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Gas erupts from tube well pit in Netrokona

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- A village in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrokona has witnessed an unusual phenomenon as gas started erupting from a tube well pit. Residents even used the gas for cooking for two days b... Read More


NCP opposes outsourcing textbook printing abroad

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- The labour wing of the National Citizen Party (NCP) on Sunday urged the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) to abandon any plan to outsource textbook printing abroad. The ... Read More


ICCB team to attend ICC congress in Australia

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- An 11-member delegation from ICC Bangladesh, led by President Mahbubur Rahman, departed for Melbourne, Australia on Sunday to participate in the ICC's 14th World Chambers Congress (W... Read More


IMED finds serious malfunction, irregularities

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- Various irregularities and large-scale malfunction have been found in the Department of Primary Education's (DPE) mid-day meal distribution programme in 35 districts across the count... Read More


Jute prices hit record high

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- The price of raw jute has hit a record high this harvesting season due to growing demand both at home and abroad. Farmers are happy with better prices, but jute factories are strugg... Read More


35pc taxpayers in 41 zones each skipped filing

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- Around 35 per cent of taxpayers in each of the 41 tax zones across the country did not file tax returns in the last fiscal year despite having the taxpayer identification number (TIN... Read More


Polls in time in free, fair, manner, CA reaffirms

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- Chief Adviser of the interim government on Sunday reassured Bangladesh's political parties that the next election would be held in a free, fair and festive manner as per preannounced... Read More


Election on time, JP ban not discussed, says Fakhrul

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- Reassured in Sunday's consultation with Chief Adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus, BNP Secretary- General Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the election would be held in due... Read More


NBR official Jannatul Ferdous Mitu suspended over misconduct in record handover

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday suspended its official Jannatul Ferdous Mitu and placed her on special duty as an assistant tax commissioner of Tax Zone-5, Dhaka, follo... Read More


Move to procure some essentials for its Ramadan sales drive

Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- The government has planned to procure some commodities in advance for its sales drive of essentials in the next Ramadan, aiming to support 10 million low-income families, sources sai... Read More