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A dozen banks pay 22pc of corporate tax in FY '18

Some 12 commercial banks paid 21.75 per cent of the total corporate tax collected by the Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU) belonging to the income tax wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) during the fiscal year (FY), 2017-18.Of the banks, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, Standard Chartered Bank Ltd, HSBC,...

Resource mobilisation biggest challenge

Resource mobilisation remains the "biggest challenge" for the implementation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh, a forthcoming government report has cautioned. Traditional sources of funding are insufficient and the government needs to find innovative ways for SDG financing, according to the country's first SDG progress report, which is...

Form poll-time neutral govt by Sept 30

Leaders of Jatiya Oikya Prokriya (national unity process) placed on Saturday three-point demand including formation of a poll-time neutral administration by September 30.Two other demands are: dissolution of the parliament before announcing the election schedule and reform of the Election Commission."We will launch rallies across the country from October 01...

UK expresses concern

FE ReportRestrictions on democratic freedom in Bangladesh remain a cause of grave concern to the UK, said a statement on Bangladesh in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.The United Kingdom (UK) wants to see a free, fair and inclusive election process, the statement released on Friday by the UK...

Editors' Council to form human chain on Sept 29

The Sampadak Parishad or Editors' Council in a meeting on Saturday expressed their deep regret over passage of the Digital Security Act 2018.They said in a statement that the Act went against the freedom guaranteed by the Constitution, media freedom and freedom of speech.Mr. Reazuddin Ahmed, founding editor of the...

Mongla, Burimari ports dens of corruption: TIB

Businesses have to pay bribes at each stage of service delivery at Mongla and Burimari ports, according to a research study done by the Bangladesh chapter of an international anti-corruption watchdog.The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has showed evidence of such corruption at the ports in its latest findings revealed on...