National Board of Revenue

Flawed NBR split risks severe fallout

The ordinance abolishing the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and splitting it into two entities—Revenue Policy and Revenue Management—does not adequately reflect the recommendations of the advisory committee, according to one of its members.

Govt to split NBR into two divisions by Dec

The government is set to complete the split of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) into two separate divisions by December this year.

Tk 721 crore remittance case settled for just Tk 15,543 in taxes

SM Faruqi Hasan, founding president of the Ontario unit of the Awami League, is involved in the case

Misuse of Bond Facility / NBR halts Abdul Monem Group's import, export

It also instructs banks to freeze the Group's bank accounts

Tax on private universities: Must we make education more costly?

This move seems to be a punishment for non-profit educational ventures that aim to enhance our higher education landscape.

Sustainable business-friendly environment a must now: FBCCI

FBCCI sits with different trade bodies to prepare budget proposals

Rajshahi businesses should reduce reliance on subsidies: NBR chairman

NBR sits with Rajshahi businesses in a pre-budget discussion

Avail more foreign fund for project financing: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned at Ecnec meeting

New law offers scope to strike off TIN-holders

For the first time, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has sought to grant opportunity to individuals and companies to de-register or make their taxpayer identification number (TINs) dormant owing to no taxable income and dissolution.

March 6, 2024
March 6, 2024

Rajshahi businesses should reduce reliance on subsidies: NBR chairman

NBR sits with Rajshahi businesses in a pre-budget discussion

June 20, 2023
June 20, 2023

Avail more foreign fund for project financing: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned at Ecnec meeting

June 14, 2023
June 14, 2023

New law offers scope to strike off TIN-holders

For the first time, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has sought to grant opportunity to individuals and companies to de-register or make their taxpayer identification number (TINs) dormant owing to no taxable income and dissolution.

June 8, 2023
June 8, 2023

Who needs to file wealth statement?

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is expected to place a new income tax bill in parliament today in an effort to modernise the direct tax system.

May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023

Google, Facebook to face 15% tax on digital ad income

The NBR shared the information a clarification to Bangladesh Bank

March 19, 2023
March 19, 2023

Sales of electric vehicles rising gradually

Electric vehicles (EVs), including plug-in hybrids, will one day dominate the automobile market in Bangladesh as the demand for cars run on alternative fuel is slowly gaining ground, according to importers and distributors.

February 17, 2023
February 17, 2023

NBR’s back against the wall

The revenue authority desperately needs to accelerate tax collection in order to enable the country to widen its capacity to spend more from its own coffer and cut reliance on external funds, said its chief yesterday.

February 8, 2023
February 8, 2023

Tax collection growth on the decline

Tax collection growth slowed drastically in the first half of the current fiscal year due to falling customs tariff and direct taxes amid declining imports and reduced profits of firms, limiting the government’s scope to spend on development activities.

January 22, 2023
January 22, 2023

Money Laundered Abroad: ACC ill-equipped to probe cases

Money laundering cases are not making much headway for a lack of cooperation from foreign countries, bureaucratic complexities and a shortage of skilled lawyers, said officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission.

January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023

AL MP Golap owns nine properties in New York City

Awami League lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Miah Golap concealed information about being an American citizen and owning nine properties in New York City in his election affidavit in 2018, found an investigation by a global media agency -- raising questions about his seat in the parliament.