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Detective Branch (DB) of police detained an alleged drug peddler along with 5,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from New Town area in Jessore district on Saturday. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Gofur Mollah, 35, son of Hashem Ali Mollah of Sheikh Hati Jamtala area in the town, according to UNB report. Eamul Haque , officer- in-charge of Jessore DB police, said tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a raid in the area and arrested the drug trader. The law enforcers also recovered 5,000 Yaba pills from his possession. During a primary interrogation, the arrestee 'confessed' that he brought the Yaba to his house to sell it in different areas of the town, the OC said. A case was filed in this connection.....

Published at: 2017-03-27 00:00:04

Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck hit their bike at Bagat on the highway at Madhukhali upazila in Faridpur on Sunday. One of the deceased was identified as Haque Mollah, 35, son of Gahar Molla of Damdama village in Sadar upazila, according to UNB. Ruhul Amin, officer-in-charge of Madhukhali Police Station, said the Jhenidah-bound truck knocked down the motorcycle carrying the duo in the afternoon, leaving them dead on the spot. Informed, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Magura Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.  ....

Published at: 2017-03-27 00:00:04

Our Correspondent MAGURA, Mar 25: The wheat growers of the district have achieved a bumper production this season. The DAE, Magura sources said as blast disease damaged wheat fields massively across the district last year, the department imposed a restriction on farming the crop. But the growers cultivated wheat on 5,880 hectares of land this season and got 17,640 tonnes of production. Gobinda Das, a DAE official, said, "We asked the growers not to cultivate wheat this year in fear of the fungal disease." Fakrul Islam, a farmer of Jagdal village under Sadar upazila, said, "I cultivated wheat on two bighas of land this year and got a satisfactory output. I was in fear in the whole cultivation period." Farmer Noim Sheikh of Parla village, said he was in panic of blast disease. He cultivated the crop on three bighas of land and got a bumper production. He said his wheat field was totally free of the disease. The present market price of wheat is Tk 800 per maund, sources added.       litan1968@gmail.com....

Published at: 2017-03-26 00:00:05

Doulot Akter Mala The number of wealthy people in the country grew 6.80 per cent this fiscal over the previous year, swelling the wealth-tax collection by 42 per cent, revenue data show. A total of 11,670 tycoons having net asset above Tk 22.5 million paid wealth surcharge worth Tk 3.60 billion in the fiscal year 2016-17.   Last year, some 10,927 such well-off people paid Tk 2.54 billion in wealth tax to the public exchequer. In 2014-15, a total of 10,152 people paid Tk 2.08 billion worth of wealth surcharge based on their income-tax returns. Dr Mustafizur Rahman, distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said there is scope to increase further the number of rich taxpayers. "The number shows that a large section of rich people are not in the net of wealth surcharge. Although the well-off people grew almost by 7,000 in a year, the net could be broadened," he added. Household Income and Expenditure Survey can be followed for examining the growth in well-off people, he suggested. The economist, however, said the growth in wealth-tax receipts is quite satisfactory and the government should not raise tax rate further. "Those who are paying tax at high slab have fallen in to marginal rate 37-38 per cent. Tax base should be increased rather than increasing tax rate," he added.    Well-off people having net wealth above Tk 22.5 million have to pay wealth surcharge ranging from 10 per cent to 30 per cent of the payable income tax on the basis of their net wealth that they have shown in their income-tax returns.   The income tax law has fixed Tk 3,000 as minimum surcharge for opulent people. Recently, field offices of the income tax wing of the revenue board found another 682 rich people who have assets to pay wealth tax. Officials said those well-off people have net assets above exemption limit for wealth surcharge but not paying the wealth tax. In a recent meeting, on March 02, 2017, the revenue board instructed field-level income-tax officials to take measures for bringing them onto the net of wealth surcharge. The NBR also asked them to properly scrutinise the income-tax returns of wealthy people and, if necessary, bring those under audit to ensure proper collection of the tax. The NBR introduced wealth surcharge first in the country in FY 2011-2012.     doulot_akter@yahoo.com....

Published at: 2017-03-26 00:00:05

President Md Abdul Hamid visited the combined warfare display of Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force, marking the Independence and National Day at the National Parade Square in Dhaka on Saturday. Soon after the arrival of the President, fighter planes of Bangladesh Air Force passed over the display venue while the paratroopers made successful landing on the parade square in the afternoon. On the occasion, the three forces set up 48 stalls and pavilions for the week-long display. Of them, Army set up 32 stalls and pavilions, while Air Force and Navy six each and combined forces four. President Hamid went round different stalls and pavilions and witnessed various light and heavy weapons there. – source BSS  ....

Published at: 2017-03-26 00:00:05