The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to launch a door-to-door campaign aimed at improving Value Added Tax (VAT) collection, as the revenue inflow from this sector looks to be “unsatisfactory”. According to data provided by the NBR, VAT collection up until October stood at Tk 41,192 crore, falling short of the target of Tk 51,904 crore. While briefing ...

Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen Soneya Murshid has underscored the need for revamping the Joyeeta Foundation with many reforms in the New Year. “Joyeeta Foundation needs many reforms. It will have to be revamped in the New Year,” she said while chairing the 24th meeting of the Board of Governors of Joyeeta Foundation at the conference room of Bangladesh ...

Postgraduate private trainee doctors of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) who passed the first phase of FCPS have blocked road at Shahbagh in the capital, demanding an increase in allowance. They took up position at Shahbagh intersection around 11:30 am on Sunday (December 29) with the trainee doctors were chanting slogans such as “Fulfil the doctors’ demands,” “No ...

Journalists will be able to enter the secretariat with temporary passes from Monday (December 30), said Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Sunday. “We’re not allowing anyone to enter the secretariat today (Sunday) as it is the last date of submission of initial report on the fire incident by the probe body. For this, you (journalists) ...

A group of robbers targeted the homes of expatriates in Sylhet’s Osmaninagar upazila on Thursday night, injuring three people and making off with significant amounts of gold, cash, and foreign currency. The victims include Anwara Begum, 60, and her son Hossain Ahmed, 22, from Latifpur village, and Siraj Mia, 40, from Madhabpur village. According to locals, a gang of 12 ...

At least 120 people were killed when an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on Sunday, the national fire agency said. Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 181 people on board, was attempting to land shortly ...

Five people were killed and two others injured after a passenger bus smashed an autorickshaw in Sherpur’s Sadar upazila. The accident happened at about 11:30AM on the Sherpur-Mymensing road. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. A bus belonging to ‘Rifat Paribahan’ hit a CNG-run autorickshaw at Bhatshala area, leaving five dead on the spot two injured. ...

Jatiya Nagorik Committee’s chief organizer and July Shaheed Smrity Foundation’s general secretary Sarjis Alam said the December declaration will be a written document. “What should happen after this 24th revolution, in the context of what the journey of aspiration will be. In the light of that, the declaration of the future of Bangladesh will be.” Sarjis said these at a ...

All CNG stations across the country will remain closed for three hours, from 6pm to 9pm, from Wednesday (January 1). The stations usually remain closed from 6PM to 11PM everyday. Petrobangla said that the government made this decision considering requests from CNG station owners and protests by CNG drivers. As per the new directive, the closure time of the CNG ...

A man was killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Kalardoba area at Banischong upazila in Habiganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Jony Miah, 26, son of Sahid Miah, hailed from Netrakona district. It was learnt that the accident occurred at around 1:00 pm when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head-on with another one, ...