Sabbir Ahmed

Our country has made remarkable strides in digital payments recently – adopting debit cards, QR codes, credit cards, mobile wallets and e-commerce – embracing it all. There is immense potential for digital payments as we move towards a Digital Bangladesh.

Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal FCA, MP placed his fourth national budget in parliament on June 9, proposing reducing the tax burden on businesses significantly. The proposed base income tax rate is 27.5 per cent, a reduction by 2.5 percentage points from the current 30 per cent.  

Finance minister MHM Mustafa Kamal on June 3 placed his second consecutive national budget at the parliament for fiscal 2021-22, targeting 7.2 per cent annual GDP growth while revising last year’s current growth target to 6.1 per cent from the initial 8.2 per cent estimated amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Manon Reja Neer, a nine-year old boy from Narayanganj, pulled off a surprise in the recently concluded National Chess Championship.