The proposal of imposing a minimum tax of Tk 2,000 even on those individuals who do not have taxable incomes is illogical and immoral, said Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Friday. It urged the government to withdraw the proposal of the minimum income tax. “On the one hand, the government has proposed to increase the tax-free income limit to ...

Chittagong-10 (Double Mooring-Halishahar-Khulsi-Katalganj) lawmaker and former minister Dr Md Afsarul Amin died at a hospital in the capital on Friday afternoon. He was 71. Dr Afsarul Amin, who had been suffering from lung cancer for the last two years. His lung cancer was detected in January 2020. Since then he had been taking treatment regularly but could not be recovered. ...

Symbols were allotted from Sylhet Regional Election Office on Friday (June 2) morning. 7 candidates are competing for the post of mayor in the Sylhet city elections. They are Awami League nominated candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, Jatiya Party nominated candidate Nazrul Islam Babul, Islami Andolan Bangladesh nominated candidate Hafez Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, Zahirul Alam of Zaker Party, independent candidate Mohammad Abdul ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin left Dhaka for Ankara on a six-day-visit to attend the installation ceremony of Turkish president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, slated for June 3. “The President, at the invitation of the Turkey government, will attend the oath-taking ceremony of his Turkish counterpart at the Presidential Complex in Ankara at 5 pm (Turkey local time) there,” President’s press secretary Md ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s economy showed “tentative signs of improvement” but recovery remains challenging and Colombo must pursue painful reforms, the IMF said Friday. The International Monetary Fund’s Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura said the country was emerging from its unprecedented crisis thanks to reforms including the doubling of taxes, spending cuts and the scrapping of subsidies. A currency crisis since ...

If Lionel Messi is, as some reports suggest, considering an offer to join Inter Miami then he may have noticed with interest that a fellow Argentine took charge of the MLS team on Thursday. Struggling Miami sacked their English coach Phil Neville and his experienced American assistant Jason Kreis and promoted Javier Morales to take charge of the side as ...

Accompanying Naomi Campbell on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival last week was one of cinema’s most powerful men — and he represents a country where cinemas were banned until five years ago. Mohammed Al Turki, 36, heads Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Foundation, his name splashed all over posters and movie credits at the world’s biggest cinema ...

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said that rain with gusty wind or thunder may occur temporarily in two places of the four divisions including Sylhet. This information was given in the weather forecast for the next 24 hours from 9 am on Thursday (June 1). According to the forecast, there may be rain with gusty winds or rain with thunder in ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today authenticated the proposed national budget for FY 2023-24 and the revised budget for FY 2022-23 for placing before the Jatiya Sangsad by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. The Head of the State authenticated the proposed national budget of over Taka 7.61 lakh crore for the next fiscal year (FY24) at his Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban office (parliament ...

Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier said on Thursday he hopes fans will give Lionel Messi a cordial reception in his final game at their Parc des Princes home. The game on Saturday against Clermont will mark the end of Messi’s two-year stay at Qatar-backed PSG, who have already been crowned Ligue 1 champions for a record 11th time. The Argentinian ...