Saturday, 19 September 2026, 03:47 pm
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Govt raises tax-free income limit to Tk 3.5 lakh
Online Desk: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed increasing the tax-free income limit to Tk 3.5 lakh from Tk 3 lakh for individual taxpayers for 2023-24 fiscal year.read more
By-election to Dhaka-17 on July 17
Online Desk: The by-election to Dhaka-17 constituency that fell vacant with the death of veteran actor Akbar Hossain Pathan, popularly known as Farooque, will be held on July 17. Electionread more
Erdogan makes phone call to PM, vow to take Dhaka-Ankara ties to new height
Online Desk: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his stance for working with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take the existing bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Turkey to aread more
Couple among 3 killed, 2 injured in Feni road accident
Online Desk: Three people including a couple were killed in a road accident in Feni’s Kazir Dighi area early Thursday. The deceased were Shimul, 29, and his wife Yasmin, 21read more
US visa policy to encourage right behaviour for free, fair polls: Haas
Online Desk: US Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Haas has said the new US visa policy applies to “everyone” and it is to encourage all in Bangladesh to make right “behaviour”read more
Polls in eight municipalities to be held on July 17
Online Desk: Elections in eight municipalities in the country will be held on July 17, according to a notification of Election Commission (EC). The eight municipalities are — Bhandaria inread more
Cases dismissed, Yunus have to pay Tk 12cr tax
Online Desk: The High Court today said Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus will have to pay Tk 12 crore as tax on the money he gifted to his three charitableread more
Panchagarh road accident leaves 3 dead
Online Desk: Three people were killed and another was injured in a road accident at Debiganj upazila in Panchagarh district on Wednesday morning. The accident happened in Kalurhat Kathari arearead more
Metro rail to operate till 8pm from today
Online Desk: Considering the office goers’ facilitation, the metro rail will operate till 8pm from Wednesday (May 31). Meanwhile, train services will remain closed on Friday instead of Tuesday. Thisread more
