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VAT on rise: Eating out, buying clothes, sweets, to be costlier

TDS Desk A 15 per cent (VAT) Value Added Tax will be added to the restaurant bill when eating out. All these days a 5 per cent VAT would be

Chief adviser calls for increased individual philanthropic efforts

TDS Desk Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday called on all individual citizens to contribute more towards social welfare, saying it is more pleasurable to work for others than

Debt pressure poses threat to country’s economical stability: Tuku

TDS Desk BNP on Thursday feared that Bangladesh may face a severe foreign exchange crisis after 2027 due to huge debt burden in the power sector, resulting from widespread corruption

EC publishes draft of voter list, over 1.8 million become new voters

BSS The Election Commission (EC) today published the draft of the updated voter list revealing that 18, 33,352 have become new voters in the country. Of the new voters, 11,85,516

Govt to increase VAT on restaurants, hotels, clothing

VAT to increase from 5% to 7.5% for restaurants 7.5% to 15% for non-AC hotels 7.5% to 15% for branded and non-branded clothing items TDS Desk: The National Board of

Strengthen export base with more investment: Yunus to entrepreneurs

UNB, Dhaka Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged the country’s business community and entrepreneurs to come forward to strengthen its export base with more investment in the services