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HOMAGE TO BANGABANDHU
PHOTO: STAR
WORKSHOP
Introduction to Astronomy & Astrophysics Research
Organiser: SPSB
Venue: Sheltech Niribili, Elephant Road
Time: 3pm
MUSIC CLASS
Guitar for Beginners
Venue: Studio 6
Time: 3pm
CULTURAL EVENT
Remembering Bangabandhu
Organiser: Bangabandhu Online Archive
Venue: Shilpakala Academy
Time: 12pm
SESSION
Emotional Intelligence
Venue: Mind Mechanics Academy, Road 17A, Banani
Time: 5:30pm

Efforts on to bring fugitive killers back: Quader
Agencies
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government has intensified its diplomatic efforts to bring back the fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“The government has strengthened its diplomatic efforts to pave the way for bringing back the killers of Bangabandhu who remain fugitive and have taken shelter in different countries,” he said.
The minister came up with the remark while talking to journalists after paying homage to Bangabandhu and his family members at Banani graveyard, reports BSS.
Quader urged all to work together for a hunger-and-poverty-free “Sonar Bangla” as dreamt by Bangabandhu.
The general secretary of Awami League also vowed to build a corruption-free country under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, based on Bangabandhu’s ideology, UNB adds.
On August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu was brutally assassinated by a group of conspiring army officers. His wife, sons, daughters-in-law and other relatives were also killed in the massacre, one of the most heinous in world history.
Bangabandhu’s daughters Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, survived as they were abroad at the time.
The Supreme Court on November 19, 2009 upheld a High Court verdict, confirming capital punishment of 12 people for killing the Father of the Nation and most of his family members in a coup d’état.
Five killers of Bangabandhu -- Syed Farooq Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Mohiuddin Ahmed -- were executed on January 27, 2010. Another killer, Aziz Pasha, died of natural causes in Zimbabwe in 2001.
Those who remain fugitives are Col (dismissed) Khandaker Abdur Rashid, Lt Col (relieved) Shariful Haque Dalim, Maj (retd) Noor Chowdhury, Maj (retd) Rashed Chowdhury, Capt Abdul Majed and Risaldar Moslehuddin Khan.
A taskforce comprised of ministers and high officials of the foreign, law and home ministries was formed in 2010 to locate and bring back the six.
The government had also made global appeals in bilateral, regional and international forums to track down the culprits. However, only two of the six could be traced -- Rashed Chowdhury in the US and Noor Chowdhury in Canada.

Build ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by Bangabandhu
Chief justice urges nation
Staff Correspondent
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday suggested all work together to materialise the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for building the country as “Sonar Bangla”.
“The Father of the Nation had a dream to turn the country into Sonar Bangla. Our responsibility and target will be working to implement his dream. If it is done, his [Bangabandhu] departed soul will find peace,” he said.
He was speaking at a blood donation programme organised by the Supreme Court in association with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University at the SC auditorium, marking National Mourning Day. Judges, officials and staff of SC attended the programme.
The chief justice said August 15 is the most shocking and watershed day in Bangladesh’s history, as Bangabandhu and most of his family members were brutally assassinated on the day in 1975. He paid respects to all those who
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NBR to introduce app to check tax evasion
Unb, Dhaka
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken an initiative to introduce a mobile application and a software, aiming to check cases of tax evasion and increase the number of taxpayers.
The revenue-collecting authority thinks launching of the app and software will bring dynamism into the revenue administration, and help bring a large number of eligible taxpayers under the tax net, an NBR senior official told the news agency.
According to the existing income tax law, any business entity and service-providing person must hang the taxpayer identification number (TIN) in their offices or business organisations. But it is not practised properly, which causes confusion as to whether the business or service-provider have their TINs or not.
“That’s why NBR is planning to make it mandatory to hang tax payment certificate,” said the official.
He said using the software, all 649 tax circles will be linked to the mobile app. Through this app, anyone will be able to check whether the tax payment certificate is genuine or effective, or an expired one.
“With the app, it will even be possible to lodge
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