Retail electricity prices may increase by 10 per cent, as the finance minister has imposed a 15 per cent value added tax (VAT) on electricity bills from 1 July. Consumers currently pay 5 per cent VAT. However, according to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), if the government adjusts the basic power…

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think-tank, fears the new budget would impose a tax burden on the lower- and middle-income people.…

The police found a huge cache of 62 submachine guns (SMGs), rocket launchers, explosives, and ammunition in a lake in Narayanganj yesterday. Inspector…

A mob torched over 100 houses in Langadu upazila of Rangamati yesterday over the killing of a local leader of Juba League, the youth organization of ruling-Awami League. Four people were also injured, reports UNB from Rangamati. To avert further trouble, the local administration imposed section 144…

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson made exactly 100 before rain saw his side's Champions Trophy opener against Australia at Edgbaston yesterday end…