DHAKA: National Board of Revenue (NRB) has taken decision to collect tax at source from the foreign consultancy firms engaged in several development projects in the country. These firms will have to pay 5 percent tax at source either before the signing the project deals or during the

DHAKA: The third session of 10th National Parliament will began on September 1. The session can continue from seven to 15 working days. Nine bills are expected to be tabled in the parliament during the session. The bill includes High-Tech Park Authority (amendment) bill, DNA bill and

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court framed charge against 13 members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-Al Islami (Huji), including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, for bomb explosion on a CPB rally at Paltan in the city. Dhaka third additional metropolitan judge Md Imrul Kayes passed the order

KISHOREGANJ: Three people were killed and 25 others injured in a road crash in Baratia area under Pakundia upazila of the district on Thursday morning.Of the deceased, one was identified as Swapon, a businessman. Police and local sources said that a Dhaka-bound passenger bus collided

MANIKGANJ: Two kids were killed in a road accident at Garadia bus stand under Singair Upazila on Thursday noon. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of Singair Thana Syeduzzaman said, “A rashly driven truck

DHAKA: An articulated bus of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) caught fire in-front of Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Thursday noon. On information, four firefighting units rushed to the spot and are trying to douse the fire.  Confirming the matter, Airport

DHAKA: Abdul Awal Thaukur, assistant editor of Bengali newspaper Daily Inqilab, was rescued an hour after he was kidnapped at gunpoint from Kalabagan of the city on Thursday. A patrol team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police also detained several kidnapers and seized a private car. A reporter

KUSHTIA: The law enforcers started drive to evict Illegal establishments adjacent to Shilaidaha Kuthibari of the district on Thursday morning.  Local administration is conducting the drive, started around 8:00am, in presence of Joint Secretary of Cultural Affairs Ministry.   A total

CHITTAGONG: A man was killed and two others were injured as an express train hit a truck at level crossing in city gate area of the port city on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Sajib, 6, helper of the truck driver.     Sources said that Nasirabad Express train,

DHAKA: The day of the deadly grenade attack on Awami League rally on the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004 has come once again.That attack was apparently targeted to kill Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader and now the incumbent Prime Minster, who nearly ended her

DHAKA: Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu opined that August 21 was the new version of August 15. The minister came up with the assertion while addressing candle-lighting programme in front of Awami League office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the city early Thursday. He said that the then

DHAKA: Music Director Shawkat Ali Emon has been arrested with the allegation of releasing nude pictures and video from his Bailey road residence in the city early Thursday. Police detained him as per allegation by his “so-called wife” Jinat Kabir.Ramna thana duty officer Mazurul

MALAYSIA: A Bangladeshi worker living in Malaysia died of a cardiac arrest in Mozart of Johor Bahru in Malaysia on Monday.  The deceased was identified as Abdullah-Al-Mamun Rasel, 30, son of Abdur Rahim, hailed from Deuyalia village under Daganbhuiyan of Feni district.  Feni Somity

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Shamsuzzoha on five-day remand in a case filed under Information Technology Act for commenting odiously about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Metropolitan Magistrate Erfan Ullah passed the remand order as the DB police produced Shamsuzzoha before

GAIBANDHA: A housewife and his mother-in-law were electrocuted at Dakhhin Chapadaha village of Sadar upazila in the district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Manikjan Begum, 40, wife of Jelhaque Bepari and his mother-in-law Delbanu Bagum, 65, wife of Rabi Sheikh of the

DHAKA: Performing hajj for some 581 people has become uncertain due to inconsistencies in their names and addresses. Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Religious Affairs Bajlul Haque Harun made the disclosure on Wednesday. He said, “Out of thousands of

BOGRA: A journalist was killed and four other journalists were injured in a road accident in Dhankundi area in Sherpur upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abu Bakar Siddique, general secretary of Faridpur Press Club of Pabna district. The

LALMONIRHAT: A Lalmonirhat court on Wednesday awarded life-time imprisonment to three people in a murder case in the district.The convicts were also fined Tk 25,000.The convicts are Ashraful Islam Tufan, 35, son of Abdus Sattar, Faridul Islam, 25, son of Abdur Rahim, and Jubayed Hossain

DHAKA: Bodies of three Bangladeshi construction workers, who were killed on Monday when a concrete span collapsed to ground in Kota Damansara area of Malaysia, arrived home on Thursday morning. A flight of Biman Bangladesh airlines DG-087, carrying the bodies, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal

DHAKA: The law enforcers freed Garments Sramik Oikya Federation leader Mosrefa Mishu on Wednesday night hours after her detention. Officer-in-Charge MA Jalil of Badda Police Station confirmed the matter to banglanews. He said she was released around 8:00pm. Earlier in the day, police