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  Bangladesh for 30 per cent value addition criterion for LDCs

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 10:48pm on January 25, 2021

  Bangladesh will reaffirm its proposal for amendments to the D8 Preferential Trade Agreement seeking a 30-percent local value addition criterion for least developed countries on...

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  BICDA demands release of more imported goods thru off-docks

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 10:47pm on January 22, 2021

  The Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association has demanded that measures should be taken to facilitate the release of more imported goods through private ICDs so...

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  BTTC for gradual withdrawal of import, production limits

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 10:10pm on January 21, 2021

  The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has recommended the commerce ministry to gradually withdraw the restriction on import and production of motorcycles with higher engine...

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  Rajshahi silk, 5 other products to get GI tag

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 10:54pm on January 19, 2021

  Six more products, including Muslin and Rajshahi silk, is set to get the recognition as geographical indication products of Bangladesh as the Department of Patents,...

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  NBR moves to subscribe to int’l database

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 10:31pm on January 16, 2021

  The National Board of Revenue has taken a move to subscribe to the database of comparable international transfer pricing to facilitate effective audit of transfer...

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  FBCCI for tax collection on value addition

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 10:42pm on January 15, 2021

  The Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry has requested the National Board of Revenue to collect the minimum income tax on value addition...

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  Govt to set up two courts to settle commercial disputes

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 10:12pm on January 14, 2021

  The government is going to set up two courts dedicated to settling commercial disputes to improve the country’s ease of doing business situation. The courts...

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  No anti-dumping investigation in 25 years of framing rules

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 02:06am on January 12, 2021

  Bangladesh has so far failed to initiate any anti-dumping investigation in 25 years of framing the rules due to non-cooperation from local businesses. Though some...

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  4,865 more accounts with over Tk 1cr in Apr-Sept

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 11:20pm on January 10, 2021

  The number of bank accounts with more than Tk 1 crore in deposit has significantly increased in the country following the COVID-19 outbreak, indicating a rising...

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  BGMEA opposes CPA plea to release imported goods from private ICDs

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 10:35pm on January 09, 2021

  The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has opposed a Chattogram Port Authority’s proposal to release garment sector businesses’ imported goods from the private...