Industry

Seminar on Changes in Income Tax, VAT, Custom Laws Held

Dhaka: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) hosted a seminar on “Changes in the Income Tax, VAT and Custom Laws through Finance Ordinance 2025” today via the Zoom platform. The event featured Md. Abdur Rahman Khan, chairman of t…

CDDL Achieves Record Container Handling at NCT in August

Chattogram: Chattogram Dry Dock Limited (CDDL), a subsidiary of the Bangladesh Navy, has set a new record in container handling at the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) of Chattogram Port.

According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, on August 31, C…

BB Compiles Comprehensive Forex Rules for Loans and Guarantees

Dhaka: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has compiled the foreign exchange transaction rules concerning loans, overdrafts, and guarantees, aiming to simplify cross-border financial dealings. “To bring ease in conducting transactions on loans, overdrafts, and guara…

BB Buys $47.50m Through Dollar Auction

Dhaka: Bangladesh Bank (BB) today purchased US$47.50 million from eight commercial banks through a multiple auction method as part of its ongoing strategy to curb the depreciation of the US dollar against the taka and revitalise the remittance and exp…

Change of Mindset to Tax Compliance Key to Attracting FDI: Experts

Dhaka: Experts at a seminar today emphasized that an increase in direct taxes, rather than indirect taxes, through the expansion of the tax net, higher domestic consumption, a change in the industry’s mindset towards tax compliance, and professional h…

DSEX Crosses 5600-Mark as Investor Confidence Soars

Dhaka: Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the capital bourse, today resumed its upward trajectory following a single-day breather, as investors continue chasing equity positions owing to sustained confidence across the trading board, pushing the benchmark in…