Tahmeed Taha NBR has claimed that Mobile operator Robi Axiata Ltd has evaded Tk 926 crore in value-added tax (VAT) on interconnection charge, VAT on merger fees, spectrum charge and Withholding VAT and VAT at source during the period from January 2012 to December 2016. According to the demand notices sent by the Large-Taxpayers Unit…
The Guardian, UK: The number of children put on to local authority care plans because their parents have been accused of emotional abuse has soared over the past decade, research has found, amid warnings that some families are being broken up without justification. Analysis of national care statistics shows that the use of “emotional abuse”…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Oikyafront leader Sultan Mohammad Mansur, who was elected from Moulvibazar-2 constituency in the December 30 national election, has said that he would take oath and join the parliament, reports The Daily Star. “I will take oath at appropriate time after recovering from my illness,” Mansur said. Mansur took part in…
Reuters: China’s Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday that 134 hogs had died from African swine fever in Xuancheng city of eastern Anhui province, bringing the total number of outbreaks in China over the past month to six. Xuancheng city is around 70 km (45 miles) southeast of Wuhu city, where another African swine fever…
Tara Sattar Actor Reaz is actively involved in “Green Dhaka”, a group in Dhaka that has taken up a few projects in order to fight the climate change. The temperature is rising. Diseases are also increasing. In such situation, the initiative is going all out to fight in whatever way they can. “Green Dhaka” has…
Tech Explorist Elon Musk, the founder, CEO and lead designer of SpaceX wants to have humans on Mars in the next few decades. His desire is to colonize Mars so the human species can be conserved in the event of a third world war. In spite of its chaotic schedule of launching satellites this year,…
A strange radio signal is received from A Star which is located just 11 Light-years away. No planet was found surrounding a little- explored red star. Researchers told that it was coming from Ross 128. They suspected that these signals were picked up in ‘almost periodic’ burst and needed more investigation to clarify the…
Samiul Bashar Samin Daniel Radcliffe has described kissing Paul Dano in new movie Swiss Army man as “weird” and “incestuous” because the actors have previously starred opposite one another’s girlfriends. In the surreal comedy-drama, out in US cinemas on July 1, Dano plays a character who is on the verge of killing himself when he…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The new Cabinet Division will be formed on Monday when its members take oath, reports UNB. The swaring-in ceremony will take place at 3pm, the president’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told reporters at Bangabhaban yesterday. On Thursday, the oath-taking ceremony of the parliamentarians elected in the 11th general elections was held…
Zobaida Akhter, Ph.D Suddenly a phone call came, a lady phoned me she is one of my nearest and dearest one. As usual we exchange hello to each other but I felt she was in hurry to give me some news, I asked her, did anything happen? She replied with caution in a very low…