Doulot's Bucket

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12/12/2023

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21/10/2023

বেশির ভাগ নারীরাই কোন সরকারি বা বেসরকারি স্থাপনায় ব্যাক্তিগত বা পেশাগত কাজে গেলে টয়লেট চেপে রাখেন। নারী পুরুষ সকলের স্বাস্থ্যের জন্যই কিন্তু তা ক্ষতিকর। পুরুষদের জন্য যে কোনো টয়লেট ব্যবহার তেমন সমস্যা না হলেও, নারীদের বায়োলজিকাল কারণে দরকার হয় একটু কম্ফোর্টেবল ওয়াশরুম। আরো দরকার হয় প্রার্থনার ঘর, বাচ্চাদের বুকের দুধ খাওয়াবার ব্যবস্থা। বিভিন্ন স্থাপনায় ধুমপানের জায়গা নির্দিষ্ট করা থাকলেও নেই নারী, বৃদ্ধ বা বিশেষ চাহিদাসম্পন্নদের জন্য বেসিক সুবিধা।

একজন নারী উদোক্তা এ ধরনের অসুবিধা ও বিবিধ কারণে অন্যের উপর নির্ভরশীল হয়। এতে বাড়ে তার ব্যবসার খরচ, পিছিয়ে পড়েন প্রতিযোগিতায়। চাকুরীজীবি নারীরা, যারা মাত্র শুরু করেছেন তারা ও কিন্তু ক্ষতিগ্রস্থ কেননা অনেক জায়গায়ই তাদের নেই আলাদা ওয়াশরুমের ব্যবস্থা।

বড় বড় সরকারি স্থাপনা হচ্ছে কিন্তু তা নারীবান্ধব করার দিকে খেয়াল রাখা হচ্ছে না। আর রাখা হলেও তার সঠিক দেখভাল হয় না। জাতীয় রাজস্ব বোর্ডের চকচকে বিল্ডিং এর মহিলা ওয়াশরুম আছে বেশ অনেকগুলো কিন্তু তার একটির দরজার লক কাজ করে না, আরেকটির ফ্ল্যাশ নস্ট। বিনিয়োগ করা হলে তার দেখভাল ও সঠিক ব্যবহার জানা ও প্রয়োজন বটে।

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/features-analysis/simple-measures-for-big-change-1697816799

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/six-point-combat-against-trade-based-money-laundering-planned-1691690050

A six-point combat is ahead to curb trade-based money laundering amid reports on flight of huge funds from Bangladesh, especially through suspected over-and under-invoicing and misdeclaration. Sources have said customs intelligence has crafted the action plan of late and recommended for the revenue....

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/metro-news/unhealthy-lifestyle-can-increase-htn-prevalence-among-youths-1691863022

Prevalence of hypertension (HTN) and heart disease increases among the youths of Bangladesh due to various reasons, including unhealthy lifestyle and dietary habits, speakers observed at a webinar.Screening for hypertension and availability of anti-hypertensive medicine must be ensured at all commun...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/vat-collection-surges-355pc-in-dhakas-commercial-hubs-1691945724

The collection of value-added tax (VAT) from retail and wholesale businesses grew by 35.5 per cent in the commercial areas of the capital, largely for the installation of Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) and intensified enforcement.The Dhaka South Zone, which includes the old Dhaka, Motijheel, Shegu...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/tax-return-submission-up-by-over-a-million-1692035508

A total of 1,237,357 new taxpayers were added by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) in the last fiscal year due to the fiscal measures incorporated in the Finance Bill-2022.From June 1, 2022, the revenue board made the submission of the Proof of Submission of Tax Returns (PSR) mandatory for obtaini...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/restoring-tax-benefit-to-investors-envisaged-1692209483

Revival of tax benefit to investors in savings certificates is likely soon for giving them some financial relief and augmenting investment in government borrowing instruments. Sources say the government has made a decision to this effect to ease the tax liability of the investors in the savings inst...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/last-page/govt-set-to-restore-tax-benefit-for-bank-depositors-exporters-1692555247

The government is set to reinstate tax benefit for certain corporate bank depositors, exempted from mandatory submission of tax returns, and also for exporters to allow them to enjoy source tax at reduced rates, officials said.Source tax on cash incentives for exporters was 10 per cent, which was co...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/last-page/nbr-initiates-public-hearings-to-bridge-gap-with-taxpayers-1692641649

Tax officials will now hold public hearings in their respective tax zones across the country to bridge the gap with taxpayers and address their problems.Senior Secretary of the Internal Resources Division (IRD) and National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem initiated the mo...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/last-page/kamal-urges-fair-tax-collection-during-revenue-push-1692727538

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday urged revenue officials not to pressure taxpayers during tax collection.He said individuals paying taxes should not face adverse effects during the revenue-mobilisation process.During the inauguration of the electronic fiscal device management system (EF...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/petroleum-price-hike-pays-govt-high-revenues-stokes-inflation-1692815568

Petroleum-price hike pays govt high revenues as value-added tax (VAT) collection from the marketing of petroleum products grew nearly 94 per cent last financial year, which economists believe has backlashes. Five petroleum-marketing companies under the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (B...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/tax-collection-up-1538pc-in-july-1692815657

Tax-revenue collection grew by 15.38 per cent in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY), 2023-24, due to a hefty rise in VAT collection following the inflationary pressure.VAT collection grew by 21.51 per cent in July compared to that of the corresponding month last year, according to the N...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/last-page/nsd-investors-to-enjoy-tax-cut-on-interest-income-1692816034

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has allowed investors in national savings Deposits (NSDs) and exporters to enjoy reduced tax rates on their interest income and cash incentives.It has also allowed certain corporate taxpayers, who are exempted from submission of tax returns, enjoy source tax on ba...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/new-tax-act-eases-compliance-for-adjustments-nbr-1692895832

To provide taxpayers with a transition period for adjustment, majority of the tax-compliance provisions in the new Income Tax Act-2023 will not be enforced during this tax year, according to officials.Effective from the current fiscal year, the new act retains several provisions from the Income Tax....

