VAT waiver facility with utmost caution

The new VAT (value added tax) law that came into effect from July 01 last has fulfilled a long-standing demand --- full waiver of VAT on utility service bills --- of the exporters. Naturally, the exporters were happy since the exemption would help reduce their cost of doing business, to...

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The need and prospect of promoting biogas in the country

Bangladesh remains far behind its neighbouring countries in developing biogas as an alternative to conventional fuel. It is apparent from the fact that the number of biogas plants is about 4.0 million in India, 8.0 million in China, 80,000 in Nepal and only about 10,000 in Bangladesh, according to a...

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Yet another water bus route

Against the backdrop of the miserable failure of the circular water bus service two times since 2004, the planned opening of yet another such service on the Sadarghat-Keraniganj route has perplexed a lot of people. The former service was launched by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), on the 29-kilometre...

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