Establish commission to speed up tax reform
Bangladesh needs major reforms in its tax and tariff scheme to stimulate growth and exports, a leading think-tank has said.To speed up the reform, the government should move to establish a tax reform commission and introduce a uniform VAT system, said the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI).The views came...
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NBR seems not on course to attain revised target
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to miss even the revised tax revenue collection target set for the current financial year, 2017-18. The shortfall in tax revenue collection stood at Tk 300 billion in the first ten months against the revised target, according to provisional data of the...
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UN urges BD to adhere to rights in drugs purge
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said in a statement that they are "closely following" developments related to anti-drug operations in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com.It also urged member states to adhere to their commitments "to promote balanced, human rights-based approaches to drug control".The spokesperson of the UN...
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Drug addict 'kills self' in police custody
Police claimed on Saturday a detainee committed suicide at the Sonaimuri Police Station in Noakhali. Tazul Islam Tushar, 23, was an autorickshaw driver. Police detained him on Friday night. He was in custody at the police station. —bdnews24.com
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