Prof. Abu Ahmed, Economics Department, Dhaka University : Priority should be given to reduce corporate income tax in the upcoming budget for the sake of developing the share market. I hope that the tax would be further reduced for the benefit of listed companies. I am talking about tax deduction for the small investors in the…
AFP: Voting began across government-controlled parts of Syria on Sunday for the war-ravaged country’s first local elections since 2011, state news agency SANA said. Polling booths opened at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) and stayed open for 12 hours. “Voting centres opened for citizens to cast their ballots to elect their representatives in the local administrative…
UNB Bangladesh and Japan have signed an agreement on Japanese grant aid for the fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP4). Hiroyasu Izumi, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, and Monowar Ahmed, Secretary of ERD signed exchange of notes representing respective governments at Economic Relations Division (ERD) of Ministry of Finance here on Monday. Hitoshi Hirata, Chief…
Desk Report: Bashundhara Group, country’s one of the leading business conglomerates, signed an agreement with China Railway 17th Bureau Group Company Ltd for supplying its King Brand Cement for the construction of the eighth Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge in Pirojpur, reports Daily Sun. Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and China Railway 17th Bureau Group team…
Russia Today: The US – followed by Israel – has left UNESCO, citing a “pro-Palestinian bias” allegedly persisting within the agency. Recently, Washington has been eager to ditch any institutions and deals which supposedly harm its interests. The decision of the US took effect late Monday, closely followed by Tel Aviv, which kicked in on…
DOT Desk: A three-year-old minor boy drowned at Mochainagar village in Alomdanga upazila of Chuadanga district on Tuesday, reports The Financial Express BD. The deceased was identified as Rohan Ahmed, son of Masud Rana, hailed from Baro Gangni village of the upazila. He went to Mochainagar a week ago where his maternal grandparents live, reports…
AFP: Saturn’s rings are younger than scientists thought and appeared within the last 10 to 100 million years, according to research published on Thursday (Jan 17) based on findings from Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft. The sixth planet from the Sun formed about 4.5 billion years ago, along with the rest of the planets in our solar…
By Syed Nasir Ershad Last evening was a pleasant time for me. Because when I was walking in the streets of the city yesterday afternoon, suddenly it started to rain. Well it was not that sudden. Sunlight was gradually going off as the sun was getting covered by clouds well before the sunset. There was…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Bangladesh Bank has instructed banks to keep adequate cash in ATM machines during the national elections to be held on December 30, reports The Daily Star. The central bank issued a circular in this regard yesterday, undersigned by Bangladesh Bank’s General Manager Leela Rashid. The circular has also instructed banks to…
DOT Desk: Police detained a 28-year-old woman at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday evening as she turned up at the hospital to receive a newborn baby form its mother who had earlier promised to sell the baby to the woman, reports The New Age. The two-day-old newborn’s mother said she gave birth to her…