Dhaka, April 5 -- Describing the country's tax-to-GDP ratio as "unsatisfactory", Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir has called for expanding the tax net rather than increasing tax rates to boo... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- The government has appointed Mahdi Amin, an advisor to the prime minister, and Abu Abdullah M Saleh, widely known as Saleh Shibli, the prime minister's press secretary, as official s... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- A Chattogram court has sentenced five people to death in connection with a murder of student Fasiur Rahman Shaon 19 years ago. The verdict was delivered by Chittagong Additional Dis... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- The country's premier bourse has extended its downward slide on the first trading day of the week, as persistent selling pressure dragged both the index and turnover lower. On Sunda... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has scheduled Apr 19 for the charge-framing hearing of former lawmaker Shamim Osman and 11 others for alleged crimes against humanity during t... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- A government push to conserve electricity amid a fuel crunch has collided with the reality of Dhaka's retail economy, where traders say the clock -- not consumption -- has been targe... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- Formal charges have been filed against 22 individuals at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) regarding crimes against humanity over the killing of six people, including Chhatra D... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- Police have arrested a man in Chattogram's Patiya who they believe used his academic background in computer science to doctor images with top politicians, including the prime ministe... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- A Dhaka court has granted bail to two suspects in the brutal "lynching" of Tofazzal Hossain at a Dhaka University hall following their surrender. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magis... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- US Ambassador Brent T Christensen has presented a replica of the White House and two historic photographs to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman during their meeting. The meeting took pla... Read More