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large-value tax payment: NBR launches bKash-enabled services

Dhaka, Jan. 11 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to launch the payment of large amounts of tax through mobile financial services (MFS) to simplify tax payments by corporates. The countr... Read More


Dozens of auditors, firms under scanners over cooking books

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- A host of audit firms and auditors are under the scanner of government investigation agencies over alleged irregularities in audited financials of business tycoons implicated in the m... Read More


Deadline for NBR bifurcation missed, Jan action in wintry chill

Dhaka, Jan. 4 -- December deadline is missed and bid for completing all must-dos for bifurcating the revenue board within January has yet to get into right gear although revenue-sector overhaul is amo... Read More


SAVINGS CERTIFICATE YIELDS CUT: Pensioners, elderly citizens see much-needed pittance squeeze

Dhaka, Jan. 2 -- Pensioners and elderly citizens see red as their much-needed earnings from savings certificates squeeze for yield-rate cutbacks under government debt-servicing pressures, sources say.... Read More


Revenue strain deepens as NBR turmoil dents collection in 2025

Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- The year 2025 ended with deepening concern over Bangladesh's weakening domestic revenue mobilisation, prompting economists and policymakers to warn about the government's ability to m... Read More


Recasting multiagency JIT under UK model underway

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Remodeling the stolen asset recovery (SAR) initiative through creating an entity under a legal framework is under active consideration to give the drive a nudge. Under the latest mov... Read More


Corporates' profit drop dents govt's tax revenues

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- Collection of corporate taxes from large taxpayers has declined for a fall in their business profitability for factors like high-rated interest, rising costs and falling purchasing ca... Read More


Six tycoons shortlisted for siphoned-off asset recovery rapidly

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The Bangladesh Bank has shortlisted six tycoons and decided to speed up probe and disposal of cases against them over the laundered money siphoned off to several countries. Investig... Read More


Tax target revised upward by Tk 540b

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- The government has reviser the tax-revenue-collection target upward by Tk 540 billion to meet a growing need for internal resources to manage budget deficit. Debt service has become... Read More


Consumption-led economic dynamism in sight

Dhaka, Nov. 24 -- Rising consumption of goods spurs economic activity and demand-driven imports particularly amid some spending splurge on upcoming national elections, in a rebound from persisting slu... Read More