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Netting the tax evaders

Compared to that of the previous years, the progress made in netting additional number of individual taxpayers this year is laudable. Nearly 200,000 new taxpayers submitted tax returns within the deadline bringing the total number of return-filing individual taxpayers to 1.7 million. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has also...

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G20 versus the rest of the world

Navigating the rough waters of trade-impeding practices of the stronger economies is more than challenging for those lagging behind, in that the ball in the tight grip of the former has first to be released for any game plan by the latter. The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) report on G20...

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Loan rescheduling keeps below expectation

The electoral process has entered a crucial phase with the scrutiny of nomination papers and their filtration against some set criteria. Already a record number of proposed nominees have been rejected; they have a narrow window for appeal though. After this has been availed of by rejected nominees, result going...

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Tigers whitewash West Indies!

Bangladesh won two Test matches in five days and they swept the Test series by 2-0! West Indians have no answer to the Tigers' spin magic. In the second Test, Miraz alone took 12 wickets and blew away West Indian batsmen. Five months back, the Tigers received similar treatment from...

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Death in Tabligh Jamaat clash

Everyone was shocked to learn about the death an elderly man in a series of clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat over establishing dominance at the Bishwa Ijtema grounds on the banks of the Turag River. Ismail Mandal, 65 years old, was found dead and his family is devastated...

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Violence against women must stop

Violence against women is increasing in our country. It is alarming. The women consist half of our population and we cannot expect to achieve the desired level of progress keeping them neglected and backward. Nearly 60 per cent of women in our country face some kinds of violence like dowry...

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