Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the 7.5pc value added tax (VAT) on the tuition fees of private universities, and medical and engineering colleges will not be withdrawn. He made it clear that the decision will not be changed no matter whatever movement the students go for. The minister said…

Miscreants set off two crude bombs during a meeting of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam with a college governing body in Charghat upazila yesterday night. However, no one was injured in the blasts, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Charghat Police Station Alamgir Hossain said the two…

A Dhaka court yesterday placed two ‘members of banned Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team’ on an eight-day remand each in connection with the murder of blogger Niladri Chatterjee Niloy. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Molla Saiful Islam passed the order after Inspector Mahbubur Rahman…

The death toll in the shooting in Badda area of the capital on Thursday night has risen to three after another Awami League leader, who was shot at, died in a private hospital yesterday morning. The deceased, identified as Mahbubur Rahman Gama, was the Awami League Dhaka City (North) unit’s Assistant…