Currently, refrigerators and air conditioners are taxed at a reduced 7.5% VAT rate at the manufacturing stage, a policy that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) now plans to increase to the standard ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the government should have consulted with all political parties before agreeing in principle to the United Nations' proposal to establish a ...

Cumilla Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohinul Islam said Fahim had fired shots at students during the mass uprising on 3 August last year. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested ...

A Chattogram court has sentenced two directors of the Habib Group, an industrial group, to one year of rigorous imprisonment in a cheque fraud case filed by Mercantile Bank.  The court of Mohammad Abu ...

JMI Syringes & Medical Devices reported a 234% growth in its net profit during the first nine months of FY2024-25, driven by increased sales and product price hikes. According to its quarterly report ...

Mohammad Azaz has said his administration is contemplating to provide a five percent tax rebate for city dwellers who will use solar panels as part of green energy promotion. "The DNCC is thinking of ...

The personal secretary (PS) to the Energy, Power and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has been removed from his post, citing no reason. Muhammad Hasnat Morshed Bhuiyan, who served ...

Analysts and market insiders attribute the continued bearish trend in the market to the lack of clear instructions regarding provisioning against negative equity and the absence of new funds in the ca ...

In a span of just one month, unidentified individuals have opened fire twice at the residence of a real estate businessman in the capital's Mohammadpur.  The latest incident occurred at noon today (28 ...

Commission members Dr Badiul Alam Majumder, Dr Iftekharuzzaman, Justice Emdadul Hoque and Safar Raj Hossain were present. Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul, Industries and Public Works Adviser Adilur Rahman ...

Agrani Insurance and Prime Insurance — have recommended dividends for their shareholders for the year ended on 31 December 2024.  According to their separate disclosures published on the stock ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) can connect Bangladeshi private enterprises with multinational companies that are seeking investment opportunities from trillion-dollar global funds, its officials ...