National,Business,Politics
National Board of Revenue (NBR) is considering introducing a system to refund Advance Income Tax (AIT) paid by individuals whose income falls below the tax exemption threshold. To ensure hassle-free tax collection, the government has long imposed AIT on various income-generating sources such as...
National,Politics
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and party Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman removed uncertainty and brought a new hope through a fruitful consensus to hold the next national election before Ramadan."The fruitful...
Fakhrul said Tarique proposed bringing the election date forward from April, as earlier announced by the Chief Adviser, since that time is not favourable for voting.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, during his meeting with the party&r...
National,Business,Bank & Insurance
With government offices, banks, ports, factories, private institutions and retail outlets all shut for the 10-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday, economists and business leaders say the country has entered a state of economic stagnation.A visit to several bustling wholesale and retail markets in the capital &m...
Banks have failed to follow Bangladesh Bank’s instructions to keep ATM booths in service during the Eid holidays.There is a 10-day holiday from June 5 to June 14 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. Banks are also closed during this holiday.As a result, ATM booths have become the only hope for with...
Business
Bangladesh Bank's initiative to inject Tk 232 crore into the leather sector for procuring rawhide during Eid-ul-Azha has fallen significantly short, with only Tk 125 crore disbursed to businesses, according to industry insiders.Bankers cited a lack of interest among leather traders in taking out...
Businesses in Bangladesh have fallen into a holiday trap, with economic activity slowing due to supply chain disruptions and bank closures during the extended 10-day Eid-ul-Azha holidays.Export-import operations through land ports, delivery of goods to retailers and the supply of seasonal fruits -- ...
National,Politics,Resources
While a new report shows a sharp decline in child labour in the Asia-Pacific region, the situation in Bangladesh is not the same.The broader child labor rate (detrimental forms of work) remained relatively stable at 4.4% in 2022, up marginally from 4.3% in 2013, indicating that despite significant p...
National,Business,Politics,Resources,Jobs,Science Technology
The interim government has adopted a data-driven labour market strategy aimed at improving employment outcomes for vulnerable and marginalised groups, marking a notable shift in Bangladesh’s social protection priorities.Though labour market programmes represent a smaller portion of the overall...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, has approved new committees for its units in 19 private universities in the capital.The newly formed committees have been approved by the JCD’s Private University Unit President Md Abu Horaira and General Secretary M Rajibul Islam Talukd...
A high-level delegation of the BNP, led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, is scheduled to embark on a visit to China on June 24 at the invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC). “The CPC extended a formal invitation for the visit, which is expected to focus on s...
The TUK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen properties in the United Kingdom belonging to former land minister of Bangladesh Saifuzzaman Chowdhury.The action comes after legal requests from Bangladeshi authorities to seize assets owned by Chowdhury, a political ally of deposed Prime...
National,Sports,Football
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is considering to file an official complaint at the Asian Football Confederation against controversial refereeing in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers match between Bangladesh and Singapore here on Tuesday.A controversial decision by match referee deprived Bangladesh ...
National,Business,Politics,Entertainment,Education & Culture,Art & Life Desk,Literature
The screening of Raihan Rafi’s much-hyped Eid release ‘Taandob' was suspended in Kalihati upazila of Tangail following protests by local religious groups and growing security concerns. Expressing frustration on social media, prominent filmmaker Ashfaque Nipun condemned the incident a...
National,Business,Travel & Tourism
National carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has requested Hajj pilgrims to contact its Jeddah or Madinah city offices for return flight services this year, as the airline is unable to operate its temporary service desks in Makkah and Madinah due to Saudi Arabia’s visa restrictions.In an urgent ...
Although BNP’s relations with the interim government have visibly soured in recent weeks, especially over the timing of the next general election, all eyes are now on the much-hyped meeting between Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.The meeting, sc...
World,Business
The global economy is on track to experience its slowest decade of growth since the 1960s, largely due to the ripple effects of US-imposed tariffs under Donald Trump, the World Bank has warned.In its latest twice-yearly Global Economic Prospects report, the bank revealed that nearly two-thirds of th...
As Bangladesh continues to navigate a period of political transition and land and order problems, stakeholders like economists, security experts and business leaders have stressed that the nation’s economic progress cannot be sustained without a stable law and order situation.Rising political ...
National,Business,Budget
The government has allocated 40.05 percent of total social assistance to be distributed through digital cash transfers in the proposed national budget for FY 2025-26, aiming to enhance transparency and efficiency in the sector.Social assistance remains the largest functional category within the broa...
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