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Income tax return filing deadline now Dec 31

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for individual taxpayers to submit their income-tax returns for the tax year 2025-26. The new deadline is now set for December 31, providing taxpayers an additional month to file their returns. The original deadline was scheduled to expire on November...

Special liquidity feeding dries up, G-sec cools

A generous state recipe feeding funds to liquidity-strapped banks now dries up as the regulator balances inflation control and forex stability while bankers wonder where to invest amid private-sector credit crunch. Amid such a double bind, a spree in commercial banks borrowing from the central bank drops significantly in recent...

Curricular upgrade, skills building must for new jobs, economy: Experts

An evolving global order is disrupting supply systems across countries, prompting a shift from a bipolar world to a multipolar framework, when nations can no longer rely solely on the West and must widen their focus. Speakers at a function in Dhaka Sunday sounded the alert, and recommended domestic preparations...

BD makes formal request to India for Hasina extradition

Bangladesh has formally renewed its request for India to hand over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her former home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, after the country's International Crimes Tribunal sentenced both in absentia to death for crimes against humanity linked to last year's political unrest.Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain...

Quake safety concerns prompt closure of DU and DMC

Dhaka University (DU) was declared closed for 15 days, until December 6, following safety concerns over the condition of several of its residential halls after the recent earthquakes. As the university authorities also instructed students to vacate their halls by 5:00pm on Sunday, most students had left the premises before...

Consumption-led economic dynamism in sight

Rising consumption of goods spurs economic activity and demand-driven imports particularly amid some spending splurge on upcoming national elections, in a rebound from persisting slumps.Consumption contracted in fiscal years 2023 and FY 2024 consecutively amid persistent high inflation, but industry insiders and economists expect this economic parameter to rise this...

Dengue claims eight more lives, 778 hospitalised

The dengue situation in Bangladesh continued to deteriorate as eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 364 this year, reports UNB.During the same period, 778 new patients were admitted to hospitals, raising...