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NBR to take tougher action against tobacco companies
15Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

NBR to take tougher action against tobacco companies

    The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to be tougher against the use of fake band-rolls and stamps against Bidi and cigarette companies as the revenue collector of the national exchequer has got some allegations in this regard. According to sources at the NBR, some bidi and cigarette-producing companies are using fake band-rolls and stamps to evade tax. "The amount of the tax evasion is hefty and it came in the light following an inquiry," a senior NBR official told the news agency. He said the country's some tobacco companies have long been using fake band-rolls and stamps to evade the Value Added Tax (VAT). The Board also asked its field-level offices across the country to intensify their surveillance. The NBR official said they have collected samples from the r...
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Nation paying deep homage to Bangabandhu
15Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Nation paying deep homage to Bangabandhu

    The grateful nation is paying rich tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 40th anniversary of martyrdom with observing the occasion as National Mourning Day at the state level. To mark the day, the government, ruling Awami League (AL), its front and associate bodies, different socio-cultural, political and professional bodies held elaborate programmes. On this day in 1975, the Father of the Nation along with most of his family members was assas-sinated by a section of disgruntled and ambitious army personnel. His two daughters - Sheikh Hasina, now prime minister, and Sheikh Rehana-escaped the bloodbath as they were abroad. The day was a public holiday. The day's programme started with the hoisting of National Flag at half-mast and raising ...
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Islamic State Leader Raped American Hostage
15Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Islamic State Leader Raped American Hostage

    Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi repeatedly raped American hostage Kayla Mueller, according to accounts provided to US intelligence officials. Ms Mueller, whose death was confirmed in February, is said to have been kept for a while by Islamic State financier Abu Sayyaf and his wife, Umm Sayyaf. According to a Yazidi teenager who was held with 26-year-old Ms Mueller, al Baghdadi took the American as his "wife", repeatedly forcing her to have sex when he visited. Mueller family spokeswoman Emily Lenzner told the Associated Press news agency the 14-year-old Yazidi girl, who later escaped, spoke to US officials. They checked out her story with other intelligence before passing it on in June to Kayla Mueller's parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, Ms Lenzner added. An unna...
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End airport shopping rip-off with new laws: ministers told
13Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

End airport shopping rip-off with new laws: ministers told

    Heathrow shops decline customers who refuse to show boarding passes Shops should be forced by law to reduce their prices in airports, the retail watchdog has said, as it urged ministers to pass new legislation to end the VAT rip-off. Boots, WH Smith and other stores claim millions in VAT discounts on items sold to passengers travelling outside the EU, but many fail to pass on the 20 per cent saving to customers. The rip-off has drawn criticism from the Government, but Dean Dunham, the retail ombudsman, said nothing would change without further action. "We don't have any powers to make retailers adhere because [passing on the VAT relief] is not law," the head of the dispute arbiter told BBC Radio 4. "The Government needs to make this a law [and] say to the retailers in airp...
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Unexploded World War Two Bomb in Bethnal Green
10Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Unexploded World War Two Bomb in Bethnal Green

    Tower Hamlets Council has announced that an unexploded World War Two bomb has been uncovered at a building site in Bethnal Green – at the junction of Temple Street and Old Bethnal Green Road. The Council has confirmed that the surrounding area is currently cordoned off to pedestrians and traffic. Residents are advised to avoid the area and through traffic is advised to take alternative routes and not plan to go through Bethnal Green. The Council’s Emergency Planning procedure has now kicked into operation to keep residents safe. The Metropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade are working with the Council on this. The Council has set up a rest centre in a local school and has sent a full Rest Centre Team to the school to support the rest centre. The Council promises upd...
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10Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Doctors worry as Government dithers on 7 day NHS

    Veteran health campaigner Myra Garrett joins Mayor Lutfur Rahman and Councillors Abjol Miah and Oli Rahman on last year's "Save our Surgeries" demonstration. One of the talking points in this year’s General Election were previously released figures which showed that death rates were higher in hospitals at the weekend than during the week. This difference could be explained by clinical factors. Hospital populations are smaller at the weekend, as routine and minor operations are not scheduled then and patients who came in on a planned basis earlier in the week are sent home. This means that very ill patients and patients admitted to A&E and pass away at the weekend represent a high percentage of the hospital population on Saturdays and Sundays than on other days. Anot...
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Tube Strikes Causes 200 Miles Of Tailbacks
6Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Tube Strikes Causes 200 Miles Of Tailbacks

People queue for a bus at London's Bus stops as commuters and tourists face a day of travel chaos because of a strike which has closed the underground Commuters faced 200 miles of traffic jams and huge queues for buses as the they battled to get to work with London's entire Tube network shut down for the day. Although 250 extra buses are being laid on by Transport for London, roads were crammed as many people switched to their cars in a bid to get to work on time. Shortly before 9am there were 428 separate traffic jams around the capital - a total of 197 miles of queuing vehicles, according to navigation software makers TomTom. The congestion was double the level of the previous Thursday, but significantly better than during last month's strike when there were 761 miles of jams. The wor...
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Three million Britons working night shifts and endangering their health
5Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Three million Britons working night shifts and endangering their health

    Maintenance workers arrive for their night shift at Victoria Underground station in London The number of people working regular night shifts has increased to more than three million since the recession, at a potential cost to their health and family life, new research has disclosed. One in eight of the workforce is now employed while the rest of Britain sleeps, with a particularly steep rise in female staff on antisocial hours. The TUC analysis follows studies suggesting a link between night-time working and increased likelihood of suffering such conditions as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and depression. It called for late-night staff to be given extra rights to protect them from exploitation which could harm their mental and physical health. The report wa...
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First Indian LoC enhanced to $862 million
5Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

First Indian LoC enhanced to $862 million

    India has extended a line of credit (LoC) of US Dollar one billion to Bangladesh for a range of projects in the railways, communications, infrastructure and other sectors. Out of this amount, $200 million was converted to grant which has been fully disbursed to the government of Bangladesh, an Indian High Commission press release said here today. Based on further negotiations, it said, New Delhi and Dhaka agreed to enhance the remaining credit line amount of $800 million to $862 million. "This was done to cater for increase in expenditure of the Khulna-Mongla and the Kulaura-Shabazpur railway line projects," the release said. EXIM Bank of India and the ERD of the Ministry of Finance, the government of Bangladesh, concluded all necessary formalities and inked the Secon...
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UK drivers do not know the correct speed limit
5Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK drivers do not know the correct speed limit

    More than a third of drivers do not know what the speed limit is on roads, a new study has revealed. A survey of 2,000 UK drivers by the Co-operative Insurance found that 36% could not say what the national limit was on a dual carriageway, while one in eight gave the wrong answer for motorways (70mph for both). A handful of those questioned thought the limit on dual carriageways was 80mph instead of 70mph. Younger drivers were more likely to give the correct answer, while motorists in London had the least awareness of speed limits. Steve Kerrigan of the Co-operative Insurance, said: "These figures show that all too often drivers are getting into their cars and driving with no real awareness of the speed limits in place. "It is interesting that younger drivers - who a...
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