Passport becomes costlier
Citizens are being forced to pay more to have a passport as the authorities began charging 15 per cent value-added tax on fees from Sunday.
People who went to deposit money for new passports or renewal of their existing ones suffered a lot on the day as most of them did not have any idea that the Department of Immigration and Passport began collecting the VAT without notice, reports the daily New Age.
Branches of state-owned Sonali Bank, except Agargaon, and six other private commercial banks refused to receive fees from passport seekers on the day causing hassles to the people, service seekers alleged.
565kg illicit gold seized in Bangladesh in 2013-14
The gold smuggling in Bangladesh has risen day by day, penetration by gold smuggling cartels of the national airlines of Bangladesh was all over the news recently, but government took strict steps to prevent gold smuggling and a record 565kg of gold was seized by the government in 2013-14, Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Ghulam Hussain told the Customs Today here the other day.
He added that low gold import duty in Bangladesh, compared to that of India, encouraged smugglers to use Bangladesh as a transit route to channel gold into India.
ICAB gets new President, Vice Presidents
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), the national professional accounting body, has elected Masih Malik Chowdhury as President and A F Nesaruddin FCA, Kamrul Abedin FCA and Nasim Anwar FCA as Vice Presidents of the institute for the year -2015.
The new office bearers of ICAB were elected by the members of the council –ICAB shortly before holding 42nd Annual General Meeting chaired by incumbent ICAB President Showkat Hossain FCA at ICAB auditorium on ...
The new office bearers of ICAB were elected by the members of the council –ICAB shortly before holding 42nd Annual General Meeting chaired by incumbent ICAB President Showkat Hossain FCA at ICAB auditorium on ...
Bangladesh lures investment in deal with Japan’s biggest bank
The Board of Investment (BoI), Bangladesh’s apex investment promotion body, yesterday signed an agreement with Japan’s largest bank to rope in investment from the Asian nation.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ will handhold interested parties to explore investment opportunities in Bangladesh. It will conduct market research and road-shows and provide technical assistance and capacity building.
“Our prime minister has asked us to play a big role in promoting investment to Bangladesh,” said Go Watanable, chief executive officer of the bank’s operations in Asi...
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ will handhold interested parties to explore investment opportunities in Bangladesh. It will conduct market research and road-shows and provide technical assistance and capacity building.
“Our prime minister has asked us to play a big role in promoting investment to Bangladesh,” said Go Watanable, chief executive officer of the bank’s operations in Asi...
Tea marks 7th weekly gain on winter demand
Tea prices in Bangladesh rose for the seventh straight week at the weekly auction on Tuesday amid strong demand in the winter season.
Bangladeshi tea fetched an average 192.96 taka ($2.4) per kg compared with 192.04 taka at the previous sale, said an executive with National Brokers Ltd. The price for last week’s auction was revised from 192.15 taka.
About 2.3 million kg was offered at the auction centre in Chittagong, of which 17 percent went unsold. In the previous auction, nearly 2.3 million kg was offered, with nearly 15 percent remaining unsold...
Bangladeshi tea fetched an average 192.96 taka ($2.4) per kg compared with 192.04 taka at the previous sale, said an executive with National Brokers Ltd. The price for last week’s auction was revised from 192.15 taka.
About 2.3 million kg was offered at the auction centre in Chittagong, of which 17 percent went unsold. In the previous auction, nearly 2.3 million kg was offered, with nearly 15 percent remaining unsold...
Bangladesh visa counter in Assam soon
After the trial run of the Guwahati-Dhaka bus service, the Bangladesh high commission in India will be setting up a visa felicitation counter at Guwahati in Assam.
Disclosing that the joint delegation of India and Bangladesh, which travelled from Guwahati to Dhaka, has given its clearance for the formal launching of the bus service, authoritative security sources told this newspaper that the delegation in its report has stressed the need of improvement of road condition on some patches between Shillong and Dawki as well as Dawki and Sylhet in Ban...
Disclosing that the joint delegation of India and Bangladesh, which travelled from Guwahati to Dhaka, has given its clearance for the formal launching of the bus service, authoritative security sources told this newspaper that the delegation in its report has stressed the need of improvement of road condition on some patches between Shillong and Dawki as well as Dawki and Sylhet in Ban...
