Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- A surge in election-related spending in recent months appears to have provided a short-term boost to value-added tax (VAT) collection, with January 2026 revenue standing Tk 30 billio... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 20 -- Bangladesh should phase out the source tax on exports at the earliest opportunity, as it undermines competitiveness and distorts trade, according to a national taskforce on revenue r... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 15 -- An expert body has recommended radical restructuring of anomalous trade taxes for building a dynamic and trade-oriented economy capable of generating jobs and inclusive growth. As o... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- The tax authority has begun investigating discrepancies between reported income and declared assets of candidates of the 13th parliamentary election. Bank accounts of two candidates... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The major political parties have placed domestic revenue mobilisation at the centre of their respective economic agenda, setting specific targets to raise Bangladesh's tax-to-gross do... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Much-hyped bifurcation of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is unlikely to complete during the tenure of the interim government as the major reform gets into legal and procedural la... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- A first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at strengthening domestic revenue mobilisation by ensuring interoperability among different wings of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has star... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Bangladesh is transitioning into a ramped-up 15-percent VAT regime amid some concerns, but a redeeming feature is the provision for rebate meant for reducing the overall tax incidenc... Read More
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
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