Agencies executing the foreign-funded projects in Bangladesh will be liable to pay taxes from their own coffers if deduction of tax from the project funds is barred under deals signed with providers of funds, according to a latest government decision. Under the existing rules, the implementation agencies of foreign-funded projects have to deduct taxes while making payments to any foreign ...

For the first time, West Bengal actress Srabanti will be part of a film that revolves around her. The actress is playing the lead in Pallav Gupta`s debut film, Sesh Sangbad, the script of which is penned by the director himself. Shooting of the film starts from January 25. “We have very few women-centric films in Tollywood. And I am ...

Singers Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber were spotted having dinner together, sparking speculations they may be back together. Gomez and Bieber were seen at Mastro’s Steakhouse in Beverly hills here. The couple frequently visited the restaurant over their continued on-and-off relationship, reports tmz.com. The diner’s staff saw them holding hands during their dinner. The two left in the same car ...

Actress Priyanka Chopra has undergone a makeover and chopped off her long locks. The 32-year-old former Miss World, who is known for her black lustrous hair, said she opted for shoulder-length tresses to try out something adventurous. “Time to do something spontaneous! Feeling a bit adventurous… Chopping the tresses!,” Priyanka, 32, posted on Twitter. She even shared a photograph of ...

Actress Kareena Kapoor is in the mood for a family. And while her husband, actor Saif Ali Khan has fathered two kids, Kareena perhaps is looking to have kids of her own. In an interview to a magazine Kareena said “I have been lucky to experience both professional success and a fulfilling personal life. So hopefully, I would be having ...

Australian leader Tony Abbott says an asylum-seeker protest at an offshore detention camp has been “broken”. His comments came after guards at the Manus Island camp in Papua New Guinea (PNG) entered a compound where hunger-striking detainees had barricaded themselves in. Some asylum seekers were reportedly arrested in the operation, which came amid an intensifying week-long protest. But a campaigner ...

India says it now has almost a third more tigers than it did four years ago. Presenting the findings of the latest tiger census, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the tiger population had risen from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014. He said a number of government initiatives to streamline tiger conservation were behind the increase. India is estimated ...

A ban on Indian mango imports into the European Union is to be lifted, clearing the way for them to return to the UK and other member states. However, other foodstuffs such as Indian aubergines, two types of squash, and a type of leaf used in cooking will remain restricted. Indian mango shipments to the EU were suspended in May ...

“When I bid goodbye to him, tears brimming in my eyes, I thought it would be a matter of months before we saw each other,” Fatima told Al Jazeera. “Now, more than two years later, I have learned how to cope with the indefinite wait.” Fatima, who did not provide a last name, was married for less than a year ...

The AirAsia flight that crashed in the Java Sea, killing 162 people, climbed too fast before stalling, Indonesia’s transport minister has said. Ignasius Jonan told a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta that flight QZ8501 had ascended at a speed of 6,000ft (1,828m) per minute. No passenger or fighter jet would attempt to climb so fast, he said. There were no survivors ...