BNP suggests cutting govt expanses without increasing VAT

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has urged the interim government to focus on reducing unnecessary development activities and expenses of the government and budgetary allocation for loans to autonomous bodies without increasing value added tax (VAT). Party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the call at a press conference titled 'Taxes

Dhaka-Riyadh engagement increasing across range of areas

Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Youssef Essa Al Duhailan has said Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia are working to further ease visa process, noting that currently the Embassy is issuing around 5000 visas everyday from Dhaka. He also suggested the Bangladeshis to complete their visa process directly to get the job done