Md Asaduz Zaman

As Bangladesh approaches the February general election, political parties are once again centring their campaign promises on the household ledger.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) posted a 14 percent growth in revenue collection in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY), yet missed the target for the period by a staggering Tk 46,000 crore or nearly 10 percent.

Taxpayers struggle to recover overpaid taxes as the manual refund system leaves money inaccessible

Following months of a brief pause, inflationary pressures continued to rise in December for the second consecutive month.

A five-member advisory committee was first formed to guide the reforms

Protest, turmoil, and punishment -- these three words defined Bangladesh’s revenue sector in 2025, a year marked by the split of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), a major source of government income..Following a mass uprising in August last year, the interim government launched long-awa

Arbitrary increase, slack law enforcement, high inflation to blame

Layoffs outpaced hiring, while employment shifted toward low-quality informal activity

The NBR submitted the manpower proposal to the finance ministry last week

Construction costs in Bangladesh fell for the seventh consecutive month in November, as official data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) showed a continued slide in building-material prices amid weakening market demand, according to industry insiders.

VAT is charged at every stage of production and sale, and consumers always bear the final cost

Economists warn of raising further

Revenue collection rose nearly 16 percent year-on-year in the first four months of the current fiscal year, thanks to a turbulent base period last year and a more settled political and business climate now.

Nearly a decade ago, the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) took up a project to build an industrial park in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail. The goal was noble—creating employment through industrialisation two years after implementation and eventually reducing poverty.

The ongoing shortfall in the supply of medicines, family planning materials and the procurement of medical equipment is likely to ease soon as three related projects are scheduled to be placed before the ECNEC for approval today.

Non-food prices cross the 9% mark again

In terms of intermediate goods, LC opening rose by 1.59% during the period

For nearly four years, prices in Bangladesh have been rising faster than people’s pay. Every month, workers earned a little more on paper, but that extra money did not stretch as far in the market. Now, for the past two months, even the pace of income growth has started to slow, making an already difficult situation even worse for low- and middle-income families.

The massive fire that engulfed the cargo complex at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday has left importers grappling with the loss of consignments worth crores of taka. They now face a painful question: is there any legal or financial redress for their losses?.There are two

Raw materials for peak-season garment shipments, medicine ingredients, and telecom equipment gutted