The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) wants to conduct Value Added Tax (VAT) collection drive for the National Board of Revenue (NBR). The law enforcement agency also proposed to revise the current mobile court act in this connection.
NBR collects VAT under...
Bangladesh investment summit begins Sunday
The two-day Bangladesh investment and policy summit 2016 begins in Dhaka on Sunday to showcase private sector investment opportunities in the country's key sectors.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is exepcted to formally inaugurate the summit at hotel...
Move to replace household piped gas with LPG
Against the backdrop of the country's fast declining gas reserve, the energy division has initiated a move to introduce liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) within the next two or three years by phasing out the existing piped natural gas for household consumption.
According...
"Border closure to cost EU 3b euros a year"
Adding border checks to Europe's passport-free area would cost 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) a year in lost business, the bloc's chief executive said on Wednesday, seeking to reinforce a message that impulsive measures to curb migrant flows would...
Use CSR funds to eradicate poverty: Atiur
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman on Wednesday urged banks and corporate houses to come forward with corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds to eradicate poverty.
He was speaking at the ‘Dissemination and Report Handover Ceremony...
Pakistan court acquits Musharraf of rebel leader’s killing
A Pakistani court Monday acquitted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2006 killing of a Baloch rebel leader, one of three legal cases he faced after returning from exile, lawyers said.
The decision Monday was the first significant ruling...
5 French military men killed in Alps avalanche
Five French Foreign Legionnaires were killed Monday in an avalanche as they were on a training exercise in the French Alps, police sources said.
Another six were injured near the resort of Valfrejus, with one in intensive care in hospital after suffering...
