Experts on Saturday called for deep structural changes in Bangladesh’s tax system, warning that the country remains stuck in a ‘low-level equilibrium trap’ marked by a narrow tax base, weak ReadMore
A Bangladeshi cattle trader was found dead in a river along the border with India in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Saturday night, a week after he had gone missing. ReadMore
A 35-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her husband in Bhomra area of Satkhira Sadar upazila on Saturday night. The victim, identified as Taslima Khatun, was found critically injured at ReadMore
A driver with a history of mental health problems ran over a number of people in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people, four of them ReadMore
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University have formed a seven-member committee to look into the alleged attempted rape and murder of a female student by an outsider on the campus. The ReadMore
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80 as authorities warned there was no vaccine for the strain in a crisis that the World ReadMore
Dhaka’s air quality was classified as ‘moderate’ on Sunday morning, with an Air Quality Index score of 90, aided by shower that helped wash dust and airborne pollutants from the ReadMore
The projected allocation for the interest payment in the upcoming national budget is likely be Tk 1,42,000 crore — a fourfold rise in a decade — putting pressures on allocations ReadMore