FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
The Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) has demanded the withdrawal of various duties and taxes on different components linked to newspaper production, taking into consideration the hardships the industry has been facing since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country.In...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
Auditing and accounting professionals should get prepared to embrace the modern technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI) as it will create both challenges and new opportunities for them, speakers said. The AI has the capability to take over many of the...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
Domestic LPG autogas station owners have demanded business-friendly policy support for expanding the autogas industry as a green fuel.The Bangladesh LPG Autogas Station Owners Association has urged the government to review 7.5-per cent value-added tax (VAT) on autogas to help...
Rupali Bank's earnings bolstered by foreign exchange gainsThe state-owned Rupali Bank's profit soared 81 per cent year-on-year to Tk 174 million in January-March this year, thanks to higher income from export-import business. Its consolidated earnings per share (EPS) stood at...
Amid frequent power outages these days, the demand for AC/DC bulbs is on the rise. The special feature of this bulb is that it continues providing light for a few hours after the electricity is gone. The photo was taken...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh is all set to sign its third contract today (Thursday) to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from suppliers under long-term contracts.A high-powered delegation led by State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid left...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
Fuel prices in Bangladesh are set to fire up further despite global fall as the government is to levy in the new budget fixed-rated taxes on petroleum imports. Sources have said the government may impose specific duty at fixed rates...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
The government has set up a committee to scrutinise the Chinese proposal for joining the Global Development Initiative (GDI), State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said on Wednesday.Speaking at an event, organised by a local daily in the city, the state...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
In a latest move to bag more greenback, foreign-currency dealers and banks have once again hiked the exchange rate for both export proceeds and inward remittance.The decision was made during a virtual meeting on Wednesday.The revised rates take effect from...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
Bringing down the inflation to a rate projected for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) from the present higher levels would be the biggest challenge, economists said, terming the budgetary estimate 'not realistic'.The national budget for FY 2023-24, which is set...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
Realising higher revenue amid hardship remains a hard task as the government places in parliament today its election-year budget with an incremental outlay of over Tk 7.62 trillion. Economists are for adopting a subsistence-focused national budget for now, instead of...
Rain/thunder showers is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Thursday)), according to the Met Office.Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky...
Bangladesh reported 38 more Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,038,664, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).However, the official death toll from...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) held a march programme on the campus on Wednesday protesting against the ongoing development activities including construction of the IBA Building and the third administrative building without formulating a master plan. At the event, they...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
There will be no ban on carrying motorcycles by launches during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Wednesday.He said this while addressing the media after a meeting on better launch services and passenger safety...
Chief Information Commissioner Dr Abdul Malek presiding over a workshop on "Mass Media and Investigative Journalism in Right to Information (RTI) Act" at Information Commission office in the city's Agargaon on Wednesday
FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
The High Court on Wednesday ruled that tax imposition on the donated money by Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus to three trusts is justified.The High Court (HC) bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar and Justice Sardar Md Rashed...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
Save the Children on Wednesday called for allocating at least 16 per cent of the total budget (or about 2.6 per cent of GDP) for the education sector.The organisation also called for strengthening child-focused initiatives in the upcoming national budget...
The High Court on Wednesday asked Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus to pay over Tk 120 million (12 crore) as donation tax to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), reports UNB.The HC bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar...
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 31 (UNB): The Rajshahi University authorities have filed multiple cases against 16 people including a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader on charge of fraud in Rajshahi University admission test 2022-23.Registrar Professor Abdus Salam filed the cases on behalf...
Md Shah Alam, office assistant of publication branch of the Dhaka District Commissioner's office, on Wednesday testified in a graft case filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman, reports BSS.He submitted the depositions at the...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said the statement of the BNP secretary general shows that good senses are yet to prevail upon that party even after introduction of the new visa policy by the United States,...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam on Wednesday criticised the government's intention of holding another one-sided national election."The government is planning to stage a one-sided election again. You (the government) are trying to play on the field...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's statement terming the High Court verdicts in graft cases as "pre-ordered" is an insult to the country's law and judiciary, reports BSS.He said...
LONDON, May 31 (AFP): Asian and European stocks slid Wednesday on fears that hardline Republicans could vote down a crucial bill to hike the US borrowing limit, risking a catastrophic default that could hammer an already fragile global economy.Further signs...
MUMBAI, May 31 (Reuters): India's market regulator is canvassing opinion on plans to strengthen disclosure requirements for a set of "high-risk" offshore funds investing in the local markets, it said on Wednesday.The move, which could help unravel opaque structures through...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently distributed school bags among the school-going students at Bizli village in Naogaon's Neyamatpur upazila, as part of its CSR initiatives. Dr Ahsan Ali, executive director of ASHRAI, presided over the event, in presence...
The 24th annual general meeting (AGM) of BRAC Bank Limited was held on a virtual platform on Wednesday. Chairperson of the bank Meheriar M. Hasan presided over the AGM while Managing Director and CEO Selim R. F. Hussain attended the...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) declared a 25 per cent dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2022, with 12.50 per cent to be given as cash and the remaining 12.50 per cent as stock. Shareholders approved the dividend at...
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