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BCCCI Proposes Tax Reforms at NBR Pre-Budget Meeting

Dhaka: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) today conducted a pre-budget consultation meeting with the Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCCI) at its office in the city in preparation for the national budget for FY 2026-2027. The sess…

RAB to Intensify Operations for Law and Human Rights: DG

Dhaka: Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Additional IGP Md. Ahsan Habib Palash, has shared the agency’s future plans to strengthen operations aimed at upholding the rule of law, protecting human rights, ensuring public safety, prev…

Ship Carrying Diesel From Malaysia Docks At Ctg Port

Chattogram: A Chinese-flagged ship carrying over 34,000 tonnes of diesel from Malaysia has arrived at Chattogram Port’s Dolphin Jetty for unloading. The vessel, identified as Shan Gang Fa Jian, docked at Dolphin Jetty No. 6 in Patenga at around 1:00 p…

Ministry Refutes Report on Cost of 21-Storey Secretariat Building

Dhaka: The Ministry of Housing and Public Works today refuted a report published in Prothom Alo titled “21-storey building to be built at Secretariat at a cost of Taka 53,000 per square metre,” describing it as misleading and based on incomplete infor…

Youth Entrepreneurship Vital to Boost Economy: KU VC

Dhaka: Khulna University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Rezaul Karim today said the country’s economy would be strengthened if more young people become entrepreneurs. He made the remarks while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the “Youth Entrepreneursh…

BGB Deploys Eight Platoons for Bogura-6 By-Election

Bogura: Eight platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to maintain law and order ahead of the Bogura-6 (Sadar) by-election scheduled for April 9. The deployment follows directives from the Bangladesh Election Commission to ensure a…

AG Pays Tribute at Graves of Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia

Dhaka: Newly appointed Attorney General (AG) Barrister Md. Ruhul Quddus Kazal today paid tributes to Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and his wife, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, by laying wreaths at their graves at Zia Udyan in the capital this aft…