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NBR seeks bank statements of Grammeenphone

NBR seeks bank statements of Grammeenphone
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked all commercial banks to submit account statements of Grameenphone Ltd on an urgent basis, apparently to investigate possible tax evasion by the country’s biggest mobile phone operator. In a letter sent to all commercial banks recently, the NBR has asked them to submit detail statements of all transaction by Grameenphone from January 1 to December 31, 2013, sources confirmed. The letter, signed by Md Ataul Haque, deputy audit commissioner of Large Taxpayer Unit, asked the banks to urgently send all the statements to him. It also mentioned that the reports were required to settle a tax-related case involving the mobile operator.   In the letter, the Tax Identification Number (TIN)…

SC commutes death penalty of child rapist after review

SC commutes death penalty of child rapist after review

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday in a review case commuted the death sentence of a man named Shukur Ali over the rape and murder of a seven-year old in 1996. This is the first ever case of review by the apex court where it has lowered its own death sentence, said former additional…
Breaches develop in Ctg protection embankment

Breaches develop in Ctg protection embankment

Hundreds of residents in the city’s Patenga coastal areas are passing their days in great fear as at least three points of the town protection embankment have developed breaches following the recent incessant heavy downpour triggered by cyclone ‘Komen’. The dwellers of Patenga fear…
Removing impoverishment involves 
inclusive development

Removing impoverishment involves inclusive development

Digital technology and the use of cyber space have erased frontiers and helped spur economic development throughout the world, particularly over the last decade. We as well as the international community are also more aware of the scourge of poverty due to the use of electronic and social media . We…
Automatic versus mannual traffic signalling

Automatic versus mannual traffic signalling

The DMP authorities declared to members of the public about two months ago that from now on they would allow the automatic signalling lights to control traffic on an experimental basis for a short period of time. Within this period, they would examine how the changed system work to further streamline…
ICT literacy for women can accelerate development: Speakers

ICT literacy for women can accelerate development: Speakers

Speakers at the concluding ceremony of a training course have stressed for ensuring basic ICT literacy for the educated women for turning them into skilled human resources to accelerate national development, reports BSS from Rangpur. They were addressing the concluding ceremony of the fortnight-long…
    Onion price soars to Tk 60 a kg in Dhaka

    Onion price soars to Tk 60 a kg in Dhaka

    The price of onions has soared by Tk 20 per kg in a week in the capital. Sellers are attributing the sudden spurt in price on the incessant rain and high import rate of onions from India.   Onions were sold for Tk 60 to Tk 62 per kg at different kitchen markets in Dhaka yesterday. The price was…
    Kerry assures Gulf allies over Iran deal

    Kerry assures Gulf allies over Iran deal

    AFP, DOHA: US Secretary of State John Kerry met Gulf Arab counterparts for talks in Qatar Monday as he attempts to ease the concerns of key allies over the Iran nuclear deal. On the latest leg of a regional tour, Kerry was to hold discussions with his six counterparts from the Sunni-dominated Gulf Cooperation…
    Bangladesh Cinema steps into 60 yrs

    Bangladesh Cinema steps into 60 yrs

    The first Bengali language feature film ‘Mukh O Mukhosh’ was released on August 3 in 1956; therefore, it marks the completion of 59 long years of journey yesterday and turns 60 this year. In 1953, director Abdul Jabbar Khan started working on the film ‘Mukh O Mukhosh’ under the…
    Keep up consistency, Mushfiq tells boys

    Keep up consistency, Mushfiq tells boys

    Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim warned his side about the challenge of keeping up the consistency, stating that complacency could be distracting as there are still some rooms to improve their performance. He specially advised the young players, who enjoyed greater success right after their debut,…
    Deed writers threaten nationwide strike

    Deed writers threaten nationwide strike

    Central leaders of Bangladesh Deed Writers Association yesterday threatened to call a countrywide strike if the deed writers of Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur, evicted on March 27 this year, are not rehabilitated at the same place. Md Mostafizur Rahman Mallik, joint general secretary of Bangladesh Deed…
    ‘Dhaka ready to implement SDGs’

    �Dhaka ready to implement SDGs�

    A universal document containing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with an objective to end poverty by 2030 was unanimously approved at the United Nations yesterday. The inter-governmental negotiating forum unanimously approved the document styled ‘Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda…
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