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BUILD proposes flat 10pc VAT rate

Staff Correspondent: Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) – a private sector think tank – has proposed setting a flat value-added tax (VAT) rate at 10%, suggesting that it could help

TCB starts countrywide sale of essential goods

Staff Correspondent: Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) on Wednesday started selling of essential commodities through trucks in all 64 districts to ensure benefits for low-income groups. In Tangail, on the

Bangladesh improves in Global Terrorism Index

TDS Desk: The impact of terrorism in Bangladesh has been reported to be “low” on a terrorism scale as per the latest edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025,

Govt starts selling milk, eggs, meat at fair price in Sirajganj

Staff Reporter: The government has started selling milk, eggs and meat at affordable price in the district marking the holy month of Ramadan. Fisheries and Livestock Ministry has started truck

How some banks mobilised record deposits despite low industry growth

Staff Correspondent: When the country’s banking sector experienced its lowest deposit growth in recent history, some private commercial banks excelled, setting records in deposit mobilisation even through the economic crisis

Uncertainty over Bogura-Sirajganj Railway project

Govt considers withdrawing 3 rail projects of $800m for delay implementation Staff Correspondent: The government is considering withdrawing at least three rail projects involving over $800 million from the Indian