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NBR to introduce new app to check tax evasion cases
12:50 PM, 16 Aug 2019 FridayThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken an initiative to introduce a mobile application and a software, aiming to check the cases of tax evasion and increase the number of taxpayers. The revenue collecting authority thinks launching of the app and software will bring dynamism into the revenue administration..........
US to revoke visas held by crew of Iranian ship
12:47 PM, 16 Aug 2019 FridayThe State Department says it will revoke U.S. visas for crew members on an Iranian oil tanker that was seized by authorities in Gibraltar for sanctions violations but released Thursday. The department says in a statement it intends to fully enforce all U.S. sanctions related to Iranian oil exports despite the decision by Gibraltar to allow the ship to leave........
2 die of dengue in Dhaka, Chandpur
06:39 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayTwo people, including a madrasha student, died of dengue in Chandpur and Dhaka districts on Wednesday and Thursday. In Dhaka, a woman died of the mosquito-borne disease at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mousumi Akhter, 25, wife of Md Mamun of Bhandaria in Pirojpur......
Police probing 115 reports against Zakir, 6 against Dong Zong
06:36 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayPolice are probing Indian-born Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik as well as Chinese educationist group Dong Zong. According to CID director Huzir Mohamed (above), up to 115 police reports have been lodged against Zakir in relation to his remarks during a speech in Kelantan last week, while six reports so far against Dong Zong........
Multiple road accidents kill 21 on Thursday
06:17 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayThere were twenty one people died from road accidents within 9 hours only on Thursday including hundreds more injuries. Several road accidents were noted in the single day from 6am to 3pm leaving 21 people dead. The local correspondents sent some reports to Jago News over the accidents from the spots........
Chhatra League leaders sued for snatching goats
03:30 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdaySome nine leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), including the president of Mohammadpur thana have been sued for attempting to snatch 212 goats in capital. The suspected snatchers were reportedly involved in ruling party’s politics, the local sources said.........
China asks for UN Security Council to discuss Kashmir this week: Diplomats
01:18 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayChina on Wednesday backed Pakistan's request for the United Nations Security Council to discuss the Indian government's decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, asking for the body to meet behind closed doors on Thursday or Friday, diplomats said..........
Lizzo's 2-year-old song might still qualify at 2020 Grammys
01:03 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayLizzo’s breakthrough hit “Truth Hurts” is a two-year-old song, but it still has a chance at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Typically older songs that become hits long after their initial release from Pharrell’s “Happy” to John Legend’s “All of Me” can compete at the Grammys when a live version of the song........
Liverpool sink Chelsea to lift Super Cup thanks to Adrián shootout save
12:59 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayIt was 12.43am local time when the teams were finally prised apart. The players in red had set off on their victory run, all heading to the newest member of their group. Jürgen Klopp was trying to keep up and Liverpool’s only problem now is where to accommodate the Super Cup in their already congested trophy room..............
Khaleda turns ‘75’ today
12:45 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayBNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, now in jail, turns ‘75' on Thursday. BNP has no scheduled programme to celebrate the day on Thursday. However, the party will arrange doa mahfil across the country on Friday on the occasion.....
Dengue fever plagues Southeast Asia
12:23 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayAn outbreak of dengue fever in Southeast Asia has caused hundreds of deaths since January of this year. Bangladesh is experiencing its biggest outbreak in two decades with at least 40 people dead. Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos are also seeing huge increases in fatal dengue cases this year......
Lalbagh polythene factory fire extinguished
12:19 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayA fire that broke out at a polythene factory in Lalbagh on Wednesday night was put out on early Thursday. Ershad Hossain, duty officer at Fire Service and Civil Defence control room, said firefighters extinguished the blaze around 4am. A number of tin-shed rooms were gutted in the fire that broke out on Water Works Road in Posta area around 10:40pm.....
8 killed as picnic bus hits tree in Feni
12:16 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayEight people were killed and 18 others injured in a road accident in Feni Sadar Upazila’s Lemua on Thursday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Nurunnabi, superintendent of Feni police, said the accident took place around 5:45am......
Sheikh Hasina pays homage to Bangabandhu in Tungipara
12:04 PM, 15 Aug 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mazar here this morning on the occasion of his 44th martyrdom anniversary and the National Mourning Day. After laying the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time..........
National Mourning Day being observed
06:53 PM, 14 Aug 2019 WednesdayPeople across the country are observing the National Mourning Day, the darkest chapter in the history of independent Bangladesh. On this day in 1975, the nation’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members were assassinated by a cabal of military men........
BNP demands govt’s immediate resignation
06:19 PM, 14 Aug 2019 WednesdayBNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday urged the government to quit immediately considering the country’s current situation. Talking to reporters at his local residence before starting his journey for the capital, he also said the leather industry suffered a setback during this Eid-ul-Azha.........
Govt wants to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers
06:07 PM, 14 Aug 2019 Wednesdayhe government wants to bring back at least two convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman before his birth centenary to implement the court verdict. Though the government is aware of complexities to bring back the fugitives, it continues diplomatic efforts to get the killers back to implement the court verdict........
VP Nur again attacked on the way to aunt’s house
05:46 PM, 14 Aug 2019 WednesdayThe Vice President of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu), Nurul Haque Nur was again attacked at Galachipa area of Patuakhali on Wednesday noon. Some miscreants reportedly attacked Nur at Setu Ulania area of the upazila.........
Two die from wedding boat drowning in Jamuna
04:53 PM, 14 Aug 2019 WednesdayThere were two bodies recovered from impassable Sinnar Char area of Mansur Nagar union in Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj, when a wedding boat was sailing bride’s home by Jamuna River on Wednesday noon. The identities of the bodies couldn’t be known immediately while another six people were still missing till the report was developed.........
Those behind rawhide price slump won’t be spared: Quader
04:30 PM, 14 Aug 2019 WednesdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday warned that people responsible for the rawhide price fall will be punished.“The government will investigate to see if any syndicate is behind this situation and take legal steps,” he told a post-Eid news conference at the Secretariat........