Bangladesh

The Land Development Tax Bill-23 today placed in the parliament with a provision to collect land development tax through electronic system in every fiscal year instead of Bangla calendar year. Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury placed the bill in the House with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair, BSS reports. Piloting the bill, the minister said “All land development ...

Four persons were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Gopalganj’s Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The accident took place in Arambagh area on the Dhaka-Khulna highway at around 7:30 am. However, the identities of the deceased could be known immediately. Police said an ambulance was heading towards Dhaka from Khulna with patient. On the way, a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said members of the armed forces always stand by the people at home and abroad alongside discharging their professional duties. “Each of our forces always stands by the people alongside protecting the country’s independence,” she said, addressing the 48th founding anniversary programme of the President Guard Regiment (PGR), as the chief guest, at its headquarters ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has praised the recent Chinese diplomatic efforts that bore positive outcomes in the Middle East. He hoped China would continue to play important roles in mitigating many other crises in different parts of the world, “including ours.” Ambassador of China to Bangladesh Yao Wen met FM Momen on Wednesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman on Wednesday said there would be no dialogue with BNP on the caretaker government system which was abolished by the court. “The election will be held as per the constitution. Dialogue will be held if BNP agrees to take part in the next general election accepting that it was abolished ...

Experimental Electronic Toll System (ETC) program has been started at Padma Bridge. The program started on Wednesday morning at the smart booth toll plaza at Mawa end of the bridge. Toll will be collected automatically through radio frequency identification (RFID) in one lane at both ends of the bridge. There will be no need for cash transactions and no vehicles ...

British Minister for International Trade Nigel Huddleston is visiting Bangladesh to discuss relevant issues with Bangladesh to help grow green growth. He wants to use his first official visit here to demonstrate the UK’s eagerness to work with Bangladesh on shared challenges like climate change, using their collective expertise to deepen trading relationship, spark economic growth, and create jobs. There ...

The metro rail authorities have extended their service by half an hour to 8:30 pm from July 8 to ease the movement of passengers. From Saturday, two trains will depart from the Agargaon station at 8:15 pm and 8:30 pm for the Uttara North station. The trains will also stop at other stations along the way. Initially MRT pass or ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday urged the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to settle the Rohingya persecution case soon as “Justice delayed is justice denied.” “We want to see that this case would not be lingered … the sooner it’s over the better for Rohingyas,” he told reporters as visiting ICC Prosecutor Karim AA Khan called ...

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has said it will continue to monitor the project so that the legacy of the seven Japanese nationals lives on through the accelerating economic growth and social change of Bangladesh. JICA organised an annual memorial ceremony at Metro Rail Exhibition and Information Center (MEIC) at Uttara on July 3 to pay condolences to the seven ...