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Gareth Bale scored a superb goal on his return after almost three months out with an ankle injury as La Liga leaders Real Madrid beat Espanyol on Saturday, reports BBC. The Wales forward, on as a second-half substitute, collected Isco's pass before running at the visitors' defence and slotting a shot past Diego Lopez. Alvaro Morata had headed Real in front in the first half from Isco's cross. Victory leaves Real three points ahead of second-placed Sevilla, who beat Eibar 2-0. Barcelona, one point further back in third, host Leganes on Sunday.....

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Authorities say a father and son have been killed in a head-on collision with each other in Fayette County, Alabama, reports AP. Alabama state troopers say alcohol is a factor in the crash that killed 50-year-old Jeffrey Morris Brasher and 22-year-old Austin Blaine Brasher. They both lived in Bankston, about 67 miles west of Birmingham. Troopers say the crash occurred around 4:10am Saturday on Fayette County 49, one mile west of Winfield, when the 2006 Ford pickup the elder Brasher was driving collided with his son's 2004 Chevrolet pickup. According to local media, neither man was wearing a seatbelt. Jeffrey Brasher was pronounced dead at the scene. Austin Brasher was transported to UAB Hospital in Birmingham where he died at 9:18am. Troopers continue to investigate the cause of the crash.....

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The Trump administration plans to direct immigration agents to greatly expand the categories of immigrants they target for deportation, according to drafts of two memos seen by Reuters and first reported by McClatchy news organization on Saturday. Two sources familiar with the plans told Reuters the documents have been approved by Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, but are under final review by the White House. They are expected to be released to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) early next week. Under the orders, hundreds of thousands of people would face expedited removal proceedings, including those that had not been prioritised for deportation under former President Barack Obama. The memos are guidance to instruct agents in the field to implement two executive orders signed by Trump on Jan 25 intended to deter future migration and drive out more illegal migrants from the United States. One memo instructs ICE agents to ignore Obama’s memos on immigration priorities that targeted only recent arrivals and convicted criminal migrants for deportation. Instead, migrants who have been charged with crimes but not convicted would be prioritised for deportation. The guidance also allows ICE agents wide discretion in deciding who to deport and considers anyone in the United States illegally to be subject to deportation. The guidance does leave in place Obama’s 2012 executive action that protected 750,000 people brought to the United States illegally by their parents. The fate of the policy, known as DACA, has been hotly debated within the White House, according to sources familiar with the discussions. Trump said in a news conference Friday that DACA was a “very difficult subject” for him. The ICE memo also states that immigrants will not be afforded rights under US privacy laws. The second memo instructs CBP officers to crack down on illegal migration at the border by holding migrants in detention until a determination in their case is made. The Department of Homeland Security did not deny any information contained in the draft memos but did not provide further detail. A source familiar with the guidance said the memos were scheduled to be distributed on Friday but the White House made a last-minute request to review them. It is not known whether the White House may alter the guidance. Kelly said in one of the memos that illegal immigration across the US border with Mexico had "created a significant national security vulnerability to the United States."....

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The revenue board instructed all of its field-level VAT offices to form their respective Release Implementation Task Force (RITF) and do necessary groundwork to cope with enforcement challenges to an upcoming new law.   With a major change in taxing modality -- which triggered a lot of contentions from the business community -- the Value Added Tax (VAT) and Supplementary Duty (SD) Act 2012 is scheduled to come into force on July 01, 2017. Officials said the VAT offices will form the RITFs under Change Management Plan 2016-17 to make governance structure of VAT Online Project (VOP) more effective for the new VAT law. The RITFs will find out the potential and possible avenues of revenue collection after enforcement of the new law. These bodies will also identify new problems, if any, stemming from the new tax regime.   "There will be a central taskforce that will supervise the RITFs in the field-level VAT offices," said Md Zakir Hossain, Deputy Project Direct of VAT Online Project (VOP) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). All of the 12 VAT commissionerates will have the RITF as per instructions of the NBR, he said. The taskforce units will coordinate and implement three 'releases' on priority basis. In the first phase, online registration of Business Identification Number (BIN) will be opened for businesses by March 15. Businessmen will have to obtain online VAT registration number under the new VAT law as whole system will be operated through automated process under the new law. Currently, there are 840,000 BIN-holders in the country. After implementation of the new law, the number of BIN-holding businesses may be reduced as the new law incorporates a provision of central registration system. A business unit can operate by obtaining a central BIN for its multiple units, which is not possible under the VAT law 1991. Currently, businesses have to obtain separate VAT-registration number for all of their associates. In the second phase, online VAT returns, refund, accounts, payment and enforcement process will be prepared. Online auditing, risk management, appeal and litigation process will be handed over to the VOP by Vietnamese company FPT by June 15, Mr Hossain said. Officials said the taskforces will be active in the respective field offices to resolve any type of problem regarding enforcement of the new VAT law. Transition from the existing VAT law 1991 to the new one would be smoother with the formation of the forces in field-level VAT offices. Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) under the VAT wing of the NBR recently formed an eight-member RITF. LTU commissioner Md Matiur Rahman is convener of the central RITF. doulot_akter@yahoo.com  ....

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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early trading on Sunday as optimistic investors took position on sector-specific stocks. After 30 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s major bourse advanced 14.25 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse rose 19.58 points when the report was filed at 11:00am. DSEX went up by 14.25 points or 0.25 per cent to stand at 5,604.92 when the report was filed at 11:00am. The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips also advanced 3.17 points or 0.16 per cent to stand at 2,030.85. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 4.33 points or 0.33 per cent to reach at 1,310.48 points. Turnover, the crucial indicator of the market, stands at Tk 2.42 billion on the DSE, when the report was filed at 11:00am, riding on Baraka Power. Baraka Power dominated the turnover chart with shares worth Tk 273 million changing hands till then, followed by AFC Agro Biotech Tk 165 million, LankaBangla Finance Tk 143 million, CMC Kamal Tk 102 million, and IDLC Finance Tk 95 million. Of the issues traded till then, 155 advanced, 64 declined and 40 issues remained unchanged till 11:00am. The port city bourse, the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), also saw upward trend with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – advancing 19.58 points to stand at 10,508.62, also at 11:00am. Of the issues traded till then, 75 gained, 34 declined and 16 remained unchanged with a turnover value of Tk 92 million. -bb/rmc//....

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