Muhith backtracks on VAT on pvt univs
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday backtracked on his position on imposition of value added tax on private universities hours after prime minister Sheikh Hasina ruled out bringing private educational institutes under VAT net.
Severe waterlogging looms over capital
The capital would face unprecedented waterlogging in the coming monsoon mainly due to its unplanned and insufficient drainage facilities, their poor maintenance, disappearance of the canals as a result of land grabbing and uncoordinated development activities carried out by government agencies, anticipates urban planners.
RAPE IN BUS Five to be quizzed for 3 days
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted police three days to question five suspects, who were reportedly held for raping a 24-year-old female garment worker on a moving bus of Jatriseba Paribahan at Dhamrai in Dhaka
Pacific Senate fails its Zuckerberg test
Mark Zuckerberg emerged unscathed from Tuesday's Senate committee hearing, and he did so in large part because most of the senators who asked him questions had no clue how Facebook worked, what the solutions to its problems are
President Trump, now is not the time for half-baked military action
Moscow (CNN)You don't have to be writhing in the visions of Armageddon to suffer more than a shudder when reading the words of Irish poet W.B. Yeats against the backdrop of the latest American threats aimed at Syria
Video shows Israeli sniper shooting Palestinian as soldiers celebrate
Jerusalem (CNN)With international criticism of Israel's response to the Gaza protests growing, video emerged on Monday appearing to show an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) sniper shooting a Palestinian man standing near the border fence.
Trump considering firing Rosenstein to check Mueller
(CNN)President Donald Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, multiple people familiar with the discussions tell CNN, a move that has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the President's personal lawyer.
Haley says Russia chose 'protecting a monster' over Syrian people
Washington (CNN)Russia vetoed a US draft resolution at the UN Security Council Tuesday that would have established an independent investigation into the suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria
Divergent faction continues quota movement
A divergent faction is continuing the quota reform movement at Dhaka University campus asking for the reform in a week time with the central platform of the quota movement already deciding to keep the movement postponed upon government's assurance
Woman ‘gang-raped’ in running bus
Police arrested five transport workers Sunday night chasing a bus of Jatriseba Paribahan on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Dhamrai on the outskirts of the capital as they were allegedly raping a 24-year-old female readymade garment worker in the bus on her way home from her workplace
