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Corporates’ profit drop dents govt’s tax revenues

Collection of corporate taxes from large taxpayers has declined for a fall in their business profitability for factors like high-rated interest, rising costs and falling purchasing capacity for inflation, sources say. Corporate insiders say their ability to pay taxes squeezing as profit margins have been going down owing to high...

Business leaders urge relief from high interest, AIT

Business leaders urge the government to grant relief from excessively high bank interest as they find current borrowing costs as an unbearable burden for industries already weakened by rising operational expenses.They also seek exemptions from advance income tax (AIT), describing the National Board of Revenue's Tax Deducted at Source (TDS)...

Khaleda set to be flown to London for treatment

Critically-sick BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia is set to be flown to London by Friday as her medical teams from home and abroad recommended the travel, said the party on Thursday.The decision to take Khaleda to London has been made on advice of specialist doctors, said her...

SC upholds HC order declaring interim govt valid

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld a High Court ruling that declared the formation and swearing-in of the current interim government headed by Noble Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus legal.A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed delivered the verdict,...

RMG slump drags down Nov exports 5.58pc

Bangladesh's single-month merchandise export earnings in November 2025 declined for the fourth consecutive month on a year-on-year basis, registering a 5.58 per cent fall compared to the same month in 2024.The fall was caused by a negative growth of readymade garment (RMG) exports, the country's largest foreign currency earner. Bangladesh...

Govt approves ordinance for Police Commission

The Council of Advisers, on Thursday, approved the long-anticipated Police Commission Ordinance, paving the way for the formation of an independent five-member commission aimed at making policing in Bangladesh more public-centred, accountable and rights-sensitive.Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan announced the decision at a briefing at the Foreign Service Academy on...

Cash moving back to vaults amid higher rates

The currency held outside banks has been flowing back into vaults in greater volumes in recent months, providing some sort of respite to commercial lenders amid persisting liquidity tightness.Deposits amounting to Tk 260 billion that flowed out returned to the banking sector in the last four months till October, official...

A variety of cold-weather vegetables

A variety of cold-weather vegetables are growing as the winter season is just on the doorstep. In the photograph taken at South Keraniganj on Thursday, farmers are seen harvesting mustard leaves. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam