Deadline for primary registration of Hajj Oct 23

The government on Sunday asked the hajj aspirants to complete the primary registration by October 23. The Hajj Wing of the Ministry of Religious Affairs issued a notification in this regard, said a media release signed by Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, public relations officer of the ministry. According to the notification, tent

Palestinians push UN for deadline on ending Israeli occupation

The Palestinians said Thursday they are planning to introduce a U.N. General Assembly resolution in September enshrining the recent sweeping ruling by the U.N.’s top court that declared Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories unlawful — and setting a time frame for it to end. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N.

Deadline for nomination submission ends

The deadline for submission of nomination papers in the 12th parliamentary elections expired on Thursday. Aspirants were asked to submit their nomination papers to the returning officers within 4:00pm today. The nomination papers will be scrutinised on December 1-4 and then the candidatures can be withdrawn by December 17. The 12th parliamentary election

Afghans in droves head to border to leave Pakistan

Large numbers of Afghans crammed into trucks and buses in Pakistan on Tuesday, heading to the border to return home ahead of the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. The deadline is part of a new anti-migrant crackdown

Many TIN holders fail to submit returns by deadline

Though the government has made mandatory the submission of tax returns to get more than 40 services, the response remained poor.   The National Board of Revenue (NBR) extended time twice for return submission in the fiscal year 2022-23, despite this move, the number of returns remained around 30 lakh out

DESCO misses deadline in underground cabling plan

An ambitious plan by Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (DESCO) to send the overhead electric cables underground in the city's posh areas has to wait. How long? Not even the utility company has an answer. And it has itself to blame for the uncertainty over the Tk. 240 crore-project. The company has failed