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Finance Bill set for passage today with major amendments

Parliament is set to pass today the Finance Bill 2026 with significant amendments, including the withdrawal of a controversial provision that would have allowed legalizing undisclosed income by paying 20-percent penal tax.Another contentious proposal requiring taxpayers to obtain Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) before opening bank account is also likely to...

National savings dip to 5yr low

Bangladesh's gross national savings (GNS) are projected to decline to 26.93 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the outgoing fiscal year-hitting a five-year low,The latest savings figure collated by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) marks a decline of 0.74-percentage points from the estimated 27.67 per cent recorded in...

Roadshows likely in Houston, Singapore

Bangladesh will arrange at least two overseas road shows to rope in potential oil- and gas-exploration companies from across the globe for participating in the already-opened offshore bidding round.One show is planned to be staged in Houston in the United States and another in global business-hub Singapore, officials say about...

12 Chinese cos offer to invest $9.21b in Bangladesh

Some 12 Chinese companies, ranging from agriculture, education, power and energy to transport and climate change, have given proposals to make investments worth US$9.21 billion in Bangladesh.They made their proposals following meetings with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman during his recent visit to China.The investment proposals were presented when the chief...

DBL Group eyes five more IPOs in four years

One of Bangladesh's leading industrial conglomerates, DBL Group, plans to list at least five more companies on the country's capital market over the next four years as part of its strategy to strengthen corporate governance, institutionalise professional management and ensure long-term business sustainability.The move comes at a time when the...

France sees 1,000 more deaths amid heat wave

BERLIN (AP): France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as Europeans elsewhere were suffering through yet another day of new temperature highs that sparked wildfires in Germany and had Berlin police using water cannons...