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Key takeaways from FY26 budget

State support for July uprising families to rise by 74%

No hike in power prices as govt targets 10% cost reduction

Corporate tax may rise for non-listed firms

Tk 2,956 crore earmarked for Election Commission

Tax-free income limit to go up from FY27

Inflation eases slightly in May

Cost of flats to go up

Jamaat seeks return of party registration, 'scales' symbol following SC verdict

Writing the Padma

Source tax on broadband may be halved

Online shopping gets costlier

Mobile phone production gets extended tax exemption

3 BNP leaders to attend consensus commission's meeting at 4pm

Major Sinha murder: HC upholds death sentence for OC Pradeep, SI Liaqat

Dead man coming alive is the new face of July case fiasco

Klaasen retires from international cricket

In the absence of sanity

Upcoming budget must address inequality

Interim govt losing sight of public mandate

Two questions, two ironies the budget must address

Coastal people need urgent support

Our real emergency isn’t political, it’s environmental

Tk 100cr startup fund proposed to back new entrepreneurs

OTT services become costlier

Turnover tax on mobile operators reduced from 2% to 1.5%

Plastic tableware, kitchenware to be pricier

Source tax on supply of essential commodities halved

'Inshallah, we'll be successful': Hamza

Kohli closes in on long-awaited IPL title

HC refuses to pass order on ex-BCB chief Faruque's petition against his removal

Maxwell retires from ODI cricket

Hamza arrives in Dhaka for much-anticipated Asian Cup Qualifier against Singapore

Mohammedan’s bitter-sweet coronation as AFC ticket missed

Neymar apologises after costly red card in Santos defeat

Recruitment controversy: ICT special assistant's PO quizzed at ACC

Heavy rain paralyses life in Chattogram; shelter centres open

Menon on 5-day remand over murder during July quota protests

Russia and Ukraine to talk about peace but are still far apart

China says 'firmly rejects' US claim of violating tariff deal

Forum panel wins BGMEA election

MoU signed to build country’s first monorail in Ctg

We want to be your partner

Dhaka Regency launches 'Eid Retreat' campaign ahead of Eid

Consensus commission's meeting with major political parties begins

Additional 5% VAT exempted on local e-bikes until 2030

Budget for FY26: OTT platforms may get costlier

25 rare MF Husain paintings to be auctioned in Mumbai

‘This is my Eid gift to the audience’: Kornia

‘Bachelor Point’ returns with Season 5 this Eid

‘Nazrul Rock Concert’ debuts with reimagined rebel songs

Scientists develop self-repairing robot muscle

Interactive Cares launches offline learning centre in Dhaka

Sheikh Hasina's trial begins, what lies next?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Oceans feel the heat from human climate pollution

1.7km embankments in Cox’s Bazar damaged due to deep depression

A budget without illusions

Govt spending in Bangladesh lowest among LDC graduating peers

Enrique, Xana, and the healing power of sport

Central bank at odds with BPO over Nagad’s future

ACC raids Nagad HQ over hiring irregularities

Remittance jumps 32% in May

‘Sorry we couldn’t win any games’: Litton

3 college students killed in bus-bike collision in Magura

Broad to bolster Proteas’ bid to end Aussie WTC supremacy

Iyer powers Punjab past Mumbai and into IPL final against Bengaluru

60 resorts shut in Bandarban’s Lama due to bad weather

Two children drown in Kishoreganj

Black money may still find its way into real estate

Mercantile Bank maintains good reputation amid turmoil

Oil under $65 a boon for consumers, but a burden on producers

HSBC to close its US business banking unit

Election, reforms not in BCB Boss’s list of priorities

‘Most of the guys put up their hand and did their job’

Root century takes England to ODI series win over the West Indies

Jugantor crowned champions in Kool-BSJA Media Cup Football

Bangladesh hammered by seven wickets in third Pakistan T20I

Writ petition challenges Faruque Ahmed’s removal as BCB president

‘All I think about is Gaza’

2 bridges in Russia collapse in ‘blasts’

Trump pulls Musk ally’s Nasa nomination

Iran warns of retaliation if Europe misuses UN nuke report

India’s Covid cases rise over 1,200pc in a week

Ride-sharing biker sent to jail over rape of passenger

OTT platform services to be costly

Alcaraz grinds past Shelton to reach Roland Garros last eight

A conspiracy is going on to eliminate BNP: Zainul Abdin Farroque

BSc engineers demand an end to jobs discrimination

Forum panel wins BGMEA election

Import duty on rickshaw batteries likely to rise

OTT platforms may get costlier

Man Utd sign Brazil forward Cunha from Wolves

Two dead and 500 arrested in France during PSG win celebrations

‘Something good will happen’: Afeida upbeat ahead of Jordan test

Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur want to become international coaches: Bulbul

Svitolina stuns Paolini to reach French Open quarterfinals

Myanmar junta extends truce again after quake

Downpours submerge hundreds of villages

TIB voices concern over river grabbing