Sohel Parvez

The food ministry has at last asked the National Board of Revenue to slap duty on rice imports in a last ditch move to arrest the downward spiral of prices of the grain and prevent farmers from racking up unsustainable losses.

The National Board of Revenue weighs the possibility of reintroducing property taxes to ensure a more equitable distribution of wealth and reduce economic disparity, a senior official of NBR said yesterday.

Bangladesh has at least 10,152 people with individual net wealth of more than Tk 2 crore, according to data compiled by the National Board of Revenue. But taxmen and analysts said the number of wealthy people and the amount of wealth shown by taxpayers should be higher from the viewpoint of property price spirals and the rise in the number of apartments and expensive cars.

To us Bangalees, hilsa isn't just a fish. It's an integral part of our culture and heritage. Be it fried or cooked with mustard, hilsa is a must in Pahela Baishakh celebration. But they aren't anymore safe in our rivers, home to world's 60pc hilsa. This four-part series focuses on the existential crisis, changing habitat and ways to conserve this mystique fish.

An ample supply due to higher domestic production and soaring imports have driven the prices of rice below last year's level and put

Taxpayers will have to explain the sources of their income while making a land purchase, said the National Board of Revenue.

New Delhi has agreed to Dhaka's proposal to include a provision in the bilateral trade agreement for transporting goods from

A team from Russia is likely to call in Bangladesh in the second week of April to assess the country's capacity of controlling plant

Bangladesh is likely to bag higher boro and wheat crops in 2015 than last year, thanks to increased plantation and higher yields, the

The National Board of Revenue has taken an initiative to develop contents for primary and high school students to educate them on the

A tax dispute has arisen between the National Board of Revenue and Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus over gifting of earned

The Customs Bond Commissionerate of Dhaka has asked banks to open letters of credit in favour of active firms only.

Some 476 factories have vanished after taking tax and duty-free benefits under the bonded warehouse facility, costing the country

Speculation of poor crops for unfavourable weather and resumption of exports have fuelled potato prices, raising farmers' hopes of

The government is set to enforce contract farming arrangement to ensure export of safe betel leaves to the European Union, an official

Prices of farmed chicken have shot up at the city markets, thanks to reduced production and disruption in supply from

The government is set to build a central packing house to ensure the fruits and vegetables that are shipped abroad are safe and of

Soaring rice imports and ongoing political unrest have dampened paddy market sentiments, with many farmers having to sell off their stock at lower prices.

Some 40 lakh new faces entered the job market between 2010 and 2013 and an equal number of people got jobs thanks to increasing economic activities in non-farm sectors, according to the Labour Force Survey 2013.

SEVENTY-NINE years ago, Manik Bandopadhyay painted the picture of the strugglesof fishermen in his famous novel,'Boatman of the Padma River.' The struggle for survival and livelihood remains to this day for many fishermen.