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Bangladesh Govt has no plan to impose VAT on private universities: PM
Apr 10, 2018Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government has no such plan to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) on education including private universities, reports BSS. Sheikh Hasina said this while chairing a meeting of the Executive... -
Human chain and media briefing organized by IDSEB at Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Apr 9, 2018Institute of Diploma Survey Engineers Bangladesh organized a human chain and media briefing in front of Dhaka Press Club on April 7th. Central leaders of IDSEB presented their rights and demands. They are hopeful that the... -
Syria, Russia say Israeli war planes carried out strike on Syrian air base
Apr 9, 2018The Russian and Syrian military on Monday said Israeli war planes carried out missile strikes on a Syrian air base, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of a “big price to pay” following reports of... -
North Korea tells U.S. it is prepared to discuss denuclearization
Apr 9, 2018North Korea has told the United States for the first time that it is prepared to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets President Donald Trump, a U.S.... -
Iran tells Trump he would regret dropping nuclear deal
Apr 9, 2018Donald Trump will regret it if he pulls out of the nuclear deal with Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, warning the U.S. president that Tehran’s response would be stronger than he thinks. U.S. sanctions... -
US gives Emerging Young Leaders award to Bangladesh’s Tanzil Ferdous
Apr 9, 2018The US state department will present one of its 10 Emerging Young Leaders Awards to Bangladeshi youth, community development and women’s rights activist Tanzil Ferdous The 24-year-old president of Volunteer for Bangladesh, Chittagong and senior programme... -
Bangladeshi Govt to meet with Dhaka University protesters
Apr 9, 2018A delegation from the Dhaka University student protests calling for reforms to civil service quotas will meet with Awami League Secretary General Obaidul Quader at the Awami League offices in Dhanmondi following overnight violence on campus.... -
One killed in an apartment fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York
Apr 8, 2018One man was killed and six firefighters received minor injuries in an apartment fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York on Saturday, in a blaze that was quickly extinguished, fire officials said.... -
Dozens reported killed in suspected Syria gas attack; Damascus denies
Apr 8, 2018A chemical attack on a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta has killed dozens of people, medical services reported, and Washington said the reports – if confirmed – would demand an immediate international response. A joint statement... -
German police try to work out motive for Muenster attack
Apr 8, 2018German investigators were trying to work out why a man drove a camper van into a group of people sitting outside a restaurant in the western university city of Muenster on Saturday, killing two people before...
