DOT Desk The government is set to fix the net bank borrowing target at Tk 22 billion for December to finance budget deficit partly ahead of the general election, officials said, reports The Financial Express. It may take up to Tk 136 billion as gross borrowing from the banking system in December by issuing treasury…
UNB A listed drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Shaplapur Puranpara area of Teknaf upazila earlu Saturday. The deceased was identified as Habib Ullah Habib, 35, son of Mohammad Hossain and also listed in the Home Ministry’s drug traders’ list.
DOT Desk The number of tax return submission has increased by 40 per cent in the past two years, said Sirajul Islam, acting chairman National Board of Revenue (NBR), reports The financial Express. He gave the information while addressing an event organised by the NBR marking Income Tax Day on Friday, reports bdnews24.com. According to…
Anwar Hussain of DOT : A man was killed and more than 150 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Tabligh-Jamaat over establishing supremacy on Ijtema ground in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, yesterday. Tongi East Police OC Kamal Hossian confirmed that Ismail Mondol, 65, hailing from Rampal union of Munshiganj…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has accused the government of initiating an ‘ugly cyber war’ against the party with public money before the 30 national election. “They (ruling party) have indulged in a bad campaign in an organised way against Tarique Rahman to impede the movement for…
Arafat Hasan of DOT : Eminent photographer Anwar Hossain was found dead at a hotel in Dhaka’s Panthapath area yesterday morning, according to a report by The Daily Star. On receiving information, police broke open the door of room No. 809 of Olio Dream Haven around 11:30am and found his body lying on the bed,…
Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder speaks to DOT : The Election Commission (EC) has been unable to win over the trust of the people regarding the upcoming 11th National Parliamentary Election. It is yet to be seen whether the EC will be able to come out of its instability. If it is to gain the people’s…
Dr. Foqan Uddin Ahmed writes for DOT Terrorism used as a strategy by groups out of power to attain their goals has a long history, as old as warfare itself. Thomas schelling in Arms and influence documents how the use of violence to terrorize and intimidate is an ancient tactic. He notes examples of violence…
Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury speaks to DOT : The pro-liberation forces will always remember Bir Pratik Taramon Bibi for her courageous role in the Liberation War. The anti-liberation forces and the people who do not love the War of Independence will not love and remember her. The conscious section of the young generation will follow in…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, was a steadfast force on the international stage for decades, from his stint as an envoy to Beijing to his eight years as vice president and his one term as commander in chief from…