Retail VAT collection flops on EFD setback
Collection of VAT falters as the revenue authority may discard its plan to install Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) in retail outlets countrywide following alleged noncompliance by the third-party contractor.This happens to be a second time in a row the National Board of Revenue (NBR) failed to get installed the electronic...
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FBCCI delegation meets Army Chief
A delegation from the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), led by its president Mahbubul Alam, paid a courtesy visit to Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman at the Army Headquarters on Thursday.The business leaders requested the support of the Bangladesh Army in creating a business-friendly environment, maintaining production...
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Mintoo chairman, Moazzam vice-chair
Sponsor-directors Abdul Awal Mintoo and Moazzam Hossain have been elected chairman and vice-chairman respectively of the trouble-torn National Bank Ltd.They were elected unanimously at the 505th meeting of the board of directors of the bank on Thursday.The Bangladesh Bank dissolved the previous board on 20 August 2024 and formed a...
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Editors' Council for quick trial
The Editors' Council has demanded that charge be framed and trial be completed immediately in the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case.In February 2012, Machranga TV news editor Sagar Sarwar and ATN Bangla senior reporter Meherun Runi were brutally murdered in their rented house in West Rajabazar of the capital.Editors' Council...
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Rashed Khan Menon arrested
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon from Dhaka's Gulshan area on Thursday, reports UNB.DMP, however, did not disclose details regarding the arrest.Earlier, a case was filed with a Dhaka court against Menon for making defamatory remarks about the Zia family.Lawyer Ziaur Haque filed the case...
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Graft probe against Salman, Bipu and Palak initiated
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched inquiries into allegations of accumulating illegal wealth through corruption against former state ministers Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Nasrul Hamid Bipu.Besides, the anti-graft watchdog has decided to investigate similar allegations against Salman F Rahman, the head of the Beximco Group and advisor to former prime...
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BFIU freezes Mustafa Kamal, Tipu Munshi's bank accounts
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Thursday asked banks to freeze the accounts of former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and their family members.The BFIU also sought details of their bank transactions along with keeping their accounts freeze for the next 30 days, reports...
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General Waker-Uz-Zaman and Air Force Chief Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan confer the rank of Major General on Mahbubus Samad Chowdhury
Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman and Air Force Chief Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan confer the rank of Major General on Mahbubus Samad Chowdhury at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka in the presence of Chief Adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus. — Photo PID
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Vehicles navigate a pothole-ridden road
Vehicles navigate a pothole-ridden road at Hatkhola in Dhaka. Recent rains have exacerbated the road's condition, making travel difficult for commuters. — FE Photo
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