AFP : The bodies of 11 people, believed to be migrants, were retrieved off the Libyan coast on Friday, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) NGO said on X. “Sadly, after a search operation that lasted over nine hours, GeoBarents team retrieved the bodies of 11 people who unfortunately lost their lives,” MSF said. MSF had been alerted to the corpses by German NGO Sea-Watch, which said earlier on Friday it had spotted the 11 bodies in the water. “During today’s...
Day: June 9, 2024
Staff Reporter : The apparel exporters have appealed to the government for policy support in the forthcoming budget for the next fiscal year (FY25). Their primary request is to revert the tax at source to the previous rate of 0.50 percent from the current 1 percent against exports and to maintain this rate for the next five years. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the leading organization in the apparel industry, has also called for the continuation of...
Business Report : Notundhora Assets Limited and Notundhora Group have important contributions on the country’s housing sector. It has gained...
Adamdighi (Bogura) Correspondent : In Adamdighi Upazila of Bogura, which is known as the food bank of the northern district,...
Business Report : Setting the tax rate fixed 15 percent to legalise undisclosed money violates tax equity, said Binayak Sen,...
Staff Reporter : Some 45 Bangladeshi Nationals who were in Myanmar jail would return home on Sunday as they left Sittwe in Rakhine State of Myanmar on Saturday. The returnees will be carried by the ‘Myanmar Naval Ship UMS Chin Dwin’ which is visiting Bangladesh to bring back members of Myanmar defence force who were forced to cross the border into Bangladesh due to conflict in Rakhine state, Bangladesh Embassy in Yangon said in a press release. The ship carrying...
Staff Reporter : The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the country’s apex trade body, criticised the proposed national budget saying it is high-dependent on the bank loans. At a briefing on Saturday at the FBCCI office in Motijheel, the trade body’s President Mahbubul Alam said, “Government plans in its proposed budget to borrow Tk 1 lakh, 37 thousands and 500 crore from banks. It will make obstacles of getting loans for the investors in private sector.”...
Staff Reporter : The Awami League General Secretary (AL), Obaidul Quader, stated on Saturday that the government is unconcerned with the reactions from the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) regarding the proposed national budget. Speaking at a post-budget press conference at the Awami League’s central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka, Quader emphasised the government’s commitment to integrating undisclosed income into the banking system to enhance tax benefits. “We are making arrangements to bring the...
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