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• Tk 1,498 cr to be spent for development of sports

• 07 June 2018 22:06

Of the total allocation, Tk 1,193 crore will be spent for the operating purpose and the rest of Tk 305 crore f...

• Wounded freedom-fighters, families to get Tk 400cr

• 07 June 2018 21:06

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has proposed to allocate Tk 400 crore in 2018-19 fiscal to support insolvent war-w...

• Owners of two cars to pay surcharge

• 07 June 2018 21:06

Muhith propose some small reforms by imposing a surcharge on individuals who own two motor cars or house prope...

• Imported mobile handsets to be costlier

• 07 June 2018 21:06

In order to flourish mobile manufacturing industry and to attract investment in this sector, Govt is proposing...

• Tk 42,000cr bank borrowing to finance deficit

• 07 June 2018 21:06

Finance Minister AMA Muhith today proposed to borrow Tk 42,029 crore from the banking sources to manage the de...

• 10m registered taxpayers by 2023: Muhith

• 07 June 2018 21:06

The finance minister said that radical reforms to the tax system are necessary because economic globalisation...

• Lower tax for listed banks

• 07 June 2018 21:06

The tax rate, now levied on the banks, insurance and financial entities listed with the capital market, has al...

• Corporate tax hiked for RMG units

• 07 June 2018 21:06

Muhith proposed corporate tax for the non-listed garment sector at 15 percent from the revised rate of 12 perc...

• Big spike in govt’s interest payment

• 07 June 2018 21:06

The high interest rate of savings instruments, seemingly to gain popularity in the election year,has pushed up...

• Tk 1,37,742cr proposed for women welfare

• 07 June 2018 21:06

The allocation for women in the national budget increased by five folds in the last nine years as the allocati...

• Tk 300cr to fight earthquake

• 07 June 2018 21:06

A block allocation for certain specific purposes of risk arising out of earthquake, women entrepreneurship, wo...

• Allocation for telecom, ICT declined 6.64 per cent

• 07 June 2018 21:06

To sustain the trend of higher growth in coming days the contribution of industrial sector to GDP will have to...

• Electronic Fiscal Devices to be mandatory in FY18-19

• 07 June 2018 20:06

This will enable the National Board of Revenue to have real-time access to business transactions which will ev...

• 2.7pc more investment in energy div

• 07 June 2018 20:06

The proposed allocation for the power division and the energy and mineral resources division is up 2.72 percen...

• 20pc of total budget for children by 2020: Muhith

• 07 June 2018 20:06

Children who are employed in risky jobs are now getting skill development training and informal education for...

• Duty on imported rice re-imposed to protect farmers

• 07 June 2018 20:06

25 per cent customs duty and 3 per cent regulatory duty on rice imports to protect the farmers as the country...

• Govt sets 7.8pc GDP growth, inflation 5.6pc for FY19

• 07 June 2018 20:06

Finance Minister AMA Muhith in his Budget Speech said GDP growth rate will be 7.8 per cent in FY 2018-19 and i...

• No change is tax exemption threshold

• 07 June 2018 20:06

Rejecting expectation for increasing the threshold to Tk 3,00,000 to offer relief to the individual taxpayers,...

• Govt opts to go green, slaps duty on polythene

• 07 June 2018 20:06

To encourage the use of green product jute, a 5 per cent supplementary duty has been proposed on all polythene...

• Small and old apartments to be costlier

• 07 June 2018 20:06

Flats upto 1100sqft, which had 1.5 per cent VAT, will now come under the purview of 2 per cent VAT, according...