Corporate-tax incentives are broadened in the Finance Act 2026 by extending a 2.5-percentage-point rebate for a slew of businesses while retaining the existing 20-percent tax on dividend incomes of corporates. No taxing of retailers and no black-money-whitening scope either in the new budget
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ParaguayAt a time when automobiles emit roughly 3.5 to 3.8 billion metric tons of CO2 globally, the urgency of transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is quite evident. The emission accounts for nearly 10 per cent of all energy-related exhaust fumes and 7.0 per cent of greenhouse gas (GHG). In Bangladesh, th
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's China visit has understandably generated considerable enthusiasm in Bangladesh. Government leaders have portrayed the visit as a diplomatic breakthrough that ushers bilateral relations into a new era. The joint communiqué issued after the visit certainly conta
Little scientists from Ashuganj Tap Bidyut Kendra High School of Brahmanbaria showcased their innovative skills at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center, at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Sunday (June 28). On display was a farming rover, a watercraft and a drone. All those contraptions are conn
Sonia Akhter is a mother who lives with her middle-class family in Gopalganj. She came to Dhaka with her measles-afflicted daughter Ramjana on June 22 for treatment at the advice of the doctor there. She at first went to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with Ramjana where she was told to go to
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed banks to maintain the average gap between loan and deposit interest rates within a specific limit, setting the maximum interest rate spread at 4 percent. The newly imposed ceiling will be applicable to a...
Bangladesh’s gross foreign exchange (forex) reserves crossed US$37 billion-mark on Monday after receiving around $700 million loans from different development partners. The country’s gross forex reserves rose to $37.05 billion...
Corporate-tax incentives are broadened in the Finance Act 2026 by extending a 2.5-percentage-point rebate for a slew of businesses while retaining the existing 20-percent tax on dividend incomes of corporates. No taxing of retailers...
The World Bank (WB) has warned that the distressed banking sector is the primary hurdle to the incumbent BNP government's ambition of transforming Bangladesh into a US$1.0 trillion economy by 2034. The barrier to achieve this ambitiou...
After years of high inflation, currency pressure, falling private investment, banking vulnerabilities, and slow growth, the economy is moving from stabilisation to recovery. Against the backdrop, the FY2026-27 budget seeks to stimulate econ...
On June 11, 2026, the finance minister presented Bangladesh's FY2026-27 national budget, a record BDT 9.38 trillion, or about USD 77 billion. The expansionary budget targets 6.5 per cent GDP growth, aims to reduce inflation to 7.5 per cent,...
On June 11 2026, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury MP stood before parliament and announced a budget Bangladesh had never seen before: Tk 9.38 trillion, or roughly US$ 85 billion. The number is staggering. But number...
On the morning after the budget, Salma Begum unlocked her small grocery shop in Jatrabari as the radio replayed fragments of the finance minister's speech. She paid little attention to the headline figure. Instead, her focus remained on the...
Shoeniverse Footwear Ltd, an export-oriented footwear manufacturer under the National Polymer Group, has signed an issue management agreement with LankaBangla Investments for its proposed initial public offering (IPO). The agreement was si...
One of Bangladesh's leading industrial conglomerates, DBL Group, plans to list at least five more companies on the country's capital market over the next four years as part of its strategy to strengthen corporate governance, institutionalis...
A delegation from the Chittagong Stock Exchange PLC (CSE) held a meeting with Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Md Mostaqur Rahman on Monday to discuss strengthening the capital market to support private sector financing and sustainable economi...
Bangladesh's business landscape is often described with a headline statistic: more than 300,000 entities are registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC). This figure is quoted routinely — by policymakers, d...
As the National Board of Revenue embarks on its customary round of pre-budget consultations with business associations, economists, journalists and other stakeholders ahead of the upcoming national budget, the fiscal pressures bearing down...
British American Tobacco BATS.L plans to cut about 20 per cent of its workforce as it pursues an AI-driven overhaul to lower costs and lift profits amid regulatory challenges and delayed launches. The maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill ciga...
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said Bangladesh is transitioning from a debt-driven economy to an investment-led one, with private enterprise, innovation and employment set to drive future growth. The minister made the re...
