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Bhasha Matin is no more

Bengali language movement hero Abdul Matin died Wednesday at a hospital in Dhaka after a long illness. He was undergoing treatment at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University after a stroke Aug 18 and was on life support after his condition deteriorated Oct 3, Xinhua reported. matinMatin, who fought for establishing Bangla as state language in 1952, breathed his last at the ICU at around 9.00 a.m. (local time) Wednesday. Matin, popularly known as Bhasha Matin meaning Matin for state language, played a significant role in the Language Mo...

Zila Parishads run with administrators

The appointment of unelected administrators to Zila Parishads has put the accountability and good governance of the local government body at stake, observe experts. According to them, withholding the elections to the Zila Parishads after the appointment of administrators to the local government body 32 months ago also goes against the constitutional mandate of the government. Contacted, local government expert Prof Tofail Ahmed told UNB that it is illegal to keep unelected administrators in Zila Parishads. “Keeping administrators in Zila Parishads is an interim arrangement. It can’t continue for an indefinite period,” he said.

Introducing VAT should be foremost priority for Bangladesh  

The International Monetary Fund has said that the introduction of an improved value-added tax (VAT) regime in Bangladesh is facing delays, which could hold up the scheduled implementation of new legislation from 2015. The Fund has said that the introduction of the new regime should be the country's key priority. top-vat-payersThe Fund reported: "With a calmer political environment, economic activity is gaining momentum, and real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected at about 6.25 percent in fiscal year 2015 (July 2014-Jun...

Govt revenue earnings from DSE up 23.84pc  

Government’s revenue earnings from the premier bourse increased by 23.84 per cent in September last against the earnings of previous month amid increased amount of share transactions in capital market, officials said. According to data found in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the government’s revenue stood at Tk 249.43 million in September whereas the amount was Tk 201.40 million in August this year, FE reports. dseAmong the revenue worth Tk 249.43 million realised in September, Tk 175.81 million came from transaction of shares at a rate of 0.05 per ce...

2015 Nobel Peace Laureates’ Summit to be held in Atlanta

The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates 2015 will be held in Atlanta, Georgia of the USA. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus attended the preparatory Gala for the World Summit at Atlanta on September 28, said a Yunus Centre press release on Thursday. World_Summit_of_Nobel_Peace_Laureates_542d6d3b4fdfdFormer US President Jimmy Carter and Professor Yunus are the co-hosts and CNN Founder Ted Turner is the Honorary Chair for the Atlanta Summit, it said. The ga...

Govt plans Tier 4 data center in quake zone

The government of Bangladesh has drawn criticism for planning to build a flagship Tier IV data center in an earthquake prone district of Dhaka. dhakaThe Bangladesh Ministry of Information is planning to build the fifth largest data center in the world at Kaliakair, in the Gazipur district of Dhaka, according to reports in the Dhaka Tribune. The site is some 30km from where the Rana Plaza clothing factory collapsed in 2013, killing more than 1000 people. Tremors The flagship project, estimated to cost some Tk1,000 crore ($8 million) will be used to hold ...
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