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Poland shows interest to invest in energy, food processing

Polish Treasury Ministry Secretary of State Zdzislaw Gawlik Wednesday expressed his interest in investing on mineral, food processing, energy and renewable energy in Bangladesh. "We have very solid proposals for Bangladesh, we are in a preliminary stage, finding out scopes and opportunities here," he said while talking to reporters after...

Rising farm wages help cut poverty: BIDS economist

Rise in real wages in the agriculture sector played a significant role in poverty reduction in the country between 1996 and 2013. The analysis came in a paper on 'Inclusive Development and Agricultural Labour' at the Abdul Ghafur Memorial Lecture 2015 at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). BIDS research...

NBR gives work-order to Vietnamese co

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has awarded work-order to a Vietnamese company - FPT Information System Corporation - for supplying and setting up hardware, software and network to introduce an online VAT system. NBR signed a deal with the company on Wednesday for setting up the Integrated VAT Administration...

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Economists' confce calls for paper South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), a Dhaka-based research organisation, is going to organise its first annual economists' conference next year. The conference titled "Bangladesh: Way towards a Middle Income Country", will be held at BRAC Centre Inn Auditorium in Dhaka on February 20,...

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Ministries, agencies asked to work out budget implementation plans

The government has asked all the ministries, divisions and agencies to devise separate budget implementation plans aiming to ensure proper implementation of the country's fiscal budget, officials said. The ministries, divisions and agencies will have to submit the budget implementation plans and reports on implementation progress of their respective budgets...

US to work with BD to promote fuel-efficient cookstoves

The United States on Wednesday emphasised its commitment to working with the government of Bangladesh and other partners to promote the use of more fuel-efficient cookstoves that produce less harmful emissions, are more energy-efficient and do not pose health hazards, reports UNB. Catalysing Clean Energy in Bangladesh (CCEB), a project...

Fairs encourage people to pay taxes : RCC mayor

RANGPUR, Sept 16 (BSS) : The spontaneous payment of income tax by the eligible citizens will not only strengthen the national economy, but also make them dignified people ensuring their participation in the national-building activities. The Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu said this Wednesday at the...

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Mofazzal made GM of Sonali Bank

Mofazzal Hossain has recently been promoted to General Manager (GM) of the Sonali Bank Limited. He joined the head office of the bank. Prior to his new responsibility, Mr. Hossain was deputy general manager of public relations department of the bank, said a press release. After obtaining MSc degree in...