Life & Religion

January 21, 2025, 4:02 pm

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Govt to sell Hilsha at Taka 600 per kg Workshop on ‘Combating Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence’ held NBR cancels VAT hike for auto workshops BNP leader urges interim govt to quickly arrange election July uprising: 3 cops sent to jail for ‘crimes against humanity ’ Govt to provide all-out support to martyrs’ families: Sakhawat EC begins door-to-door voter information collection Monday Deprived deputy secretaries of 25 cadres getting promotions CEC: Want to collectively eliminate deprivation of 180m people Giasuddin Al Mamun acquitted in arms case

Life & Religion

NBR withdraws airfare excise duty, VAT for hajj pilgrims

BBS, Dhaka: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has withdrawn the excise duty on inbound and outbound airfare for hajj pilgrims, as well as the value-added tax (VAT) on three

Ulema threaten ousting govt, if Saad gets entry

Staff Reporter Leaders of a Tabligh Jamaat faction have threatened the interim government with potential unrest if Maulana Saad Kandhlawi from Delhi and his followers are permitted entry to Bangladesh

A ‘million-dollar’ wedding and the death of an unpaid RMG worker

TDS Desk: This is a tale of two realities. In one, a “million-dollar” wedding of Bangladeshi businessman Javed Opgenhaffen dazzled Paris last year; in the other, a female worker’s life

Mezban: A tradition of Ctg

Mezban, or Mezzan as said in Chittagong, isn’t just simply about the food TDS Desk Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with people I’d never met, I felt that old familiar warmth fill me—the

Hajj 2025: Govt announces packages slashing costs

UNB: The government has announced two hajj packages for 2025 reducing the costs significantly. This year the government fixed Tk 4,78,241 as minimum cost under package one, Tk 1,00,598 less

None will be allowed to perform hajj with govt finance: Rizwana

TDS Desk: Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Thursday said none will be allowed to perform hajj with the government finance this year. “A decision has