The Nationalist ICT Forum (NICTF) has reconstituted its 101-member executive committee following an emergency general meeting held in Dhaka on Monday. The meeting, held at the auditorium of Club Notre Damians Bangladesh Limited in Banani,...
Operational risk is no longer a secondary concern for Bangladesh's banking sector. Under the Basel framework, it refers to the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems, or from external events....
We need to remember that decisions about renewable energy and potential energy investments, can and will, influence not only electricity supply, but also industrial competitiveness, public health, climate resilience, and the sustainability...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday pledged to implement the Teesta Barrage Master Plan at any cost, describing it as a national priority and a key step towards ensuring water security, supporting agriculture and improving livelihoods i...
A National Economic Mission is a coordinated strategy that aligns diplomacy, investment, finance, industry and implementation around clearly defined national economic objectives. The Prime Minister Tarique Rahman deserves congratulations f...
The news that Bangladesh-linked funds in Swiss banks swelled further last year sparked debate and speculation in the country. Though there is no clear evidence that the money is stashed away in Bangladesh, several media outlets labelled it...
Culture in Bangladesh once felt like something you could step into without trying. It was in neighbourhoods, in friendships, in the way people gathered and shared music, literature, and conversations. Now it feels different. Not gone, but c...
The Padma Barrage, now being undertaken by Bangladesh, is not merely an engineering project. It is a strategic water-security response born from decades of national frustration over the Farakka Barrage, constructed by India upstream on the...
গাজীপুরের কালিয়াকৈরে বাংলাদেশ কৃষি ব্যাংকের শাখা ব্যবস্থাপক আব্দুস সবুরকে অপহরণ, মুক্তিপণ আদায় এবং ভল্টের চাবির জন্য নির্যাতনের ঘটনায় তীব্র নিন্দা জানিয়েছে জাতীয়তাবাদী ব্যাংকার্স অ্যাসোসিয়েশন বাংলাদেশ (জেবিএবি)। রোববার সংগঠনের যুগ্ম আহ্বায়...
শীতকাল এলেই ত্বকের উপর এর প্রভাবটা যেন সবার আগে চোখে পড়ে। বাতাসের আর্দ্রতা কমে যাওয়া, চারপাশের শুষ্ক পরিবেশ আর ঠান্ডা বাতাস ত্বকের কোমলতা কেড়ে নেয়। অনেকের ত্বক খসখসে হয়ে যায়, কারও কারও ত্বকে টান-টান ভাব দেখা দেয়। আবার অনেকের নিশপিশ ও ত্বক ফ...
নতুন বছর মানেই মানুষের জীবনে হাসি, গান আর আতশবাজির ঝলকানি। আমরা যখন ঘড়ির কাটার দিকে তাকিয়ে কাউন্টডাউনের অপেক্ষা করি, ঠিক তখনই শহরের প্রাণীগুলো মুখোমুখি হয় অন্য এক বাস্তবতার। আতশবাজির বিকট শব্দে কেঁপে ওঠে পথকুকুর, কার্নিশে বসে থাকা পাখিরা দি...
১৯৭১ সালের মুক্তিযুদ্ধ বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাসে এক অনন্য অধ্যায়। এই যুদ্ধকে আমরা প্রায়ই শহরের রাজপথ, সেনানিবাস বা সীমান্তের যুদ্ধক্ষেত্রের মধ্যেই সীমাবদ্ধ করে দেখি। অথচ প্রকৃত অর্থে এই যুদ্ধের সবচেয়ে দীর্ঘস্থায়ী, সবচেয়ে রক্তাক্ত এবং সবচেয়ে নিঃশব্...
Austria and Algeria played out a thrilling 3-3 draw on Saturday, a result that perfectly suited both sides, sending them into the World Cup last 32 and ending Iran's hopes of reaching the knockout stage as one of the best ‌third-place...
Gabriel Martinelli squeezed in a shot at the far post in the fifth minute of added time as Brazil survived a scare to defeat Japan 2-1 in their World Cup last-32 clash in Houston on Monday. Japan took the lead on 29 minutes when Kaishu San...
