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Bangladesh’s exposure to illicit financial outflows is very high among the least developed countries as the rate of such outflows was equivalent to 36 per cent of the country’s tax revenue and 3 per cent of gross domestic product in 2015, according to the latest report of the United Nations …

The weeklong nationwide income tax fair ended on Wednesday with the National Board of Revenue getting overwhelming response from taxpayers and receiving a record amount of income taxes.

Lack of regulations, awareness, skills and incentives is the main barrier to the introduction of green bond in the country, experts said at a seminar held on Wednesday.

Deposits in the school banking accounts posted the highest quarterly growth — 20.95 per cent or Tk 313 crore — in the July-September period of the current fiscal year 2019-2020.

Dhaka stocks dropped on Wednesday after three days of slight gains as investors increased their share sales after they found no visible improvement in the market situation.

The prices of salt remained stable across the country on Wednesday following a sudden hike due to rumourdriven panicbuying on Tuesday while onions were still sold at exorbitant prices.

As per the government’s initiative to build a digital Bangladesh, at least 90 per cent of the ready-made garments sector workers will receive their wages through the digital payment system by 2021.

Mohammed Manea has tended honey bees northeast of Sanaa for years, but despairs that the production of “Yemen’s gold” is under threat as the war engulfing the country drags on.

The distinguished fellow of Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Debapriya Bhattacharya on Wednesday said Bangladesh has to play a leading role in international negotiations for sustainable development, reports UNB.

SME Financing Company Limited, a subsidiary company of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB), has disbursed Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) loan worth Taka 69.11 crore aims at