Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- In addition to reducing 5 percent value-added tax, or VAT, on cook edible oil imports, the government has now fully exempted VAT on cooking oil at production and trading levels. The... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked four maritime ports to keep distant cautionary signal No. 1 hoisted as a low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has developed into ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Rashiduzzaman Moral, the former lawmaker from the Khulna-6 seat, has been arrested amid the detention of Awami League MPs and ministers after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- The interim government has assigned new responsibilities to 10 police officers who were recently promoted to the rank of additional inspector general in a major shake-up. Among them... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- The Dhaka Mirpur-10 metro rail station, which was damaged during the violence surrounding the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, has finally reopened to the public. According to ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Abdur Razzaque and Faruk Khan, two former ministers in the Awami League administration, have been remanded for two days each for interrogation in police custody in separate cases. T... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Eight more people have died of dengue while 1,108 more patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. The Directorate ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, or BFIU, has frozen the bank accounts of Workers Party President and former minister Rashed Khan Menon, and singer and former Awami League... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- There is a need to reduce electronic waste as well as popularise and encourage the use of the recycling sector in Bangladesh, says Environment Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan. She made ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has announced that the Mirpur-10 metro rail station, which was damaged amid the violence surrounding the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, ... Read More