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Total individual taxpayers cross 1.45m

The number of individual taxpayers of the country crossed 1.45 million. Till January of this year, the total individual taxpayers number stood at 14,54,079, finance minister AMA Muhith said while replying to a question made by lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari of Feni-2 constituency at the question answer tabled in the House on Sunday. taxThe government launched 12-digit electronic tax identification number (e-TIN) from July 1, 2013 instead of previous 10-digit tax identification number (TIN) under e-TIN registration and database cleansing programme run by the Natio...

Canada seeks to increase exports to Bangladesh

Canada is seeking to raise exports of cereals and other agricultural products to Bangladesh, especially from the prairie province of Saskatchewan. canada-bangladesh“We wish to increase our exports to Bangladesh,” Mortoza Tarafder, a director of Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership, said at a trade fair organised by Canada Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CanCham). He did not give a figure. Bangladesh is Canada’s third-largest pulse export market and a major market for wheat and canola. Agricultural commodities rep...

Big, positive step in inter-country Saarc travel

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), the eight-nation regional economic grouping which started its journey 30 years ago but failed to make much headway, has taken a big and positive step in promoting intra-regional travel. SAARCFour members of Saarc comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are close to signing a deal allowing cross-border movement of motor vehicles. The four countries are Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan. The positive move will allow movement of vehicles thro...

Bangladesh on the Brink

Bangladesh is on the edge of political chaos, and the intransigence of both the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh National Party is to blame. Unless both parties take immediate steps to pull back from entrenched positions, restrain the violent elements of their activist bases and embark on a genuine dialogue to restore legitimacy to Bangladesh’s troubled democracy, the wave of violence engulfing the country risks spinning out of control. hartalThe latest crisis began just before the Jan. 5 anniversary of last year’s elections — th...

A ‘Three-Dimensional’ Bangladesh Navy in the Bay of Bengal

[caption id="attachment_12983" align="alignleft" width="300"]thediplomat_2015-02-12_01-35-48-386x260 Image Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker[/caption] As the Bangladesh Navy inches towards its goal of becoming a three-dimensional force capable of operating above, on, and under water, based on its envisaged “Force Goal 2030,” the possible rise of a regional naval power in the Bay of Bengal is sure to ruffle a few feathers in New Delhi. India is s...

Taslima lambasts Mamata on Bangladesh visit

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Bangladesh visit from Feb 19 to 21 has caught the ire of controversial Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen, who has alleged that the CM was shielding Muslim fundamentalists in the state. TaslimaMamata Banerjee will lay floral wreaths at the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka to commemorate those university students who fell to police bullets on February 21, 1952 while demanding recognition of Bengali as one of the two national languages of then undivided Pakistan. February 21 is observed as International Mother La...
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