Tag: reforms

NBR Advisory Committee seeks stakeholder proposals for reforms

- Fahad Ferdous, UNB -

The newly formed five-member Advisory Committee, tasked with recommending reforms for the National Board of Revenue (NBR), has begun reaching out to stakeholders for input on pro-people changes. The committee is sending letters to private sector associations, including the FBCCI, MCCI, ICCB and ERF, seeking proposals to guide its reform efforts. “We

IMF just made the case for its own irrelevance

- Michael Galant -

On Friday the 11th, the IMF announced policy changes that will save developing countries $1.2 billion per year. Despite the self-congratulations and fanfare, these reforms are only a tiny fraction of what campaigners had been asking for — and an even smaller share of what the Global South needs. This month,

Security Council reforms move at the pace of a paralytic snail

- Thalif Deen, IPS -

The reform of the Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, has remained a never-ending political saga. According to the President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary, 43 years have passed since the question of Security Council reform first appeared on the UN agenda. “It has been

Reforms in RAB on review of US report: Kamal

- Times Report -

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said that reforms can be initiated after reviewing the US report on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).He made the comment in response to reporters' questions after a program in a Dhaka hotel.The home minister said, "Reforms - that you speak of - we are doing