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Local phone makers deny NEIR-linked price hikes, blame rising global component costs

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- Local mobile handset manufacturers have rejected allegations that they are raising prices by exploiting the implementation of the National Equipment Identification Register (NEIR), di... Read More


Online VAT service goes live, 3 firms get instant refunds

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched an online system for value-added tax (VAT) refunds to ease the long-standing hassles businesses face in claiming refunds. Three busin... Read More


Bangladesh begins unloading first shipment of US corn since 2018

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- Bangladesh has received its first consignment of corn from the United States since 2018. The process of unloading the shipment started at 11:20am on Wednesday at a jetty on the Karna... Read More


Anisul, Dipu, Salman shown arrested in July Uprising attempted murder case in Badda

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- Former law minister Anisul Huq, former social welfare minister Dipu Moni and Sheikh Hasina's advisor Salman F Rahman have been formally arrested in an attempted murder case linked to ... Read More


BNP brings in three retired army officers for Tarique Rahman's security

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has appointed three retired army officers as directors in the security team of its acting chairman Tarique Rahman. The appointments were announ... Read More


JnUCSU polls: What Chhatra Dal and Shibir VP candidates said after voting

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- Vice-president (VP) candidates from the two panels backed by Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir have expressed confidence about their chances of the university's centra... Read More


EU delegation meets Tarique on free, fair polls

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- A European Union delegation has met BNP acting chief Tarique Rahman to discuss ensuring a free and fair national election. The meeting took place on Tuesday night at the party chief'... Read More


Trader assaulted during student union election at Jagannath University

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- A trader has been assaulted at the main gate of Dhaka's Jagannath University during voting in the university's first-ever central students' union election. The incident occurred arou... Read More


A battery plant operates next to a primary school in Narsingdi. Its smoke has turned lessons into a daily health risk

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- Every day, pupils at Purandia Government Primary School in Narsingdi's Shibpur Upazila arrive for lessons only to find the air thick with smoke. Next to the school's boundary wall st... Read More


Islami Andolan alarmed over fairness over 'uneven' election playing field

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- Islami Andolan Bangladesh has expressed concern that the national election may not be fair, warning of what it described as an uneven playing field for candidates and parties. Speaki... Read More