Fourfold increase in
land prices from
September 1
Land registration fees to be reduced
by 6-8 per cent
The government has decided to increase the price of land four times in a bid to increase non-tax revenue income, sources in the Prime Minister’s Office told New Age on Sunday. An official of the PMO said that the increased rate would come into effect from the first of September...[ + ]
EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
NHRC calls for independent
inquiries
The National Human Rights Commission on Sunday demanded ‘independent inquiries’ into every incident of extra-judicial killing and publication of the reports. The commission also expressed grave concern at the news of extra-judicial killings in the country, especially the recent death of two students of the Dhaka Polytechnic Institute at the hands of the personnel of the Rapid Action Battalion.....[ + ]
Tax holiday, black
money whitening
facility likely
to continue
The cabinet in its scheduled meeting today is likely to give green light to continuation of tax holiday and the facility to whiten black money despite abuses of the schemes in the past which caused huge revenue losses to the government. Officials of the finance ministry said settlement of the issues was important as they would be incorporated in the forthcoming budget...[ + ]
Govt needs foreign
aid for Aila
victims: Razzak
The government feels foreign aid is essential to cope with the damage in the south caused by inundation and storm associated with cyclone Aila of May 25, said the minister for food and disaster management on Sunday. Abdur Razzak, the minister, said this as he talked with the media after an inter-ministerial meeting Sunday evening to asses the damage caused by the inundation...[ + ]
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Dhaka’s real estate most costly
after Mumbai, Delhi
The land price increased by 25 times and the apartment price ten times in the last one and half decade making Dhaka’s real estate most costly in the region after Mumbai and Delhi, realtors said Sunday. The steady price hike of real estate in the backdrop of high demand has turned in the Bangladesh’s capital one of the costly cities in South Asia, said Real Estate and Housing Association Bangladesh president Tanveerul Haque...[ + ]
BGMEA wants loan rescheduling
for one more year
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association demanded one year extension of the rescheduling facility for recession-effected industries. Meeting the governor of the Central Bank on Sunday, a BGMEA delegation headed by its president Abdus Salam Murshedy also demanded five per cent subsidy on the interest of bank loans of the industries...[ + ]
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