Finance News: Latest Financial News, Finance News today in Bangladesh

Finance Adviser favours taxation digitalisation

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said on Tuesday that he wanted digitalisation of the tax payment system to stop corruption in revenue collection."We will digitalise the system so that taxpayers do not need to meet the tax collectors. They make underhand dealings whenever they meet face to face," he said.The...

Vermicelli prices up this year

Although flour and sugar are cheaper this year, the cost of vermicelli has increased to some extent ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. Vermicelli, known as 'semai' in Bengali, is widely consumed by Bangladeshis during the Eid festivals. A visit to various markets in the capital revealed that a 200-gramme pack of...

Nazrul Islam new housing secretary

The interim government has appointed Nazrul Islam as the new Housing and Public Works secretary and made incumbent M Hamidur Rahman Khan as an officer on special duty (OSD), attaching him to public administration ministry, reports BSS.Islam was serving as the Rural Development and Cooperatives Division secretary. The separate notifications...

Two new SC judges sworn in

Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub have been sworn in as judges to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC), reports BSS.Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath at Supreme Court Judges Lounge in the capital at 10:30 am on Tuesday.Judges of both the divisions of the...

Tk 231m fined, 628 kilns shut in anti-pollution drive since Jan

The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined Tk 231.2 million and closed 628 brick kilns nationwide in anti-pollution efforts Since January of this year. These drives also resulted in the seizure of 164,086 kg of polythene.From January 2 to March 23, the DoE conducted 739 mobile court operations across the...

Weather (2025-03-26)

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.Day temperature may rise by 1-2°C. The highest temperature of the country was recorded on Tuesday at 35.5 degrees Celsius in Rangamati, while the lowest was 14.7 degrees Celsius...