The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has recently called for cuts to both individual and corporate tax rates in Bangladesh, as part of its annual 2014/15 pre-Budget submission to the Government.
Due to the cost of living increases suffered by families, while income tax thresholds have not kept pace, the MCCI is recommending that the initial tax-free income level should be increased to Tk. 275,000 (USD3,545) from Tk. 220,000 for individuals.
In addition, to boost business growth and foreign direct investment, the MCCI suggests that the co...
Apppollo Ispat Complex Ltd has renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed earlier with Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) and Marubeni Itochu Steel Corporation.
A senior level team of Appollo Ispat recently visited Japan for this purpose.
During the visit, senior officials of the companies had talks on strengthening the existing mutual business cooperation.
Mentionable, NSC is the largest supplier of the finest quality of Hot Rolled Coil to Appollo Ispat, one of the largest flat steel produc...
The country’s fastest growing mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited has introduced a blogging service - Robi Kathabarta recently for its valued subscribers.
Robi Kathabarta is an-IVR based voice blogging service through which any Robi subscriber can share their special experiences with others. Subscribers are able to listen to and vote for the recorded experience from voice bloggers. Initially the service was launched with a focus on the Pohela Boishakh event.
Robi Kathabarta will also be associated with different types of...
ICC Bangladesh is organizing jointly with ICC Malaysia a Workshop on Rules and Tools for International Trade Finance in Kuala Lumpur on 23 – 25 April for Bankers from Bangladeshi banks. A total 90 bankers from 19 Banks including Bangladesh Bank, 18 commercial banks and Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM). This is for the first time that ICC Bangladesh is organizing such a workshop outside the country. Some 50 bankers of Malaysian Banks will be participating at the same workshop together with Bangladeshi bankers.
The main objective of ...
“India has been very sympathetic to our request for detection of the graves of our freedom fighters for reburial on the land they fought for. It will open up a new horizon in our relations,” said Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, who previously headed the Liberation War Affairs Ministry.
West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya have begun the painstaking process of locating the fighters’ graves, digging up their remains and shipping them home for burial, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka announced earlier this year. The four border states appointed nodal officers to facilitate the process, according to the commission.
The 4,000 or so fighters who died in combat or went missing in action were scattered in borderland states during the nine-month war. As of January, officials had ...
Airtel Bangladesh Limited, one of fastest growing telecom operators of the country, organized ‘Alapon’ in Khulna to engage between Airtel officials and its valued customers. Airtel believes in order to create awareness, it needs to reach out customers and such interaction is vital to enhance customer experience.
Sandipan Chakraborty, Chief Technical Officer, Lutfor Rahman, Chief Information Officer, F.M. Shahriar Omar Prince, Zonal Business Manager, South West Zone, Jafry Shamim, Head of Zonal Experience, Rifat Sultana, and Head of Service Quality of Airtel Bangladesh Limited were present at the event along with invited customers of Airtel Bangladesh Limited.
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