2023

Government Doubles Tax on Refrigerator, AC, and Motorcycle Manufacturers

08-01-2025 13:16:35

The government has set a 20% income tax on the earnings of companies manufacturing refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, compressors, and motorcycles, including their spare parts.

5,024 killed in road accidents in 2023: BRTA

16-01-2024 16:37:26

As many as 5,024 people have been killed in 5,495 road accidents across the country in 2023, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) says.

Maitri Diwas Celebrations 2023

06-12-2023 23:37:58

The High Commission of India, Dhaka celebrated Maitri Diwas on December 06, 2023 at the Indian Cultural Centre, Gulshan. It is on this day in 1971 that India had officially recognised Bangladesh as an independent, sovereign country.

Forbes: PM Sheikh Hasina 46th most powerful women in 2023

06-12-2023 20:11:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ranked 46th on the Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women of 2023.

BCB announces central contract list for 2023

21-01-2023 16:12:36

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has released the cricketers list of central contracts. On Saturday, January 21, through a press release BCB released the list of central contracts.

Global markets: How India can become an alternative to China in 2023

01-01-2023 21:00:04

Compared with a year-and-a-half ago, when its economy had just begun to reopen after a devastating surge of the delta variant, India’s stock market is unchanged in dollar terms. And yet, its weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has zoomed past Taiwan and South Korea to second place, with almost the entire gain coming at the expense of the gauge’s biggest constituent: China.

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