INCOME TAX PAYMENT : NBR opposes govt body advice for mandatory treasury challan use
A high-powered government committee wants to make the use of treasury challan mandatory for paying income tax to ensure timely collection of taxes and remove mismatch in revenue collection data, finance ministry officials said.
Govt to do everything for FFs’ welfare: PM
Terming the freedom fighters the greatest sons of the soil, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday reaffirmed her commitment to do whatever is needed for their welfare and their heirs, and raise their monthly honorarium to Tk 10,000.
Khaleda returns
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party spontaneously arrived at the airport to receive party chairperson Khaleda Zia, defying the obstruction by law enforcers as she arrived in Dhaka from London on Saturday.
Prices of egg, potato increase in capital
The prices of egg and potato increased in the capital’s kitchen market over the week ending Friday.
Khaleda to return home today
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, is scheduled for today to return home after staying more than two months in London for her medical treatment. There were speculations over her staying in London and return.
Huda launches Trinamul BNP
Former Bangladesh Nationalist Party minister Nazmul Huda launched a new political party, Trinamul BNP, on Friday aiming at ‘protecting BNP from destruction.’
PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY : SQC, Mojaheed keep decision pending
The Dhaka Central Jail authority has taken all preparations to execute war crime death row convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed but they are now waiting whether the duo will seek presidential clemency or not.
PM cancels her Malta, France tours
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled her Malta and France tours considering the overall situation both at home and in Europe, said an official.
Ganajagaran Mancha protests at Jamaat’s countrywide shutdown
The Ganajagaran Mancha brought out a procession in the capital on Thursday protesting at the day-long nationwide shutdown enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami over the Supreme Court verdict that sentenced its leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed to death.
Muhith wants a fixed day for income tax payment by 2018
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday instructed the National Board Revenue to work for introduction of a ‘fixed day’ for submission of income tax returns by the taxpayers.
