Govt honours top taxpayers

The government today honoured 76 individual highest taxpayers, including Transcom Group Chairman Shahnaz Rahman, The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam, and Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, for depositing the highest amount of taxes to the state coffer in 2021-22 fiscal year.
28 December 2022, 14:56 PM

63.1% of population don't feel the need to use internet: BBS Survey

A total of 97.4 per cent households have mobile phones in the country, but 63.1 per cent of them do not feel the need to use internet, according to the preliminary report of a national survey.
28 December 2022, 11:20 AM

Taxpayers can file return on Jan 1: NBR

The National Board of Revenue today said it will accept tax returns from individual taxpayers on the first day of January 2023.
28 December 2022, 06:03 AM

Mongla port upgrade: Tk 6,014 crore deal inked with Indian firm

Egis India Consulting Engineers Private Limited has been appointed as the consultant for a capacity building project worth Tk 6,014 crore at Mongla port, the second largest seaport in Bangladesh.
26 December 2022, 15:26 PM

50 shuttle buses to carry passengers to and from DITF

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has introduced 50 shuttle buses to carry passengers between Kuril and the venue of the 27th edition of the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), which will start on January 1.
26 December 2022, 09:14 AM

Tk 351 crore flats, plots sold, booked in REHAB Fair 2022

Flats, plots and commercial spaces worth around Tk 351.16 crore were sold and booked in the 22nd edition of the REHAB Fair, which ended today.
25 December 2022, 11:06 AM

Seminar laments lack of proper plans for tourism

The tourism sector in Bangladesh is still suffering and has not flourished properly due to a lack of proper planning, which may be a barrier to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, speakers told a seminar today.
21 December 2022, 16:04 PM

REHAB’s housing fair begins

REHAB Fair, a five-day housing exhibition organised by the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), begins today.
21 December 2022, 12:25 PM

REHAB's housing fair begins Dec 21

A five-day winter fair organised by the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) is set to begin in Dhaka on December 21 to showcase flats, plots and other real estate and housing products.
18 December 2022, 08:56 AM

Ctg port’s container traffic may drop in 2022

The Chittagong port may post a negative growth in container throughput in 2022 compared to a year earlier due to the decline in container handling for the slowdown in Bangladesh’s international trade.
18 December 2022, 05:00 AM

‘Help flourish tourism sector’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged private entrepreneurs to come forward to develop the country’s tourism sector and help achieve inclusive economic growth.
16 December 2022, 18:00 PM

50% of manpower semi-skilled, unskilled in advanced IT

Around 50 per cent of Bangladesh’s manpower are either semi-skilled or unskilled in advanced technologies like geographic information systems, business process outsourcing, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and robotics, an economist said today.
15 December 2022, 15:32 PM

Indonesia’s ban on sex outside marriage poses no risk to tourists: Bali governor

Visitors to Bali will not be put at risk by Indonesia's newly ratified criminal code, the island's governor said, dismissing concerns that revised laws which include articles criminalising sex outside marriage may scare away tourists from its shores..Indonesia's parliament last week passed
12 December 2022, 08:03 AM

Envoy Textiles gets $11.2 million ADB loan for yarn spinning unit

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has entered into a €10.8 million ($11.2 million) loan agreement with Envoy Textiles to fund a second yarn spinning unit at Envoy’s manufacturing plant in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka.
11 December 2022, 15:24 PM

PM seeks robust Japanese investment in Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Japanese businessmen to make larger investment in Bangladesh.
11 December 2022, 08:03 AM

NBR awards 9 highest VAT-paying firms

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday awarded nine firms for paying the highest amounts of value-added tax (VAT) in fiscal year 2020-21.
10 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Most of 1.16cr eligible income taxpayers out of tax net

Most of the 1.16 crore people capable of paying income taxes in Bangladesh have remained out of the tax net of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), according to a senior official of the tax administration yesterday.  
3 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Nearly 90% income tax comes from Dhaka, Chattogram

Dhaka and Chattogram account for 90 per cent of the income tax collected from across Bangladesh each year and so, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) should work on widening the tax net, according to speakers at a seminar.
27 November 2022, 05:10 AM

Ctg port container movement falls in October

Movement of import and export-laden containers through the Chattogram port in October was lower both year-on-year and compared to that in the previous two months, reflecting a gradual slowdown in foreign trade amidst global economic downtrends. 
21 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Textile sector has huge investment potential: Danish investors

There is a lot of investment potential in the textile sector of Bangladesh, where Envoy Textile has set an example of sustainability, according to Danish investors.
21 November 2022, 15:34 PM