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New budget commutes trade penalties, cuts essentials’ taxes

Multiple trade-facilitation measures like corporate-tax variables to promote capital market, commuting penalties for trade offences and cut-down tax rates for pharmaceuticals and other essentials are envisaged in the new budget.The current interim government is set to cut corporate tax for publicly-listed companies on the capital market by 2.5 per cent...

Maiden mango export to China initiates export diversification

Bangladesh Wednesday sent the maiden consignment of mangoes to China to open wider avenues of diversifying its export basket and enhance its trade on the vast market, officials said.Commerce Adviser of the interim government Sheikh Bashir Uddin and Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh Yao Wen inaugurated the mango-export event at Dhaka's...

Election must be held by December

BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said that the next national election must be held by next December and urged his party members to gear up accordingly.He warned that his party will not accept any pretext or excuse to delay the people's right to vote.He came up with the...

BD sees lower cost increase from tariff

Bangladeshi businesses have experienced a lower-than-average cost increase from tariffs and expect significantly smaller cost increases in both the short and long terms, according to HSBC's 2025 Global Trade Pulse Survey.The survey, which gathered insights from over 5,700 international firms across 13 markets, including 250 companies in Bangladesh, found that...

Eid-ul-Azha on June 7-

The holy Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in the country on June 7 as the moon of the holy month of Zilhaj of 1446 Hijri was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Wednesday, reports BSS.The decision came following a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee held at the Islamic...

HC acquits Tarique, Zubaida in graft case

The High Court on Wednesday acquitted BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman of a corruption case filed on charge of amassing assets through illegal means and concealing information in their wealth statements.The High Court also annulled the verdict of the special court that had earlier convicted...