Condoms and birth control pills are losing their VAT exemption-potentially adding up to 13 percent to the cost-while matchmaking agencies are happily tax-exempt. The message is clear: love may be ...

The GED report observes that the central bank's main challenge for FY26 will be the precarious balancing act of maintaining the current disinflation gains while achieving a necessary revival of ...

Earlier, on 5 February 2016, hackers stole $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States.

A seven-year-old boy arrested in Chattogram on charges of abducting a four-year-old has been granted bail after a court ruled that police and prosecutors acted in violation of the Child Act 2013, ...

When you start drinking hot water regularly, as per the expert, by the third day, you will start burning more bad fat without even changing your diet.

Formal charges against Anisul Huq and Salman F Rahman include allegations of imposing curfew and authorising lethal force against students and civilians.

The death toll from the cyclone-induced floods and landslides reached 950 as of Monday, with 274 people still missing, according to official data ...

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Official celebrations are planned for the central Umayyad Square in Damascus, which has already been packed with jubilant gatherings ahead of 8 December, and elsewhere around the country ...

The Globes, set for 11 January, are widely seen as a bellwether for the Academy Awards, and the top Globes hopefuls are already on many insider short lists for the Oscars.

According to trade tracker Sacnilk, the film earned Rs43 crore yesterday (7 December), taking its total to Rs103 crore.

"The American representatives know the basic Ukrainian positions," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. "The conversation was constructive, although not easy." ...