Taxpayers are likely to be able to submit their income tax returns and get their return slips online from the current year, reports UNB. “The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has completed all its procedures to start the process from the current fiscal year with a high hope to reduce the hassles…

Two jetties of Mongla Sea Port will be developed involving $52.74 million under public private partnership (PPP) and an agreement in this regard was signed…

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the government is taking necessary steps to ensure foolproof security for Japanese projects in the country, reports BSS. "We are also concerned after the July incident. We have to ensure foolproof security in the project area," the minister told the…

Oil tanker workers will get separate wage as their job is separate from other shipping transport, reports BSS. "A gazette will soon be published in this regard," said the Ministry of Labour and Employment in a press release yesterday. This decision was taken in a meeting held in the capital…

AFP, NEW DELHI:  The Indian government on Saturday named insider Urjit Patel as the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India, to replace popular…

Stock markets extended loss to open a week downtrend yesterday as most of the major sectors closed lower while daily transactions were also declining, reports BSS. Among the falling major sectors were bank, pharmaceuticals, food and allied and telecom when 141 securities of the large-cap group…

AFP, COTONOU: At the old train station in Benin’s economic capital Cotonou, a rundown locomotive imported from France in the 1960s arduously roars to life, ready to haul 600 tonnes of goods to an inland city. “If it doesn’t break down, it will get there in 12 hours,” says Marcel…

A consortium led by a Chinese investment com-pany is interested in buying a stake in Liverpool Football Club, according to media reports. The Financial…

Bangladesh Rural Electrifi-cation Board (REB) has made a commitment to provide 30 lakh new electricity connections by FY 2016-17, reports BSS. "The REB would provide 30 lakh new power connections and construct 35,000 kilometre long electricity distribution line across the country by 2016-2017…

AFP, BERLIN: Embattled auto-maker Volkswagen will hold talks yesterday with two component suppliers, in a bid to end a stand-off over car parts deliveries that has severely disrupted production at the German giant. ES Automobilguss, which supplies cast gearbox components, and Cartrim, which makes seat…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Companies belonging to Donald Trump have at least $650 million in debt, more than twice the amount shown in public filings made by his presidential campaign, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The paper employed a property information firm to search publicly available data on…