Business Report : The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has proposed for reducing corporate tax rate for the next fiscal year (FY25). The MCCI made the proposal at a pre-budget discussion with National Board of Revenue (NBR) held at the NBR Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon area. In the budget proposal, MCCI president Kamran T Rahman said that the corporate tax rate was reduced by 2.5 percent in the last fiscal year in almost all cases subject to...
Day: February 8, 2024
BSS, Gopalganj : A woman was killed in a road after being hit by a passenger bus on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in old Muksudpur area under Muksudpur upazila of the district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Pachi Begum, 70, wife of late Momin Karikor, resident of Kulakuna village in Gobindpur union in Muksudpur upazila of the district. The accident occurred in the area when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of Imad Paribahan hit the woman....
City Desk : State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Wednesday said that the government is...
Sports Reporter : A five-wicket haul by Aamer Jamal powered Comilla Victorians to earn an easy 34-run win over Khulna...
Business Report : A delegation of the Association of Bankers Bangladesh Limited (ABB) led by its chairman, Selim RF Hussain, made a courtesy call on the chairman of the National Board of Revenue and Senior Secretary, Internal Resources Division Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem. Leaders of the association congratulated him on his reappointment, said a press release. ABB Secretary General and Managing Director & CEO of Prime Bank PLC Hassan O Rashid attended the meeting. ABB leaders also discussed the...
The recent discussions in capital Dhaka highlighted a critical issue in our cities: the alarming shortage of parks, playgrounds and open spaces. Urban planning experts emphasized that this dearth not only deprives residents of essential amenities but also contributes to various social issues, including juvenile delinquency and drug prevalence. It’s clear that we urgently need a policy overhaul to safeguard parks and playgrounds nationwide. The World Health Organization’s guideline of nine square meters of open space per person serves as...
CNN : Prince Harry has flown back to the United Kingdom to see his father, according to media reports, after the shock announcement on Monday from Buckingham Palace that King Charles III has cancer. Harry, who arrived in London Tuesday afternoon from California, has been involved in a long-running, public falling out with his family in the years since he and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stepped back from royal duties, though the duke did make a brief visit to...