The National Board of Revenue has asked its offices to intensify their drive to attain this fiscal year’s revenue collection target overcoming Covid-19 pandemic so the tax-GDP ratio improves to double-digit.It also asked customs and taxes appellate tribunals to clear the pending cases in due time.These directives have been given recently at a coordination meeting of the finance ministry’s Internal Resources Division (IRD).Speaking at the meeting NBR chairman and IRD secretary Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem asked all NBR officials...
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Once dubbed, rather erroneously, as the ‘Oxford of the East’ – Dhaka University completes a century as the country’s premier institute of higher education, with a proud and diverse history that many say it is failing to live up to, or even honour today. Dire allegations of academic decline and politicisation continue to dog the university as it passes this special milestone.The centennial may be as good an occasion as any to address the misunderstanding over the Oxford comparison. As...
Bangladesh needs to embark on a new round of reforms to strengthen and modernize the private sector in a bid to unleash the country’s potential to drive diversified, export-led growth and create jobs, says a new World Bank Group report on Wednesday.The Bangladesh Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) report, prepared by IFC and the World Bank, says while Bangladesh has been one of the biggest development success stories in recent decades, it is now time to switch gears to meet...
The operation of eye-care unit at Bangladesh-Korea Friendship Hospital (BKFH) in Savar begins this month. South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-keun met Health Minster Zahid Maleque on Monday and informed him of the progress. He sought support of the Bangladesh government for the successful operation of the Hospital and its newly established eye-care unit.The Korean Government, through KOICA, has established the Bangladesh-Korea Friendship Hospital in 1998 and handed over to the Bangladesh Government in 2008. The Eye Health Promotion...
Former Army Chief and BNP leader Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman along with his wife tested positive for coronavirus on Monday.They were admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital the same day, Mahbub told UNB on Tuesday.He, however, said they still have no major complications and symptoms of the virus.Mahbub, in his early 80s, urged all to pray for their speedy recovery.Mahbub’s wife, Anarkali Farhad Banu Nagina Amin, is the elder sister of BNP Secretary General Mirza...
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday launched a $17 million five-year, flagship clean project to improve access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy systems and promote transparent and efficient energy markets in Bangladesh.USAID Mission Director Derrick S. Brown and Chairman of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) of Bangladesh Mohammad Alauddin jointly inaugurated the project named Bangladesh Advancing Development Growth through Energy (BADGE).During his April last visit here, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry...
Bangladesh urgently needs to assess the possible implications of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to overcome the challenges during the post-LDC graduation, eminent economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has said. He said the IPR issues should be actively embedded in the country’s LDC transition strategy, looking beyond the pharmaceutical waiver facility under the TRIPS Agreement of the World Trade Organisation.Now only market access for exports and pharmaceutical waiver-related issues are getting overwhelming focus in the country’s LDC graduation discourse, the distinguished fellow...
All the 50-bed health complexes across the country are going to have 10 specialist physicians each under a government programme to reach quality healthcare to the common people.According to an official document, the government is going to create 10 posts of Junior Consultant (Specialist Physician) in health complexes that have recently been upgraded to 50-bed ones.The health complexes will be equipped with modern equipment, such as ECG, nebuliser, autoclave and ultrasonography machines, and blood collection monitors.The document says the government...
The countrywide lockdown will not be necessary if Covid-19 transmission can be controlled in Dhaka and its adjacent districts, says...
Bangladeshi leading woman archer Diya Siddiqui got a wild card to participate in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.Bangladesh Archery Federation in...
Obaidul Quader, the General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League, said on Monday that the country’s politics has become “so polarized and divisive” that major political parties fail to reach any understanding on common national issues like corona pandemic.“From our party we have tried to establish a workable co-existence with the BNP. But there has been no positive response from them,” Quader said during a meeting with members of the Overseas Correspondents Association (OCAB) at his Bangladesh Secretariat office.He recalled how...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s pledge to provide housing to the country’s homeless people rolls on in full swing defying odds of pandemic and inclement weather.The long-time dream of over 53,340 homeless and land landless families to have their own homes is going to be fulfilled today (Sunday).The Prime Minister will inaugurate the second-phase distribution of semi-pucca houses marking the Mujib Year through a videoconference from her official residence Ganobhaban.The government has promised to provide a permanent address for every homeless...
