SECOND PHASE OF DUE SIM REPLACEMENT TAX NBR issues final demand notices to 4 telcos to pay Tk 883cr
The National Board of Revenue has issued final demand notices to four mobile operators asking them to pay Tk 883.35 crore in second phase of outstanding SIM replacement tax within 90 days
Comilla down high-flying Dhaka
Pakistani player Hasan Ali’s career-best 5-20 and an unbeaten 54 of his compatriot Shoaib Malik catapulted Comilla Victorians to their fifth straight victory in the Bangladesh Premier League as they defeated giants Dhaka Dynamites by four wickets in a thrilling encounter in Dhaka on Monday.
Tarique, three others indicted for sedition
A court in Dhaka on Monday indicted Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, former chairman of private channel Ekushey Television and the channel’s two former journalists in a sedition case
Trump names North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism
(CNN)President Donald Trump, in the latest demonstration of increased tensions on the Korean Peninsula, placed North Korea back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Trump administration asks SCOTUS to allow all of travel ban to go into effect pending appeal
(CNN)The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday night to allow the latest version of its controversial travel ban to go fully into effect, pending appThe third version of the travel ban places varying levels of restrictions on foreign nationals from eight countries: Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Somalia and Yemen. A district court in Hawaii blocked this iteration of the travel ban from going into effect last month.
US conducts airstrikes on Afghanistan opium labs
(CNN)The US conducted airstrikes targeting opium processing labs in Afghanistan Sunday, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Andrews tells CNN. The airstrikes were part of a joint US-Afghan operation targeting drug facilities in Taliban-controlled areas in northern Helmand Province.
US conducts airstrikes on Afghanistan opium labs
(CNN)The US conducted airstrikes targeting opium processing labs in Afghanistan Sunday, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Andrews tells CNN. The airstrikes were part of a joint US-Afghan operation targeting drug facilities in Taliban-controlled areas in northern Helmand Province.
Robert Mugabe to meet with ousted VP as impeachment looms
Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN)Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has agreed to direct talks with the former Vice President he recently fired, the country's military chief said Monday.Emmerson Mnangagwa has been out of the country since Mugabe ousted him earlier this month. His ouster triggered a political crisis amid repeated calls for Mugabe to step down.
Tillerson to meet Myanmar military supremo
US secretary of state Rex Tillerson arrived in Myanmar on Wednesday for talks with the army chief whose forces have been accused of atrocities against ethnic Muslim Rohingya during an operation that drove more than 600,000 to flee to Bangladesh.
ROHINGYA REPATRIATION Dhaka, int’l community for quick return
The Bangladesh government and the international community are preparing to put further pressure on Myanmar authorities next week for ensuring return of Rohingyas as influx of the ethnic minority people into Bangladesh continued amid unrelenting violence in Rakhine State.
