The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday demanded withdrawal of the excise duty on bank accounts and reduction of value added tax (VAT) to a tolerable level in the proposed budget for the 2017–18 financial year. “We demand withdrawal of excise duty on bank accounts and reduction…

Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance train tickets today on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, reports UNB. Tickets for June 21 journeys will be available from Monday while for June 22 on June 13, for June 23 on June 14, for June 24 on June 15 and June…

Dhaka is aware of the row between Riyadh and Doha over Qatar’s alleged link with terrorism which led Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain and the Maldives, a country belonging to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), to sever diplomatic ties with that country.…

A Rajshahi bound Biman Bangladesh flight made a safe landing yesterday at Hazrat Shahjalal Airport with a punctured tyre. All of the 72 passengers and the cabin crews are unhurt and safe, informed the Biman official. The flight BG-431 started its journey from Dhaka for Rajshahi at 2:20  pm yesterday.…

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second son of the late deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, is said to have been freed under an amnesty, in a move which…