Turkey said on Monday that any foreign intervention in neighbouring Iran would lead to greater crises in the country and the region, and it called for US and Iranian negotiations to resolve existing problems. Iran is facing its biggest demonstrations since 2022 and US President Donald Trump has th
In a strategic move to bolster the nation’s export earnings, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced a comprehensive package of export incentives and cash assistance across 43 different sectors. The Foreign Exchange Policy Department-1 on Monday issued a circular detailing the rates applicable fo
Rapid Pass and MRT Passes for metro rail and other public transport systems can now be recharged online through a mobile app. Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant for the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges Sheik Moinuddin inaugurated the service at the conference room of the Dhaka Transport
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday said that expatriate Bangladeshis are showing a strong and encouraging response to the online income tax return (e-return) system, even though it is not mandatory for them. According to an NBR press release, around 45.53 lakh taxpayers have registered
Independent candidate Rumeen Farhana has alleged that members of parliament siphon off half of the government development allocations meant for their constituencies, leaving only a fraction for actual work. Addressing a views-exchange meeting on Monday afternoon in Ward No. 2 of Panishor Union in
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Monday held a meeting with Ameer of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Maulana Muhammad Mamunul Haque. The hour-long meeting took place at around 2:00 pm today at the Khelafat Majlish Ameer’s office in Mohammadpur, said a press release. During t
The government has appointed Ikhtiar Uddin Mohammad Mamun as the new head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU). According to a notification issued today (Monday) by the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance, Ikhtiar, who previously served as a Tax Commissioner
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has pledged to put in place safeguards to ensure that what he described as “election robbery” can never happen again, after a high-level inquiry concluded that the country’s last three national elections were systematically manipulated to kee
A Dhaka court has fixed January 15 for a hearing on the acceptance of charges submitted in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman bin Hadi. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam set the date on Monday after the plaintiff, Inqilab Moncho member secretary
Employment continues to rank among the top concerns for citizens in Bangladesh, with growing expectations that political parties will present clear and actionable plans ahead of the upcoming national election, speakers said at a dialogue. The dialogue was jointly organized by Democracy Internation
It would be the end of NATO if the US took Greenland by force and European Union member states are under obligation to come to Denmark's assistance if it was faced with military aggression, the European Commissioner for Defence and Space said on Monday. Trump has said the must own Greenland,
The Election Commission on Monday allowed 41 previously rejected aspirants to contest the February 12 national election after hearings, while a Jamaat candidate for Chattogram-9 was declared invalid and a BNP aspirant for Sherpur-2 was kept pending. But the EC, as the Electoral Appeal Tribunal tur
