The gross mismatch between the government's avowed objectives and a few actions taken in areas of tax revenue is quite evident from the rising duty exemption trend in recent years. At the beginning of every financial year (FY), the government would invariably set a high tax revenue growth target matching...
Read moreBonded warehousing facility offered by the government to exporting firms, particularly to garment exporters, has often been termed a happy hunting ground for errant players. Although there are apparently stringent rules governing the system, often hailed by the authorities as full-proof against misuse, the allegation that raw and packing materials...
Read moreThe new VAT law that is almost certain to be introduced in the next budget can be viewed as a revenue bonus provided some of the abominable aspects were reviewed and changed. It depends on political will and the finance minister seems to have chosen a path of both populism...
Read moreFarid Ahmed was one of the survivors who luckily escaped the recent carnage at Christchurch in New Zealand. He had been physically sick for years and was confined to a wheelchair. Husne Ara Parvin was a social worker at Chistchurch. As any other Friday before, she took her husband to...
Read moreI was shocked to learn that seven people-- two assistant presiding officers, four members of Ansar, one assistant of a vehicle -- were shot dead and fourteen were injured when they were returning to the upazila town with election results and polling materials. It was the second phase of upazila...
Read moreNowadays Dhaka is one of the most unsafe places in the world. And this turns worse when it comes to security of women. Women are harassed when they are out for their work. They are abused in their homes too. Female children are also the victims. The reasons why women...
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