clear. When you remove the dictator -- no matter how vicious and oppressive -- you end one battle only to begin another: How to stabilize and govern the country when the ethnic, tribal and particularly religious tensions are unleashed after the oppression has been lifted.
Rights group: Russian airstrikes in Syria may have killed dozens of civilians
Airstrikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes in western Syria are reported to have killed dozens of civilians, Human Rights Watch says, suggesting that the bombings appear to be war crimes.
