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NBR gives individual taxpayers another month, until Mar 31, to file FY2026 returns

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Individual taxpayers will get another month to file returns as the National Board of Revenue has pushed the deadline to file the returns to Mar 31 for the 2025-26 financial year amid... Read More


Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 opens in Dhaka, PM proposes 'international' status

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- After weeks of uncertainty over schedule and publishers' dispute, the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 has opened at the Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman i... Read More


Masudur Rahman, sent back from Malaysia, to be grilled for suspected ties to terrorism

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- A Man returned from Malaysia, Masudur Rahman, will be interrogated in police custody for two days over suspected ties to extremist groups. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana a... Read More


Justice AKM Asaduzzaman bids farewell to Appellate Division, bench strength drops to five

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice AKM Asaduzzaman has formally retired from office. As he turns 67 on Feb 28, the constitutional retirement age, the court will remain closed ... Read More


Six critically burnt in Cox's Bazar gas station explosion moved to Chattogram hospital

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Six people injured in a gas filling station explosion in Cox's Bazar have been admitted to the burn unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital. Associate Professor Dr Rafiq Uddin A... Read More


Dhaka court orders authorities to pursue seizure of former minister Javed's 518 UK flats

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- A Dhaka court has ordered authorities to take steps to seize 518 flats in the United Kingdom owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, as part of a widening investig... Read More


PM Tarique says politicising education, research and arts undermines civilised society

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called for a concerted effort to build a liberal democratic state, emphasising that politicising education, research, and the arts is never a hallma... Read More


Gas leak triggers Cox's Bazar blast, 15 injured

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- At least 15 people have been burnt in an explosion and fire at a newly built gas station in Cox's Bazar's Kalatoli. The blast occurred around 10:30pm on Wednesday at N Alam Filling ... Read More


Tk 860mn loan rescheduling by new Governor Mostaqur's garment factory under spotlight

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) restructured a defaulted loan of Tk 860 million belonging to the garment factory of the newly appointed Bangladesh Bank Governor Md Mostaqur Rahman approx... Read More


DU metro rail station closed for 2 hours on Thursday

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The Dhaka University metro rail station is going to remain closed for two hours to avoid inconvenience to passengers during the prime minister's visit to the book fair. Metro Rail P... Read More