Sohel Parvez

The government may reduce the rate of package or fixed VAT to lessen the pressure on small and medium shops, officials said

The government yesterday released a list of 141 tax-card recipients for fiscal 2015-16 for their exemplary compliance.

Farmers are on course to bagging higher paddy from the aman harvesting season thanks to favourable weather and increased

Crab has emerged as a potential export earner thanks to its high demand in East and Southeast Asian countries and increased farming

The National Board of Revenue is set to honour 141 taxpayers, including 76 individuals with tax cards later this month, for their

The National Board of Revenue plans to introduce electronic seals and locks to prevent theft of import and export goods at the private

When Abu Yousuf Mesbah Uddin Ahmed first landed in the UK back in the 1970s, he did not imagine a life other

Mahboob Zaman signed up for an IT business in 1998, when the use of computers was still at a nascent stage in

The government is set to make it compulsory to package nine more agricultural products in jute bags to limit the use of environmentally harmful plastic bags and reduce dependence on the global market, a senior official said yesterday.

The import of wheat is likely to rise 5 percent to 47 lakh tonnes by the end of the current fiscal year, spurred by higher demand in the

The Department of Fisheries is expected to start assessing the fish stock in the Bay of Bengal from next month, nearly three decades

Shrimp exports picked up in the first quarter of fiscal 2016-17 after remaining on the downturn over the past two fiscal years thanks to

Solar panel manufacturers are struggling to survive in the business in the face of stiff competition from low-priced imported panels and slowing demand for solar home systems, industry operators said.

Farmers have planted aman paddy on more lands this year than the previous year, with expectations of a good harvest of the monsoon crop, officials and farmers said yesterday.

The grain silo near Mongla port is set to become operational by the end of this month, enabling the food directorate to unload imported

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation is seeking data on the import of petroleum products by the private sector to detect the illegal

Solar-powered irrigation is gaining popularity among farmers because of uninterrupted water supply and cost advantage over diesel-based pumps, said industry operators.

The country has met around 80 percent of its demand for sacrificial animals this Eid-ul-Azha with locally reared cattle, reducing its dependence on cattle from India, say traders, farmers and livestock officials.

Tax collection at source from export proceeds of major items, including apparel, rose 40 percent year-on-year to nearly Tk 1,500 crore

Boro rice production declined last season after years of consistent rise as many farmers, frustrated by the low prices of paddy, cut back