Planning minister backs VAT waiver on indentors
Doulot Akter MalaPlanning Minister M A Mannan has recommended waiver of 5.0 per cent value added tax (VAT) on commission of indenting agents to facilitate their repatriation of foreign currency to Bangladesh.He recently sent a demy official (DO) letter to Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal, requesting him to...
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Mobilising development financing will be core challenge
Mr Manmohan Parkash, the Country Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Bangladesh talks to the Financial Express (FE) on the country's macroeconomic trend and risk factors. He also sheds light on possible challenges Bangladesh may face once it graduates from the category of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Following...
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Dhaka wants to host C'wealth business conference in 2020
Bangladesh wants to host a Commonwealth business conference early next year.State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has proposed to host the 'Commonwealth Business-to-business Connectivity' conference in Dhaka in the first quarter of 2020, reports bdnews24.comShahriar Alam said Bangladesh wants to host the event as the lead country within...
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BSFIC chief urges farmers to supply sugarcane to mills
The chairman of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) has urged the farmers to boost sugarcane farming and supply those to the sugar mills spontaneously in the greater interests of existence of the mills, reports BSS."Boosting acreage of sugarcane farming and supplying those to the mills can be the...
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