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Muhith adamant on 15pc VAT

Finance minister AMA Muhith yesterday took a U-turn, deciding to retain the existing 15 per cent value added tax (VAT) in the next budget, though he had promised to reduce it and issue a public circular. “The 15 per cent uniform VAT will not affect the prices of essentials, as many necessary items will be kept out of its purview,” he said. Muhith said the VAT rate would remain unchanged since it has been continuing for a long time. “I could reduce VAT very nominally but it would create a big problem,” he added. Responding on a question regarding the size of the next budget, he said it will be a little over Tk. 4 lakh crore. “I will not disclose the exact figure,” he said, adding, “We will increase the…

Front Page

AL happy, allies not

The Awami League (AL) is happy with the removal of the statue of Lady Justice from the Supreme Court…

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News

Global leaders laud Bangladesh for disaster management

The global leaders lauded activities of disaster-prone Bangladesh taken for overall disaster management, reports UNB. They also praised Dhaka Declaration held in Bangladesh in 2015. The MPs of different countries including Japan, Italy, European Union, Thailand, Mexico, and Australia praised initiatives…

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Metro

Students block highway

At least 10 students of the Jahangirnagar University, a police man and a journalist were injured in a police attack when the agitated students of the university blocked Dhaka Aricha highway. The injured are Hafizur Rahman, university JU correspondent of Jagonews24.com, chief security officer of the…

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Editorial

Ramadan Mubarak

The holy month of Ramadan is about to dawn in the entire Muslim world. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and sensual activities from dawn until sunset. Pertinently, Ramadan is one of the five pillars…

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Op-ed

Rejoice with caution

This is India’s second victory over Pakistan in one month. Quite expectedly and understandably Pakistan is hopping mad. The first was earlier this month when India had approached the International Court of Justice or ICJ accusing Pakistan of violating the Vienna Convention and conducting a "farcical…

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Miscellaneous

Govt fooling people with ‘wrong’ GDP statistics: BNP

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government is trying to fool the country's people by spreading wrong statistics about the country's economic growth, reports UNB. "The government is carrying out a campaign that Bangladesh is now on the crest of…

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Business

Digital dreams

Few big businesses today can afford to do without an e-tail site of their own. But 26 years ago, the pioneers of the World Wide Web (WWW) were not looking for a way to make money. The internet is now a global phenomenon. It has become a second nature for people to check out products, their prices, and…

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Worldwide

13 dead as Taliban car bomber hits Afghan militia

KHOST: A Taliban car bomber killed 13 people in Afghanistan's Khost city on Saturday, in the first major attack at the start of the holy month of Ramadan that targeted a CIA-funded militia group, reports AFP. The powerful explosion in the eastern Afghan city, which also wounded six people including…

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Dhakalive

Shilpakala celebrates Rebel Poet’s 118th birth anniversary

Celebrating the Rebel Poet’s 118th birth anniversary, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) organised an elaborate programme featuring musical soiree, recitation and dance presentations on May 25 at the National Theatre Hall of the academy. The celebration was a lively affair with a colourful cultural…

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Sports

Tamim ton helps Tigers rack up gigantic 341 against Pakistan

Opener Tamim Iqbal smashed a sublime 102 as Bangladesh racked up a gigantic 341 for nine against Pakistan in their first warm-up game for the ICC Champions Trophy at Edgbaston, Birmingham yesterday. It was Bangladesh’s highest total in any kind of cricket against any Test nation, a feat that was…

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Nationwide

Char people bring out procession against land acquisition plan

Braving insistent rain, thousands of ‘char’ (river island) people brought out a huge procession from Joy Bangla Bazar in Mymensingh sadar upazila on Friday afternoon in protest against the “motivated” land acquisition for works undertaken by the Mymensingh division.The procession,…

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Power situation improves as big plants begin generation

The power situation has improved, as the big plants have begun generating electricity before Ramadan. Sources said the government yesterday shut down factories of the Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (KAFCO) and the Jamuna Fertilizer Company Limited (JFCL) to increase gas supply to power plants that feed…

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Panorama

The last guardians of a python spirit

Near an enchanted forest on a tiny island in the middle of Uganda’s Lake Victoria, live the last remaining guardians of a spirit that takes the form of a python. Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, the Ssese Islands, a lush, white-sand archipelago of 84 islands, were inhabited by the Abassese…

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