The High Court on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board鈥檚 chairman and the Satkhira Palli Bidyut Samity manager to pay Tk聽10 lakh within a month to father of 10-year-old Raqibuzzaman as treatment costs after the child lost his right hand and leg due to electrocution in May 2021...
The National Board of Revenue has revised its tax policies, reducing value added tax and supplementary duty on several items and services, including mobile phone usage, broadband internet, medicine, ready-made clothes, restaurants, sweets, non-AC hotels, and motor workshops...
The National Board of Revenue鈥檚 central intelligence cell on Tuesday raided former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed鈥檚 Savana Eco Resort and Natural Park in Gopalganj...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday, seeking the court to direct the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate corruption allegations against the National Curriculum and Textbook Board chairman....
Advisory committee formed to recommend proposals for the reform of the National Board of Revenue has identified dual role of secretary of the Internal Resources Division as an obstacle to the NBR鈥檚 efficiency...
The National Board of Revenue on Tuesday said the import cost of air purifiers will be reduced from Tk 1,500 to Tk 7,000 each depending on the quality following the cut in the import duty along with exemption of regulatory duty and advance tax...
The proposed refined national curriculum for the next year is likely to be implemented in phases, said National Curriculum and Textbook Board officials...
Adviser to the ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs Supradip Chakma on Monday said that the government had all sympathy for the protesting national minority students but could not meet all their demands...
The National Board of Revenue has initiated a move to install electronic fiscal device (EFD) at all jewellery shops across the country, aiming to enhance the revenue collection from this sector...
Stakeholders expressed apprehension that the sudden hike in VAT and SD would spur consumer prices, dampen demand and ultimately affect the government revenue...
THE Technical Education Board, which is meant to update the technical and vocational education curriculum at certain intervals, usually five years, is reported to be going slow in updating the curriculums for a large number of courses that it oversees. The board deals with courses for diploma degrees in engineering, textile engineering, agriculture...
The interim government has come up with a plan to reduce power sector expenses by Tk聽10,000 crore while energy experts term the plan impractical, saying that a right intervention could save Tk 30,000 crore overnight.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to organise women鈥檚 Bangladesh Premier League right after the end of the ongoing men鈥檚 edition, confirmed board director and the member secretary of BPL Nazmul Abedin Fahim.聽
Muhammad Abdul Mazid, a member of the advisory committee to initiate reforms in the National Board of Revenue, on Thursday said they would propose implementable proposals for the revenue collecting authority...
Islamic Finance and Investment PLC on Monday held its 356th meeting of board of directors at its head office, said a press release...
THE attacks on the protests that national minority students held on January 15 and the attacks on a rally that mostly students held the next day in protest at the attacks on the January 15 protests are as unsavoury as equally outrageous. Students of national minorities, banded as the Aggrieved Indigenous Students and People, held protests at the...
A SERIOUS shortage of teachers in government technical and vocational educational institutions is unacceptable. It shows the government鈥檚 lack of commitment to a sector that has a high potential to contribute to the economy. About three-fourths of the sanctioned positions for teachers in government technical and vocational educational institutions have been...
Two confronting students鈥� platforms are scheduled to stage demonstrations today cordoning off the National Curriculum and Textbook Board building in the capital over removal of graffiti on the national minority groups from a textbook...
The price of liquefied petroleum gas has been slightly raised following a change in the structure of the value-added tax by the National Board of Revenue, according to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission...
At least four people were killed and six more were rescued as a speedboat and a motorised trawler collided in the Meghna River under Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj on Friday.
PETROBANGLA鈥橲 proposal seeking an increase in gas prices supplied to industries and captive power plants by 152 per cent and 140 per cent respectively, which the government says is unpleasant and unavoidable, is worrying in that industrialists say that such a move would increase production cost that will eventually fall on consumers. Whilst the...
Janata Bank PLC held its 834th board meeting at its head office in Dhaka on Wednesday, said a press release...
The National Board of Revenue has increased income tax on industries making motorcycle, freezer, refrigerator and air conditioner in a move to increase revenue generation from direct tax...
Forty-two luxurious vehicles, imported under duty-free privileges by former Awami League MPs, have been lying at Chattogram Port for the past five months, creating complications for the National Board of Revenue....
Telecom sector industry stakeholders said that the decision to increase the supplementary duty on mobile phone services by 3 per cent would hinder progress and widen the digital divide...
The National Board of Revenue鈥檚 Customs division in a directive made physical inspection mandatory for a dozen imported products through the Benapole Land Port...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed seven cases against former National Board of Revenue official Matiur Rahman, his family, two former Awami League lawmakers and their families over amassing illegal wealth.
Veteran seamer Jahanara Alam opted out of the forthcoming three-match ODI and an equal number of T20I series against the West Indies as Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the women鈥檚 squad on Monday.
The male family members of the July-August uprising martyrs will be exempted from the minimum 65 years age requirement while purchasing family savings certificates.
The National Board of Revenue on Monday has extended the exemption period of the value added tax on metro rail tickets for one more year...