The corporate tax rate for private universities in Bangladesh has been cut from 10 percent to 5 percent after parliament approved an amendment to the Finance Bill. The proposal was passed by a voice vote during the budget session on Monday...
Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon on Saturday said the government will take urgent steps to resolve the accommodation crisis at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He said a shortage of seats in the...
Students from the Animation Track and Journalism Program of the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) attended the opening day of The Second Studio Featuring Best Show Everest exhibition at Alliance Française de Dhaka o...
Recent inspection by the Monitoring and Evaluation Wing of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) brought to light poor state of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in schools. Of the 740 secondary educational...
Bangladesh maintains a robust and multifaceted relationship with the United States of America (USA), encompassing diplomatic, economic, cultural and numerous other dimensions. The cooperation between the two nations has reached remarkable...
Bangladesh today is home to one of the youngest populations in Asia, a generation whose ambitions are outpacing the systems meant to prepare them. As young people enter universities, polytechnics, and training institutes in record numbers,...
When a business owner in California types "hire virtual assistant" into a search engine, the results are not random. They are the product of years of deliberate positioning, cultural fluency in the global market, and a country that decided...
A labour market can deteriorate without any of the visible drama economists and editors typically reach for when describing decline. There is no need for mass retrenchments, no executive statements of contrition, no sudden collapse in payro...
Traditionally, war has been quantified in terms of obvious destruction: loss of territories, cities reduced to rubble, and soldiers killed in combat. Governments count victories and defeats through statistics and shifting borders. However,...
Imagine spending months running between government offices, submitting the same documents again and again to different agencies, only to be told you are missing one more signature from one more department. For generations of Bangladeshi ent...
Over the past few decades, Bangladesh has experienced multifaceted development due to expanded school enrolment, improved literacy rates, and substantial progress in gender parity in education. Still, the persistent problem of poor educatio...
Bangladesh's universities are churning out more and more start-ups. Jam-packed demo days and booming business plan competitions often spark celebration on social media. However, behind all this outward momentum is a sobering fact: around 90...
Across Bangladesh, Ramadan 2026 has drawn young people into its centre in ways that go well beyond routine observance. In Dhaka, student clubs and volunteer groups have taken on community dinners and charity drives with a seriousness that s...
Two employees of the Land Record and Survey Department have been punished over corruption-related allegations. One has been dismissed from service, while the other's pay grade has been lowered. According to a press statement issued by the...
The number of Iranian cyberattacks against Israel has shot up since the launch of the US-Israeli offensive against Iran this year, a senior ‌Israeli security official was quoted as saying on Monday. Yossi Karadi, Director General of...
Rescue teams raced on Sunday to find more survivors of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela this week, with signs of life bringing occasional relief to a grim quest to whittle down a list of tens of thousands missing. The dea...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's China visit has understandably generated considerable enthusiasm in Bangladesh. Government leaders have portrayed the visit as a diplomatic breakthrough that ushers bilateral relations into a new era. The joi...
When the Swiss National Bank quietly releases its annual banking statistics, most of the world barely notices. But for the citizens of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, three nations perpetually locked in a cycle of poverty, debt, and underd...
The government has proposed cutting corporate tax rates by 2.5 percentage points for companies that conduct all their transactions through banking channels, responding to longstanding calls from the business community for lower corporate taxes. Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chow
BNP Standing Committee Member and Prime Minister’s Adviser Mirza Abbas is recovering steadily while undergoing treatment in Malaysia, BNP Media Cell Member Sayrul Kabir Khan said on Monday. According to Sayrul Kabir, Mirza Abbas completed a therapy session on Monday morning and, following do
India’s capital New Delhi will offer a cash incentive of over $1,000 to car owners willing to scrap their old vehicle for an EV, according to a new policy finalised by the government on Monday in a move aimed at reducing high levels of air pollution. New Delhi is one of the world’s mos
The High Court has issued a rule questioning the legality of provisions that restrict maternity leave and benefits for working women. The court asked why the restrictions should not be declared unconstitutional for being inconsistent with the Constitution, and why different maternity leave entitle