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/tax-burden-to-add-up-if-return-deadline-missed-1693068608

Taxes will be imposed on the entire income of a taxpayer without any exclusion, if the return is submitted after the Tax Day, the deadline for return filing.A provision in this connection has been incorporated in the new tax law and has been made effective from the current fiscal year for individual...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/last-page/nbr-to-offer-commission-for-genex-1693247274

The revenue board will offer Genex Infosys Ltd a 0.52-per cent commission in Dhaka and 0.53 per cent in Chattogram on VAT collected through electronic devices.The private vendor will install and maintain electronic fiscal devices (EFDs) or sales data controllers (SDCs) under a contract with the VAT....

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/last-page/beverage-turnover-tax-reduced-to-30pc-1693420088

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has reduced the tax on the gross receipts of carbonated beverage manufacturers by two percentage points following investors' concerns about a sharp hike in their payable taxes.The rate of turnover tax (as the minimum tax) has been lowered to 3.0 per cent from 5.0....

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/revenue-revamp-bid-expands-tax-return-scope-1693505113

All types of funds, including provident ones, will be required return submission with audited financial statements by November 30 on their incomes for the fiscal year 2022-23.The new Income Tax Act has made tax-return submission mandatory for private companies' employee funds, including recognized p...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/nbr-to-introduce-automated-system-soon-1693673662
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Passengers arriving in or departing from Bangladesh would soon enjoy an automated system of declaring their belongings and currencies they are carrying with to the customs authorities.The simplified paperless system for the passengers travelling through air, land or sea ports is expected to facilita...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/some-55kg-gold-disappears-from-customs-safekeeping-1693762466

A cache of minimum 55 kilograms of gold has gone missing from Dhaka Customs House (DCH) airport-transit vault in break-ins discovered during latest inventory stocktaking, officials said Sunday.This haul of 55 kilograms of gold--brought by air passengers and held in the DCH warehouse in waiting for c...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/customs-unveils-tk-30b-trade-based-siphoning-1693850497

Only the tip of the iceberg appears in reported trade-based money laundering with customs detection of the siphoning of nearly Tk 3.0 billion, worth US$ 30 million, by ten ghost companies. Customs authorities disclosed Monday that the shell corporations, disguised as apparel exporters, laundered the...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/last-page/nbr-moves-to-cut-taxes-on-land-flat-registration-1694111653

Tax authorities have moved to reduce the land-and-flat registration taxes following a sharp slide of its revenue collection from this major contributing sector. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has found that land and flat owners have refrained themselves from registration of immovable propitiate...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/stock-corporate/workshop-on-new-income-tax-act-held-1694275110

FE ReportThe Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Taxation Association conducted a workshop on the new Income Tax Act-2023 on Saturday to highlight the pros and cons of the law, which came into effect on July 1, 2023, in order to ensure its smooth implementation.Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/con-trick-undercuts-roaring-rise-1694277629

Fabulously growing e-commerce business in Bangladesh, which boasted a record growth of 300 per cent during the Covid-19 pandemic, now loses its shine for multiple factors that conspicuously include confidence trick on consumers.Many people, especially new buyers, are getting hesitant on buying from....

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/reverse-flow-taking-e-commerce-startups-to-overseas-business-havens-1694369723

Opening up scope for foreign companies to make investment on their own in e-commerce business in Bangladesh failed to make headway and left the country lamenting missed chances of hitting a jackpot of billions of dollars in global sales.Three years have elapsed with little gains since the government...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/stock-corporate/scb-introduces-20-week-parental-leave-to-promote-the-idea-of-sharing-responsibility-1694453864

Standard Chartered Bank has introduced 20-week paid parental leave for its employees to put forward the philosophy that child rearing is a responsibility for both parents to share. The objective is to help parents of the newborns rear a new generation of talents for running future businesses, says t...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/digital-dilemmas-complicate-online-reg-for-e-commerce-startups-1694455308

Digital Business Identification (DBID) has yet to pay off by way of disciplining Bangladesh's anomalous e-commerce operations as a year elapsed sans outcome of the government's legal move.The government has made registration mandatory for e-commerce businesses without setting forth any legal obligat...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/revenue-authority-frequently-mends-legal-loopholes-1694715312

Concerns from both ends over implementation of a new income-tax law prompt government's revenue authority to make frequent changes to its incongruous provisions, like taxing private provident fund at corporate-tax rate.In another instance of what is now deemed as a discrepancy land-and flat-registra...

27/09/2023

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/charges-to-eat-into-pvt-sector-low-paid-employees-wages-1695317661

Electronic salary disbursement to employees, as mandated in the new income tax law, eats into low-paid people's paltry pay through cash-out charges, sources say and seek a relief. The newly imposed fiscal measure on mandatory disbursement of salary, irrespective of amount, through electronic channel...