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Tax waiver for Indian firm

Indian company Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), the contractor for the 1,320-MW coal-based power plant under construction in Rampal, is going to get a tax exemption for bringing machinery and equipment for the plant. The decision was taken during a meeting at the finance ministry on Sunday. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith presided over the meeting.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will approve the move in favour of BHEL and the owner of the plant, Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Co. Ltd (BIFPCL), very soon, said sources present at the meeting. BIFPCL was earlier exempted from paying VAT for 10 years as it was implementing a fast-track project of the government. The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and the National Thermal…

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Ashraf hauls JSD over coals

Ruling Awami League General Secretary and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam yesterday…

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News

Opposition main target of nationwide crackdown, alleges BNP

The BNP has claimed that more than 2,100 leaders and activists of the party have been arrested during the nationwide anti-militancy crackdown underway. “More than 7,000 people have so far been arrested in connection with targeted killings by militants. Over 2,100 of them are BNP leaders…

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Metro

96pc of CMP cops lives in rented houses

The accommodation crisis in the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has compelled its members to live in rented houses among common people. There is a major risk factor involved in this, particularly after an SP’s wife was murdered in Chittagong. It is found that 96 per cent members of…

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Editorial

Orlando nightclub killings

An American-born man who is reported to have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State had gunned down at least some 50 people while injuring many more on early Sunday at a gay nightclub in Florida’s Orlando. Given the scale and number of victims it is the deadliest attack on a mass gathering in…

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Op-ed

Justice for Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique

It has been more than a month Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique was murdered – murdered in broad daylight, in a city where every three or four years one professor meets this fate, in a country where once or twice in every month someone meets this fate but nobody gets justice. So why am I writing…

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Miscellaneous

‘Proposed budget will help implement Vision 20121’

Treasury bench members yesterday described the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2016-17 as timely, pragmatic and pro-people, which would be of immense beneficial for the nation by way of implementing the Vision 2021 by further cutting poverty down to a significant level, reports BSS. Taking…

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Business

Inflation hits 10-year low in May

Bangladesh witnessed the lowest inflationary pressure in 10 years in May. The point-to-point inflation came down to 5.45 per cent, mainly due to slight decreases in both food and non-food inflation. "The general point-to-point inflation rate eased further to 5.45 percentage point in May, which…

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Worldwide

UN rights chief slams increasing migrant detention in Europe

AFP, GENEVA: The UN’s human rights chief voiced alarm Monday at the increasing detention of migrants in Europe, including unaccompanied children, amid widespread anti-migrant rhetoric across the continent. As Europe faces its biggest migration crisis since the aftermath of World War II, UN rights…

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Dhakalive

Mahfuz, Richi Solaiman together in ‘Kagojer Bhul’

Audience-admired actor-director Mahfuz Ahmed and popular actress Richi Solaiman will be seen together in a telefilm titled ‘Kagojer Bhul’, written by Mezbahuddin Sumon and directed by Nazrul Islam Raju. The shooting of the telefilm has already begun and director Nazrul Islam Raju mentioned…

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Sports

Muktis gun down giants Ctg Abahani

Chittagong Abahani Limited, one of the favourites for the title, are on the verge of elimination from the group stage of the Walton Federation Cup football tournament when they suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra yesterday. Held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium,…

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Nationwide

Rubber dam scheme to bring 7,500ha under irrigation

RAJSHAHI: T he ever largest rubber dam scheme in the country is going to be constructed in Mohananda River in Chapainawabganj district in order to bring back its navigability and more than 7,500 hectares of land under irrigation, reports BSS. Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has finalised a…

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34 ‘militants’ among 3,245 held

Law enforcers arrested 3,245 people from different parts of the country on the third day of the anti-militancy and anti-terror drive. Among them, 34 were suspected members of militant groups, according to information disclosed by the Police Headquarters. With yesterday’s arrests, the number of…

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Panorama

Trump and Clinton: Contrasts in Orlando response

For Donald Trump, Sunday's mass shooting in Florida was a moment to redouble his call for tougher action against terrorism and to take credit for "being right" about the threat. For Hillary Clinton, it was a time to choose words carefully and reiterate her call for keeping "weapons…

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