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Revenue collection sees 15.4pc growth in FY24

National Board of Revenue (NBR) witnessed a healthy revenue collection by 15.40 percent growth in the last fiscal year (FY24) bagging Taka 3,82,562 crore. Although the revenue collection witnessed growth in the last fiscal, but it still fell behind the revised fiscal revenue collection target of Taka 4.10 lakh crore, according to the latest data of the revenue board. NBR's revenue collection in FY23 was Taka 3,31,502 crore. Talking to BSS, a senior NBR official preferring anonymity said that the overall revenue collection in the last fiscal year was satisfactory de...

LafargeHolcim workshop on environment friendly blocks

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited (LHBL) one of the leading building material manufacturers of the country recently organized a two day long workshop in Dhaka on environment friendly Blocks. A total of 30 Engineers participated at the workshop. The workshop was inaugurated by Fakhruddin Mohammad Khan, Head of Technical Services, LHBL. Engineer Md. Abu Sadeque, Executive Director, Centre for Housing & Building Research presented the keynote at the workshop. Anwar Hossain, RSM and Farjana Ehsan, DGM - Business Development were also present during the workshop. Th...

Student will get justice from the apex court, says PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon all to wait patiently till the Supreme Court verdict comes. “I believe our student will get justice from the apex court. They will not be disappointed,” she said. She declared to conduct judicial inquiry into the killings and other untoward incidents during the quota reform movement by students. “I further declare that judicial inquiry will be conducted for the sake of fair trial and justice in all the untoward incidents, including murder,” she said in a televised address to the nation this evening. “On whose instigation the c...

DU closed sine die, students asked to vacate dorms

Authorities of the Dhaka University (DU) have announced an indefinite closure of the institution amid ongoing protests demanding quota reforms in public service, instructing students to vacate their dormitories by 6pm on Wednesday. This decision had come from an emergency syndicate meeting at the office of Vice Chancellor ASM Maksud Kamal, Pro-VC (Academic) Prof Sitesh C Bachar confirmed. Previously, on Tuesday night, the University Grants Commission (UGC...

SAARCFINANCE seminar in port city

The SAARCFINANCE Seminar on "Trading in Local Currencies: Problems and Prospects for the SAARC Countries" was held at a hotel in Chattogram under the auspicious of the SAARCFINANCE Wing, Research Department of Bangladesh Bank on Friday last. The inaugural session was graced by Abdur Rouf Talukder, Governor of Bangladesh Bank, as chief guest. Dr. Md. Khairuzzaman Mozumder, Secretary of the Finance Division, Ministry of Finance joined as special guest. In addition, Dr Md Habibur Rahman, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank delivered the keynote speech at the inaugural session and Dr. Aditya Gaiha, Chief General Manager (in-charge) from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), was also present as a special guest. Dr. Sayera Younus, Executive Director (Research) of the Bangladesh Bank pre...

Collaboration to make RMG sustainable discussed

A meeting was held between Colin Browne, CEO of Cascale (formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition), and leaders of the BGMEA to foster sustainability in the industry, it is crucial to establish unified codes of conduct and standardized protocols for factory audits. The objective was to collaborate on harmonizing protocols for developing and auditing unified codes of conduct within the apparel sector. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Cascale have discussed collaboration to make garment industry sustainable. Different codes...
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