Jishan, Afif, Akbar hit tons
Jishan Alam, Afif Hossain, and Akbar Ali hit blistering centuries for the Bangladesh Cricket Board High-Performance team as they beat Bangladesh Tigers by 137 runs in a...
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Improved implementation of debt management policy a must
A persistent increase in internal and external government borrowing and the consequent pressure on loan repayment pose a threat to the economy. While economists have for long spoken of negative impacts of the growing government debt, the authorities appear to have ignored the risks and continued to borrow excessively...
BCB HP to leave for Australia on July 13
Bangladesh Cricket Board High-Performance team will leave for Australia on July 13 to play two four-day and two 50-over matches alongside playing in a Twenty20 tournament, which will include Pakistan Shaheens and Big Bash teams...
EPB working to rectify export data anomalies
The Export Promotion Bureau is likely to revise its export figures downward by more than $10.8 billion for the financial year 2023-24 after the Bangladesh Bank identified discrepancies between the statistics reported by the EPB and the National Board of Revenue...
BCB looking for ways to keep Mushtaq
The Bangladesh Cricket Board are looking for ways to keep Mushtaq Ahmed as their spin-bowling coach for the national team, as the former Pakistani leg-spinner joined...
NBR, EPB responsible for discrepancies in export data: BB
The Bangladesh Bank in an explanation of its actions erasing billions of dollars from the country鈥檚 export earnings account has said that the National Board of Revenue and the Export Development Bureau were responsible for duplication in export data...
Death of migrant workers must be investigated
THE plights of exploited migrant workers have fallen on deaf ears of successive governments as the number of death in destination countries continues to increase. The Wage Earners and Welfare Board says that at least 4,261 Bangladeshis died abroad in July 2023鈥揓une 2024. Official statistics also report a staggering 41,053 death in 2002鈥�2021...
Seizure of NBR official鈥檚 9-storey house, flats ordered
Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge court on Thursday ordered the seizure of huge assets, including a nine-storey building, owned by Mohammed Enamul Hoque, commissioner of the...
Seize assets of Matiur, family: court聽
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday ordered the seizure of the assets, including four flats and over 1,000 decimals of land, of National Board of Revenue official...
Welcome HC ruling on wealth oversight of public servants
THE High Court in a welcome move on July 2 asked the government to immediately enforce the rule that requires public servants to declare their and their dependents鈥� assets before joining the service. Hearing a writ petition that sought a court directive on rampant allegations of corruption against public servants, the court observes that corruption...
BCB with no clear answers for WC performance
Bangladesh Cricket Board officials could come up with only detailed but vague explanations for the Bangladesh national team鈥檚 subpar showing in the recently...
Ex-NBR official Badrun Nahar, husband sued
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed two cases on Monday against former assistant director of the National Board of Revenue Badrun Nahar and her husband former...
BCB directors meeting today
Bangladesh Cricket Board directors will be holding a meeting today to discuss the national team鈥檚 performance in the 2024 T20 World Cup, among...
Matiur鈥檚 wife聽seeks travel聽ban lift
Narsingdi鈥檚 Raipura upazila parishad chairman Layla Kaniz Lucky, also first wife of National Board of Revenue member Matiur Rahman, submitted a petition to a...
Two companies of S Alam Group evade Tk 3,538 crore in VAT
Two companies of S Alam Group evaded Tk 3,538 crore in Value Added Tax through various ways in three years between 2019 and 2022....
No decision yet on metro rail fare hike
No decision has been made till Sunday night over the metro rail fare hike from Monday following the exemption of the Value Added Tax on tickets.....
SC to hear NOAB's arguments on 9th wage board Monday
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hear arguments from the Newspapers Owners Association of Bangladesh on a leave to appeal petition regarding the High Court judgment on the income tax of journalists and employees working in newspapers....
NBR transfers first secretary Faisal to Bogura amid graft allegations
The National Board of Revenue on Sunday transferred its first secretary (Taxes) Quazi Abu Mahmud Faisal to Bogura amid allegations of amassing illegal wealth...
Another senior NBR official in ACC net
The Anti-Corruption Commission found huge movable and immovable assets of National Board of Revenue first secretary [Taxes Legal and Enforcement]...
Matiur鈥檚 wife attends upazila meeting after 14 days
Raipura upazila parishad chairman Laila Kaniz Lucky, also the first wife of former National Board of Revenue member Matiur Rahman, attended a meeting in the upazila after 14 days of disappearance amid allegations against her and her husband for accumulating a huge quantity of illegal wealth...
Banks, NBFIs asked to freeze accounts of Matiur, family
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit of the Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked all banks and non-banking financial institutions to freeze all accounts of National Board of Revenue member Matiur Rahman and his family members who were now facing allegations of amassing illegal wealth...
Deplorable failure to address power policy flaws
THE likely increase in the losses of the Bangladesh Power Development Board by almost 200 per cent in 2025 suggests a deplorable absence of measures to amend the power policy, which is burdened by, among others, an abnormal level of overcapacity and an absurd capacity charge system...
Matiur `leaves country鈥� before travel ban
Md Matiur Rahman, a member of the National Board of Revenue,聽reportedly left the country, a day before the imposition of an international travel ban by...
BCB announces squad for Women鈥檚 Asia Cup
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday announced the squad for the ACC Women鈥檚 Asia Cup 2024 scheduled to be held in Dambulla, Sri Lanka from...
Budget takes energy sector downhill: CPD
Bangladesh鈥檚 power and energy sector is set to downslide further with the budgetary measures announced this month, ignoring the need to make amends that could have...
NBR official Matiur under ACC scanner
The Anti-Corruption Commission started an inquiry against Md Matiur Rahman, president of the National Board of Revenue鈥檚 Customs, Excise, and VAT Appellate Tribunal, over...
Two drown as boat capsizes in Sherpur beel
Two youths, including a medical student, were killed and five others injured when a boat capsized in a beel (wetland) in Sherpur.
Child drowns, seven missing as boat capsizes in Teesta
A Child drowned and seven others went missing as a boat capsized in River Teesta in Kurigram鈥檚 Ulipur upazila on Wednesday evening...
Training on Shariah audit of Islamic bank ends
The closing session of a five-day long training course on 鈥楽hariah Audit of Islamic Banking Operations鈥� jointly organised by the Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of...
BCB鈥檚 negligence pushing former cricketers to USA
A difficult life in the country following being shunned by the Bangladesh Cricket Board is what led to them opting to live in USA, former Bangladesh national...