The government is aiming to take up the economy's revenue-GDP ratio to 11.5 per cent by the fiscal year 2023-24 through modernisation of revenue administration, broadening the tax base, higher tax compliance, reform of laws and simplification of process."This is expected to significantly impact revenue mobilisation, and hence, over the...
Read moreThe five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, ended on Friday with the immersion of the idols of Goddess Durga and her children in water bodies across the country amid festivity, reports BSS.The process of immersion of the idols started around 4:00 pm instead of 12:00...
Read moreThe trend of increasing food production in Bangla-desh has continued even during the pandemic, Agriculture Minister Md Abdur Razzak said on Friday, reports UNB."In the fiscal year 2020-21, the production of Boro rice has been over 20 million tonnes, which is an all-time high," he said while addressing a press...
Read moreA woman and her two children have been found dead at a house in Chattogram, reports bdnews24.comPolice recovered the bodies from the house in Mohammadpur Ismail Colony at Panchlaish thana."The bodies of the woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old son were found hanging. Her seven-year-old daughter's body was found lying on the...
Read moreDhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman places a wreath at the October Memorial Building at Jagannath Hall of the university on Friday, marking the Mourning Day commemorating the tragic deaths of students, employees and guests in a building collapse at the dorm in 1985
Read moreA battery-run rickshaw van and a motorcycle collided with a truck at Ishwardi upazila in Pabna, leaving three people dead, reports bdnews24.com.The crash took place around 7:00 am on Friday on the Rooppur-Pabna Road in Aotapara Paschimpara area of the district, said Md Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi thana.The deceased are...
Read moreRain/thunder shower accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), according to Met office.Meanwhile, mild heat wave is sweeping over...
Read moreSANTIAGO, Oct. 15 (Xinhua): Agriculture is one of the sectors hardest hit by climate-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Wednesday, which marked International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction."Anticipatory, short-term action must be based on longer-term resilience-building efforts to...
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