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NBR needs Tk 458.53b monthly haul to meet FY24 target

Dhaka, March 24 -- After a Tk 182.21 billion shortfall in domestic revenue mobilisation by February this year, the revenue authority now needs to collect Tk 458.53 billion in each of the remaining fou... Read More


Bhutan calls BD for duty benefit under PTA

Dhaka, March 23 -- Bhutan has urged Bangladesh to allow its businesses enjoy duty benefit under the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) signed in December 2020. Bhutan, the only country having a bilat... Read More


Gratuitous corporate tax relief ahead

Dhaka, March 14 -- A slew of tax benefits may be declared three months ahead of the national budget for fiscal year 2024-25 under an urgency felt for easing burden on select corporate taxpayers. Educ... Read More


Leather export source tax getting halved

Dhaka, March 10 -- Source taxes on leather-and leather-goods exports are going to be halved to help the sector meet high-cost compliance precondition of buyers, as export diversification comes under g... Read More


Telcos face Tk 1.45b interest claim on settled tax disputes

Dhaka, March 6 -- Having settled 16 cases of unpaid taxes through alternative dispute resolution in 2019, the revenue board is now seeking to claim Tk 1.45 billion in interest on VAT paid earlier from... Read More


IMF reviews Bangladesh's revenue situation from today

Dhaka, March 3 -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission begins reappraisal of Bangladesh's tax-expenditure status on direct taxes, tax incentives to businesses and compliance issues through con... Read More


Online portal fails to attract large individual taxpayers

Dhaka, March 2 -- The online tax return system could not attract the large individual taxpayers due to a lack of confidence in the portal having inadequate features. The full features that could have... Read More


Time to fix issues cramping cashew-processing industry

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Umpteen issues have been discouraging local cashew nut-processing investors from further expanding this booming agro-based industry, dampening government efforts to diversify its exp... Read More


Health concern over drum sales

Dhaka, Feb. 15 -- Salesperson Azhar Ali was pouring edible oil in a bottle from a blue large drum on the second floor of the Karwanbazar kitchen market following a consumer's demand. Consumers in nee... Read More


Simple surgery brings smile to cleft lips

Dhaka, Feb. 14 -- Jewel Ahmed was taking preparations to sell his landed asset, his last straw, for surgery on the cleft lip of his three-year-old son. A car driver at Golapganj upazila, Mr Ahmed cam... Read More