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Model commits suicide
Sabira Hossain (21), a model, committed suicide at her rented flat in the city's Rupnagar area early yesterday. Before committing suicide, she posted some video clips on a social networking site with sharp knives, telling her boyfriend that she would kill herself. She also worked as a sales executive…
Call for 70pc excise tax on all cigarettes
Urging the government to impose a specific excise tax by 70 per cent on all kinds of cigarettes, anti-tobacco campaigners in the capital yesterday demanded removal of price slabs of cigarettes during taxation in the upcoming budget. The demand came from a press conference held at the National Press…
Roanu: Lessons to
be learnt
Four days ago the cyclonic storm Roanu passed over parts of the coastal belt in southern Bangladesh killing at least 24 people while injuring many more. The battering storm has also caused huge loss of properties. But then again since time immemorial we have been battling with large scale natural disasters.…
Stock Exchange - Demutualisation and beyond
The days in 1996 still flashes through my memory. I was working for a foreign bank in the same street where the Dhaka Stock Exchange Building is located. The frenzy, the expectation among the traders/investors (mainly traders) was so infectious that the whole street covering more than two kilometres…
Youth held with pistol, bullets in C’nawabganj
Police arrested a young man along with a pistol, one magazine and four rounds of bullet from Panero Rashia area in Shibganj upazila early yesterday, reports UNB from Chapainawabganj. The arrestee was identified as Sohel Rana, 22, son of Belal Maisar, a resident of the village. Mahfuz Alam, sub-inspector…
CAB opposes 15pc flat VAT rate on all sectors
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) said new VAT Act that would come into effect from July 1 where the 15 per cent flat VAT rate for all sectors will be applicable instead of different rates is unrealistic. The observation of CAB came at a press conference on recommendations by CAB on ensuring…
Greece starts evacuating squalid Idomeni migrant camp
AFP, IDOMENI, Greece: Hundreds of Greek police Tuesday began clearing the overcrowded Idomeni camp, a migrant flashpoint where thousands of desperate refugees have been living for months in squalid conditions. The overcrowded and muddy camp on the Macedonia border has become a potent symbol of the human…
Nazrul Academy celebrating poet’s birth anniv thru 4-day festival
Nazrul Academy has organised a four-day festival at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to mark the 117th birth anniversary of National poet Kazi Nazrul Islam as well as the 45th founding anniversary of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, both to be observed today. Noted singer Syed…
Prime Doleshwar regain top spot
Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club moved to the top spot of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) yesterday on a rain-hit day when the other two matches were postponed. Doleshwar took their points to 12 after comprehensively annihilated Kalabagan Cricket Academy by 49 runs as per Duckworth Lewis (D/L) Method at…
Roanu aftermath: Navy joins rescue, relief ops
Along with conducting search and rescue operations, the Bangladesh Navy has been distributing food, medicines, drinking water and other relief materials to Roanu-affected people, especially in Kutubdia, Moheshkhali and adjacent areas, since Monday. A naval officer engaged in the operations said at least…
Desco eyes joint venture pre-paid meter plant
The Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (Desco) has invited expressions of interest (EoIs) from international pre-paid meter manufacturers to establish a joint venture (JV) pre-paid meter production plant in Bangladesh. The last date for submission of EoIs is June 13 this year. Among the five state-owned…
Trump paid $0 in tax in 1981, but will his supporters care?
Calls for Donald Trump to release his taxes and accusations that the real estate mogul is hiding something that could undergird his promises to reform corporate tax practices if he becomes president took a thornier turn Thursday. A 1981 report by New Jersey gambling regulators uncovered by The Washington…
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