The government is likely to reduce the value-added tax (VAT) for the backward linkage of internet service providers to 5 percent with a view to lowering the internet price for the end users.
Month: November 2018
Narsingdi BNP candidate Khairul Kabair Khokon sent to jail
BNP senior joint secretary general and the party’s candidate for Narsingd-1 constituency, Khairul Kabir Khokon, was sent to jail in two cases here on Thursday.
Admit Mainul to BSMMU for medical treatment: HC
The High Court on Thursday asked the jail authorities to admit the former caretaker government adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical treatment.
BNP dysfunctional without Jamaat: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP cannot run without Jamaat-e-Islami which is the big patron of communalism.
UN: Climate change, depleted resources leave world hungry
Feeding a hungry planet is growing increasingly difficult as climate change and depletion of land and other resources undermine food systems, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization said Wednesday as it renewed appeals for better policies and technologies to reach…
HC asks Khoka’s son, daughter to surrender
The High Court on Thursday asked the son and daughter of former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and BNP leader Sadek Hossain Khoka to surrender before the judicial court within four weeks in a case filed by the…
Environment created for participatory election: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Thursday said a competitive and participatory election environment has been created for all to contest the next parliamentary polls.
BNP not to allow war criminals to contest polls
BNP on Thursday said it will not allow any war criminal to contest the 11th parliamentary elections with the ‘Sheaf of Paddy’, the party’s electoral symbol.
COP 24 must be the turning point towards ‘Just Transition’
The next round of global climate negotiations, COP 24, takes place in December. It will need to make rapid progress on implementing the Paris Agreement so as to close the gap between what science requires and what countries are doing.…
Cheers as Mars In Sight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
Cheers and applause erupted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on Mars.
Nepali girl dances for 126 hours to break Guinness World Records
A 17-year-old Nepali girl Bandana Nepal danced for 126 consecutive hours to set the Guinness World Records on “Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual”.
Dohon’ receives uncut censor certificate
Entertainment Desk Jaaz Multimedia’s latest production “Dohon” received uncut certificate from Bangladesh Film Censor Board (BFCB) on Tuesday, according to their official Facebook page.
Rabindra Utshab ends
Entertainment Desk A two-day “Rabindra Utshab” (Rabindra Festival) ended here at the National Museum yesterday.
Ukraine-Russia sea clash: Poroshenko urges Nato to send ships
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged Nato to send ships to the Sea of Azov following a naval confrontation with Russia off Crimea.
EU won’t observe Bd elections – No MEP asked to represent
Press Releases The co-chairs of the European Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election coordination group made the following statement on the forthcoming general elections in Bangladesh.
RU Consumer Youths from new executive committee
Rajshahi, Nov 28 – Securing the slogan ‘Be aware for a better life’ the Consumer Youth-Rajshahi University (CY-RU) formed a new 33-member executive committee for the first time at RU campus on Tuesday evening. The inauguration ceremony was held around 5.30pm…
New sustainable infrastructure coming to 9 cities
Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Montería, Tshwane, Quito, Curitiba, Quezon City, and Dar es Salaam will receive support in implementing sustainable projects. The announcement made at CFFactory conference in Berlin. Berlin, Germany, 28 November 2018 – Nine cities will receive specialist financial advice…
ইসলামী আন্দোলন ৩০০ আসনে মনোনয়নপত্র দাখিল সম্পন্ন
সর্বশেষ তথ্য অনুযায়ী ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ সারাদেশে ৩০০ আসনে মনোনয়নপত্র দাখিল সম্পন্ন করেছে। ইসলামী আন্দোলনের নির্বাচনী এলাকার স্ব স্ব প্রার্থীগণ আজ জমাদানের শেষ দিন পর্যন্ত মনোনয়নপত্র দাখিল সম্পন্ন করেছেন বলে দলের নির্বাচন পরিচালনা বোর্ড নিশ্চিত করেছে। উল্লেখ্য যে, ইসলামী আন্দোলনই…
BNP, its allies submit 1000 nominations
Dhaka, Nov 28 – Around 1,000 aspirants from the major opposition BNP and its allies in both the Jatiya Oikya Front and 20-party alliance submitted nomination papers against all the 300 constituencies before their respective returning officers to contest the…
61 Jamaat leaders submit nominations
Dhaka, Nov 28 – A total of 61 leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, a major partner in the BNP-led 20-party alliance on Wednesday submitted nomination papers to contest the forthcoming general elections, according to party sources.
Khoka, three others given 10 years in prison for graft
Dhaka, Nov 28 – A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced four people including the former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP leader Sadek Hossain Khoka to 10 years imprisonment in a case filed for alleged corruption in leasing…
আতাউল্লাহ ইবনে হাফেজ্জী হুজুর ঢাকা-2 আসনে মনোনয়নপত্র জমা দেন
আজ বুধবার ২৯ আগষ্ট দুপুরে খেলাফত আন্দোলনের আমীরে শরীয়ত মাওলানা আতাউল্লাহ ইবনে হাফেজ্জী হুজুর ঢাকা-2 আসনে মনোনয়নপত্র জমা দিলেন।
Mushfiqur escapes injury scare ahead of final Test against Windies
Dhaka – Mushqiur Rahim, the linchpin of Bangladesh batting-line, escaped an injury scare after getting his hand hurt during the practice session at the Indoor Practice Ground in Mirpur.
3056 candidates submit nominations to contest Bd election
265 in 20 seats of capital Dhaka Dhaka, Nov 28– A total of 3056 candidates, including 265 in 20 seats of capital Dhaka, have submitted their nomination papers across the country to contest the upcoming general election in 300 seats…
East Zone score 314/4 against South Zone on Day-1
Dhaka – Islami Bank East Zone, riding on a century by national coloured batsman Shamsur Rahman, scored 314 runs for 4 in 90 overs in the first innings on the first day of the four-day 2nd round match of the…
Premier Basketball: Hornets SC emerge unbeaten champions
Dhaka – Hornets Sporting Club clinched the UniMed UniHealth Metropolis Premier Division Basketball League title with unbeaten record beating Rangers Club by 63-50 points in the last match at the Dhanmondi wooden floor gymnasium here on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka defence chief held over murders
Sri Lanka’s top military officer has been remanded in custody, accused of covering up civil war-era murders. Chief of Defence Staff Ravindra Wijeguneratne appeared in court after warrants for his arrest were issued. Prosecutors say he protected the main suspect,…
Dictionary.com chooses ‘misinformation’ as word of the year
Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen Monday as Dictionary.com’s word of the year on the tattered coattails of “toxic,” picked earlier this month for the same honor by Oxford Dictionaries in these tumultuous times.
Gene-editing work a failure of self-regulation: US biologist
A leader of an international conference on gene editing said Wednesday that the work of a Chinese scientist who claims to have helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies showed a failure of self-regulation among scientists.
‘Dhaka’s micro climate degrading fast for lack of action’
Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday opined that due to lack of proper action plan Dhaka city’s micro climate situation is rapidly degrading which has a big impact on its development and habitation.