tax

Newspaper owners must pay staff’s income tax: SC

The Supreme Court upholds a wage board provision that instructs the owners of newspapers and news agencies to pay the income tax of their employees.
30 March 2016

Five things that are wrong with the world's best country

Is life in the world's nicest country all it's made out to be? Most of those surveyed, mainly Norwegians, said yes. But, for balance, here are some aspects of Norwegian life that don't tick everyone's boxes.
18 December 2015

'Neymar could be forced to leave Barcelona'

Neymar could be forced to leave Barcelona due to his ongoing tax fraud case, according to the Brazilian's father.
18 November 2015

Japan relapses into recession in July-Sept, blow to Abenomics

Japan's economy slid back into recession in July-September as uncertainty over the overseas outlook hurt business investment.
16 November 2015

Facebook paid £4,327 corporation tax in 2014

Social network giant Facebook pays just £4,327 ($6,643) in corporation tax in 2014, its latest UK results show.
12 October 2015

Barcelona's Lionel Messi cleared in tax case but father Jorge accused of fraud

Barcelona prosecutors have cleared Lionel Messi in a tax fraud case but are seeking an 18-month prison sentence for his father, Jorge.
7 October 2015

Income tax fair begins today

The sixth annual tax fair begins throughout the country from today.
16 September 2015

Sotheby's to auction former owner's $500m art collection

Works by Modigliani, Picasso and Thomas Gainsborough, owned by the former owner of Sotheby's, are to be sold by the auction house later this year.
4 September 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.
29 June 2015

Export tax rises to 1pc

Finance Minister AMA Muhith in his budget speech proposes an increase of tax at source for all export sectors to 1 percent.
4 June 2015

Income tax ceiling now Tk 2.5 lakh

Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes increasing the ceiling of tax-free income to Tk 2.50 lakh from Tk 2.20 lakh.
4 June 2015

Muhith unveils Tk 2.95 lakh crore budget

Finance minister is unveiling the budget for 2015-16 fiscal – what is believed to be a jumbo size of around Tk 295,100 crore.
4 June 2015

Capitol lockdown ends after man shoots himself

A temporary security lockdown at the US Capitol comes to an end after a man shot himself dead in front of the complex on Saturday, police said.
12 April 2015