Sukanta Halder

Embezzlement of funds, corruption, revenue evasion, and mismanagement by the suspended board and management have cost Delta Life Insurance Company Ltd Tk 3,687 crore in financial losses, according to a new audit.

Embezzlement of funds, corruption, revenue evasion, and mismanagement by the suspended board and management have cost Delta Life Insurance Company Ltd Tk 3,687 crore in financial losses, according to a new audit. 

For many in their 30s and above, the word newsprint occupies a good part of memories of their schooldays.

The prices of daily essentials have kept going up in Dhaka and other parts of the country, hitting the pockets of consumers hard.

Almost every family possesses gold in the form of ornaments, in small or large quantity.

The factories are consuming natural gas heavily, but producing urea fertilizer much less than their modern peers do.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) introduced tax cards more than a decade ago and expanded its associated list from fiscal 2015-16 to recognise compliant taxpayers in various sectors and professions.

 Sports accessories businesses in Bangladesh are making a comeback as people, particularly the younger generation, are returning to fields to play again following the easing of restrictions and sharp fall in coronavirus caseloads. 

Bangladesh’s insurance industry has taken a major leap forward after the government enacted a rule to streamline the hiring and licensing of agents, who are the driving force of a sector grappling with irregularities.

An Italian company has proposed being authorised to manage Savar Tannery Industrial Estate’s (STIE) solid waste so that it could recycle it into biogas and fertilisers.

Over 10 days past opening, booths receiving tax returns at the National Board of Revenue (NBR) field offices are yet to draw substantial crowds.

The government plans to start branding shatranji and locally grown black tiger shrimp (or Bagda chingri in Bangla) as GI products to amplify their popularity in Europe, the biggest market for Bangladesh’s exportable products.

The government has initiated a fresh move to help three old state-owned enterprises turn around after its previous attempts largely went in vain.

No one knows how the poor man dines, says a Russian proverb that now seems all too fitting in light of the government’s decision to hike the prices of diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas. 

The consumers have expressed their anger just after the government hiked prices of diesel and kerosene by 23 per cent or Tk 15 a litre as the spike will upend their living cost the time when they are still reeling from the pandemic induced economic downfall.

Hossain Ahmed, a resident of Rajarbagh in Dhaka, ordered a couple of gowns worth Tk 3,340 on a Facebook-based online shop for his wife on October 13.

Due to conflicts between two ministries, the plan to establish a unified and independent intellectual property (IP) office to provide copyrights, patents, design, and trademark certificates has been stuck in limbo.

Braving heavy heat, she was standing in a long queue in the capital’s Farmgate last week with hopes to buy some essential items at subsidised rates from a truck selling the products.

The consumer rights watchdog of Bangladesh has fined 17 e-commerce firms for their failure to deliver products as promised and deceiving customers through false advertisements.

The Bangladesh Forest Department has given undue advantage to a particular company while purchasing four double-cabin pickups and related accessories worth about Tk 2.4 crore for a development project, said a government report.