The United States, Britain and other leading nations reached a landmark deal yesterday to pursue higher global taxation on multinational businesses such as Google, Apple and Amazon.

The proposed 15 percent income tax on private universities is unacceptable and contradictory to the Private University Act-2010, Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) said yesterday.

Three mobile accessories shops were gutted in a fire at Hatirpool's Motalab Plaza in the capital yesterday morning.

An assistant sub-inspector of Dhaka's Bongshal Police Station has been arrested over allegedly shooting a cable television staff in Khilgaon. By afternoon, the victim lodged a case against the 'offender' and police authorities had decided to suspend the policeman until further notice.

A Chittagong court yesterday sent a bank official to jail after he surrendered before the court in a money laundering case.

Law Minister Anisul Huq terms the trend of filing false cases to cause harassment as “evil culture”.

Management committee president allegedly attacked headmistress and an assistant teacher of Nowagaon Government

Seven persons were killed and two injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday.

About a hundred people were injured, six of them by bullets, when supporters of Awami League's nominated and rebel chairman

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has called for immediate actions against the perpetrators involved in recent attacks on minorities in Bangladesh.

Though the use of meters was made mandatory on February 1, most of the drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chittagong city are still charging passengers based on contracts.

Government Titumir College students allegedly attacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on Wednesday while protesting charging of “excessive fees” for the registration of the honours final year exam claimed to have faced another onslaught yesterday.

Customs Intelligence (CI) last evening detained a person with gold bars weighing over one kilogramme inside his body at the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Customs officials yesterday found 60 small gold bars, worth Tk 3 crore and weighing 6kg, from underneath the seat of a plane of Biman

Customs officials seize gold bars weighing around 6 kilograms from underneath the seat of a flight coming in from Doha at Dhaka airport.

Speakers at an international summit yesterday stressed the need for increasing tax on tobacco items, with one participant demanding it be by 200 to 300 percent, to control and discourage tobacco consumption in Bangladesh.

The government has adopted a plan to attach a unique index number to the holding numbers of all city corporations to ensure civic

Aiming to increase revenue earnings from tax at source, also known as tax deducted at source (TDS), the National Board of Revenue (NBR)

Customs officials seized 100 gold bars weighing 12kg, worth Tk 6 crore from a toilet of an aircraft and detained two persons at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday evening.

Customs officials recover approximately 12 kilogrammes of gold bars, worth Tk six crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.