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.

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.

Bangladesh braces for climate disasters: experts

Climate change will emerge as a great threat to the country’s development in the days to come, warned environmental experts at a discussion here on Saturday.

Fin Min teams up with WB to streamline SOBs

The finance ministry in a frantic move to rescue the scandal-hit public sector banks has tilted to the World Bank for developing charters for bank boards, criteria of eligibility for becoming board members, and appointment regulations for potential bank directors.

Left leaders for united movement to curb militancy

Left leaders at a roundtable in the city on Friday called on all the left, democratic and progressive political parties to get united and wage movements against militants responsible for a series of targeted homicides across the country.

More budgetary allocation for rural workers demanded

Bangladesh Khetmajur Samiti on Friday demanded that the government increase allocation for the advancement of rural labours and marginalised people in remote areas of the country in the upcoming national budget.

Garlic prices pushed up ahead of Ramadan

Garlic prices continued to rise on the city’s kitchen markets ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, with the prices of the item climbing by Tk 20-Tk 30 a kg over the week.