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Tammy Bruce skirts query on Hindus in Bangladesh
05:47 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayUS State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce sidestepped a direct question Tuesday about the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh, cloaking her silence in diplomatic caution.
Contract production in agro exports: Incentive gap sparks outcry
05:19 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayBangladesh’s processed food exporters are hitting a wall. The government dangles a 10% cash incentive and a 15% VAT exemption for agro-products—spices, biscuits, pickles, noodles—but there’s a catch: produce it in-house or lose out. Contract manufacturing? No dice.
DCCI pushes for tax-free income limit at Tk 5 lakh
05:00 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayThe Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) is swinging for taxpayers’ relief, urging the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to bump the tax-free income limit from Tk 3.5 lakh to Tk 5 lakh.
400 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza
04:56 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayPalestinian health authorities have raised the death toll from the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. Gaza’s health ministry said on Telegram the death toll from the airstrikes was 404, raised from 326. It gave the slightly higher figure of 413 on its WhatsApp channel...
DCCI for uniform single-digit VAT rate across the board
04:32 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayAt present, the standard VAT rate is 15% across the board, but it has been segregated to different slabs like 10%, 7.5% and 5% in different sectors that actually caused difficulties for traders as well as disputes in many cases...
163 bank accounts of Nayeemul, family members frozen
04:17 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayA Dhaka court on Tuesday, March 18, ordered to freeze 163 bank accounts of Nayeemul Islam Khan, former press secretary of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, his wife Nasima Khan Monty, daughters Labiba Nayeem Khan, Julika Nayeem Khan and Adiva Nayeem Khan, over graft allegations...
IFC and Global Partners Ring the Bell at DSE
04:03 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayTo mark the International Women’s Day, IFC partnered with the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), UN Women, United Nations Global Compact and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to Ring the Bell for Gender Equality...
Minority persecution not as high as foreigners say: Khalid
03:53 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayReligious Affairs Adviser AFM Khalid Hossain took a firm stand Tuesday, March 18, brushing off foreign claims of rampant minority persecution in Bangladesh.
31 more bank accounts of Hasina, Rehana, Joy frozen
03:47 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayA Dhaka court on Tuesday, March 18, ordered to freeze another 31 bank accounts of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, and sister Sheikh Rehana, over graft allegations...
‘Gabbard’s remark won’t impact US-Bangladesh bilateral relations’
02:52 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayThe head of the US intelligence agency, Tulsi Gabbard, recently made a statement, to which Bangladesh’s Finance Adviser, Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, responded by saying that it would not impact Bangladesh’s economy in terms of multilateral or bilateral relations.
HC issues rule on legality of EC’s party registration notice
02:02 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayThe High Court has issued a rule questioning why the Election Commission's (EC) public notice for the registration of new political parties should not be declared illegal.
Jamuna Railway Bridge opens for passenger trains
01:27 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayThe long-awaited railway bridge over the River Jamuna was officially opened for passenger trains on Tuesday. A train entered the bridge at 12:15 pm and passed over it, reaching the Sirajganj section within three and a half minutes.
Man gets death penalty for killing teen girl after rape
12:31 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayA Dhaka court has sentenced a man to death for killing a teenage girl after rape in Dohar upazila, Dhaka. The court also fined him Tk 2 lakh. As the accused is absconding, the court has issued an arrest warrant along with a warrant for his sentence.
Disappearance commission’s term extended until June 30
11:43 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayThe term of the Inquiry Commission on Enforced Disappearances, which was formed to investigate individuals who were victims of enforced disappearances by law enforcement agencies during the tenure of the Awami League government, has been extended until June 30.
Messi out of two World Cup qualifiers due to injury
10:49 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayLionel Messi will miss two World Cup qualifiers after he was on Monday left out of the Argentina squad for games against Uruguay and Brazil because he reportedly suffered an injury in a club game the day before.
Trump revokes Biden children security details
10:10 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is withdrawing Hunter Biden's government bodyguards, extending his campaign of political retribution to Joe Biden's son.
Cannes award-winning actress Dequenne dies
09:26 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayAward-winning Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne has died from cancer at the age of 43. Dequenne shot to fame when she won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival at the age of 18 for the film Rosetta in 1999.
9 JU teachers suspended over attack on students
09:06 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayNine teachers at Jahangirnagar University have been temporarily suspended for their alleged involvement in an attack on students during the anti-discrimination movement on campus. The attack was carried out by the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and the police.
Over 330 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza: Hamas ministry
08:31 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayThe health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll from Israel's most intense strikes on the territory since the start of a truce had risen to "at least 330".
Govt slams Gabbard’s remarks as ‘misleading and damaging’
12:44 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayBangladesh has issued a sharp rebuke to comments made by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who alleged “persecution and killing” of religious minorities in Bangladesh and tied the country’s challenges with extremism to an “ideology and objective” of establishing an “Islamist caliphate.”