National Board of Revenue

Misuse of Bond Facility / NBR halts Abdul Monem Group's import, export

It also instructs banks to freeze the Group's bank accounts

Tax on private universities: Must we make education more costly?

This move seems to be a punishment for non-profit educational ventures that aim to enhance our higher education landscape.

Sustainable business-friendly environment a must now: FBCCI

FBCCI sits with different trade bodies to prepare budget proposals

Rajshahi businesses should reduce reliance on subsidies: NBR chairman

NBR sits with Rajshahi businesses in a pre-budget discussion

Avail more foreign fund for project financing: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned at Ecnec meeting

New law offers scope to strike off TIN-holders

For the first time, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has sought to grant opportunity to individuals and companies to de-register or make their taxpayer identification number (TINs) dormant owing to no taxable income and dissolution.

Draft income tax law / Who needs to file wealth statement?

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is expected to place a new income tax bill in parliament today in an effort to modernise the direct tax system.

Google, Facebook to face 15% tax on digital ad income

The NBR shared the information a clarification to Bangladesh Bank

Sales of electric vehicles rising gradually

Electric vehicles (EVs), including plug-in hybrids, will one day dominate the automobile market in Bangladesh as the demand for cars run on alternative fuel is slowly gaining ground, according to importers and distributors.

June 3, 2016
June 3, 2016

VAT to push up cost of living

The government has backtracked from its decision to roll out the new VAT law from July due to resistance from businesses and a section of revenue officials and inadequate preparation from the National Board of Revenue.

May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016

Owners shut shops to press for package VAT

Shop owners shut their enterprises for an hour in parts of the country including capital Dhaka pressing for keeping the provision of package VAT.

April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016

Mobile operators for lifting VAT on internet use

In a pre-budget discussion, mobile operators urges the government to remove value added tax (VAT) on internet use in the upcoming fiscal plan for 2016-17.

February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016

A new tax law in the works

The National Board of Revenue has drafted a new income tax law that seeks to keep corporate tax rates identical for all companies and

January 25, 2016
January 25, 2016

NBR unlikely to allow law enforcers to conduct drive

The National Board of Revenue is unlikely to give law enforcement agencies the authority to conduct drives against VAT dodgers, NBR officials told The Daily Star yesterday.

January 6, 2016
January 6, 2016

NBR seeks Debapriya’s bank account details

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) asks banks to provide financial information on accounts held by Centre for Policy Dialogue’s Distinguished Fellow Debapriya Bhattacharya, his wife and their family members within seven days.

October 14, 2015
October 14, 2015

7.5% VAT on English medium school tuition remains

The Supreme Court stays a High Court order that halted the 7.5 percent value added tax (VAT) on the English medium schools’ tuition fees.

September 22, 2015
September 22, 2015

Record Tk 2,035cr collection from tax fair

The weeklong annual tax fair ended today, with the National Board of Revenue breaking the event’s previous records of collections, submission returns and number of service recipients.

September 14, 2015
September 14, 2015

VAT on pvt universities withdrawn after mass protests (video)

Government scraps 7.5 percent VAT on private universities and medical colleges’ tuition fees in face of mass student protests. The decision has been announced in a notice issued from the finance ministry.

June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015

Exporters to pay 0.6pc tax at source

Exporters including apparel manufacturers will have to pay 0.6 percent tax at source on their income from exports from the upcoming fiscal year, as the government reduced the rate from the proposed 1 percent.