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Plan afoot for NBR to go tough against tax-dodging foreigners

The revenue authority has planned to go tough against foreign nationals who are working in Bangladesh for long, but not paying income tax. National Board of Revenue (NBR) has chalked out the plan in a bid to bring all foreign...

BB to award Dr Aziz, Dr Mahbub for economic contribution

The central bank is going to honour two eminent personalities...

edotco Bangladesh to help government achieve SDGs

Mobile phone tower company edotco Bangladesh has decided to help...

Muhith urges banks to analyse proposals for risk-free loans

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has asked the bankers to properly...

BD institutions weak to weather unanticipated economic shocks

An international survey finds Bangladesh's institutional quality and business environment...

CPA starts realising 15pc VAT on all port-service tariffs

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has started realising 15 per...

Banks' Tk 1.70t gets stuck in default cases

A hefty amount of over Tk 1.70 trillion of different...

SANEM 3rd economists’ confce starts Saturday

The third annual economists’ conference of the South Asian Network...

‘Speed up railway projects under Indian LoC’

Bangladesh Railway (BR) authorities have been asked to speed up...

NPL pile-up not a big problem: Minister

The current volume of non-performing loan (NPL) is not a...

Challenge lies in keeping BD’s political harmony

A leading trade body has stressed ensuring political harmony in...

Draft Deposit Protection Act incorporates NBFIs

Authorised persons involved in managing 'deposit insurance fund' at the...

BB governor applauds the bank’s initiatives for remittance augmentation

Remittance inflow through the proper channels has increased owing to...

Eight out of 18 probable projects get shortlisted

A special contact point may work for Japan following an...

Civil servants likely to get large subsidised home loans

The government contemplates doling out around Tk 9.80 billion in...

Recap of public banks again on the cards

The government again moves to give funds for recapitalisation of...

Banks, FIs to issue 7,033m yen as soft loans under FDI

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has signed agreements with 24 banks and...

BIDA chief eyes more FDI to achieve SDGs

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) executive chairman has stressed on...

Country sees revolution in agriculture: Experts

Agriculturists at a post-rally discussion in Rangpur have said Bangladesh...

BD signs $92.30m deal with IFAD

Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a financing agreement with the International...

Current account incurs deep deficit

Bangladesh's current-account deficit widened almost eight times or by $4.76...

Regulator moves to meet Farmers Bank capital shortfall

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has moved to find out a way...

Govt earns Tk 53b from spectrum auction, tech neutrality fee

Government will formally hand over 4G licence to mobile network...

Trade deficit jumps by 91pc in H1

Country’s merchandise trade deficit with the rest of the world...

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