NBR extends deadline for submitting income tax return
The National Board of Revenue on Thursday announced deadline extension for filing income tax returns for both individual taxpayers and companies...
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BOAT ADRIFT: AL鈥檚 journey through power and paradox 鈥� III
HASINA鈥橲 return to power in 2008 was not just the return of a leader; it was the return of something darker, more insidious. As the caretaker government retreated quietly, she swiftly reasserted control over every arm of the state, her will bending institutions like pliable clay. The dream of democracy, nurtured with such care in the days following the...
BOAT ADRIFT: AL鈥檚 journey through power and paradox 鈥� II
THE assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 1975 did not merely topple a man 鈥� it sent a shockwave through the very soul of BAKSAL. Once the beacon of independence, the Awami League found itself bereft of its towering leader, the guiding force that had defined the very fabric of its existence. With Mujib gone, the party...
First division cricket league to start on January 30
The First Division cricket league, originally scheduled to start on January 20, will now commence on January 30 after being derailed due to the Dhaka-based clubs鈥� protest over the proposed amendment to the constitution of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
Experts suggest setting up stable tax policy
Experts on Monday called for establishing a stable tax policy as they criticised the National Board of Revenue for its lack of accountability in deciding why taxes are exempted, increased or reduced...
Make NBR more efficient: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday said that increasing the efficiency of the National Board of Revenue was essential for the growth of business in the country...
BOAT ADRIFT: AL鈥檚 journey through power and paradox 鈥� I
BANGLADESH, a nation forged in the crucible of its 1971 liberation war, now sees its legacy of sacrifice and identity increasingly distorted into a tool for political spectacle. Over the last 16 years, the Awami League government under Sheikh Hasina has leaned heavily on emotional rhetoric and symbolic gestures to cement their authority. This reliance on...
All pry students to get textbooks by Jan: adviser
The primary and mass education affairs adviser, Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar, on Sunday said that all primary students would get textbooks by January...
Herbal medicine board holds meeting
The meeting of the Bangladesh Board of Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine was held on Wednesday morning at the association鈥檚 office under the chairmanship of joint secretary Mallika Khatun, chairman of the board...
BCB reform committee suspended
The activities of the constitution reform committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, led by convener Nazmul Abedin Fahim, were postponed on Saturday.
Faruque assures cricketers of First Division League soon
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Faruque Ahmed assured the cricketers that the First Division Cricket League would commence within this month when the players came to meet him at the...
LOSING LIMBS IN ELECTROCUTION: BREB chair, PBS official ordered to pay Tk聽10 lakh to child victim
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...
NBR re-fixes VAT rates on different goods, services
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...
NBR raids ex-IGP Benazir鈥檚 resort in Gopalganj
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...
Writ petition seeks probe into corruption allegations against NCTB chairman
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....
Leadership structure barrier to NBR reform: advisory committee
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...
NBR cuts tax in import of air purifiers
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...
Proposed refined curriculum for 2026 likely to be implemented in phases
The proposed refined national curriculum for the next year is likely to be implemented in phases, said National Curriculum and Textbook Board officials...
ATTACK ON NATIONAL MINORITY STUDENTS: Protests on as advisers say meeting all demands impossible
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...
NBR to set up EFD at jewellery shops for revenue collection
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...
Enhanced VAT, SD to affect cigarette market: BAT
Stakeholders expressed apprehension that the sudden hike in VAT and SD would spur consumer prices, dampen demand and ultimately affect the government revenue...
Technical, vocational curriculum revision should not be delayed
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...
PDB plans to cut cost by Tk聽10,000cr in FY25
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.
BCB to hold Women鈥檚 BPL聽
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
NBR reforms can鈥檛 be done overnight: Mazid
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...
IFIPLC holds 356th board meeting
Islamic Finance and Investment PLC on Monday held its 356th meeting of board of directors at its head office, said a press release...
Attacks on national minority student protests outrageous
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...
Teacher shortage in technical institutions unacceptable
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...
NATIONAL MINORITY LANGUAGE GRAFFITI: 2 confronting platforms to hold demos before NCTB
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...
LPG price hiked after VAT structure change
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...