Summary: Eligible Bkash customers with no actual bank account can now procure easy-terms loans with bkash app and repay with 9% annual interest under the new initiative of the City Bank. Content: BKash customers, who are eligible, can now utilise the bKash app to request for a loan ranging from Tk 500 to Tk 20,000, will receive the loan instantaneously. After that, they... Read More
Summary: Due to the incurred loss of Salek Textile Limited, the Parent Company Malek Spinning is selling its denim unit’s assets to pay off the liabilities. Content: Malek Spinning Mills Limited, a New Asia Group company, has decided to close the denim bottoms production unit of its subsidiary company, Salek Textile Limited, due to business instability since the unit's inception. As a subsidiary... Read More
Summary: The verdict of the Competition Commission not being enough to handle the issue needs further actions from the government to form a body on transport management and fixing fares. Content: The surge in charges for transportation of goods at seaports under a ‘monopoly' in lighter-vessel operations, according to a case trial, is a major cause of excessive costs that customers have... Read More
We congratulate our client, Dr. Saiful Khandaker, a financial technology (Fintech) pioneer, for launching a company on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange as the first Bangladeshi. He is the founder and CEO of Fintech Ecosystem Development Corporation, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) that went public on October 19, 2021. The company is listed on NASDAQ (symbol: FEXDU) and is funded by... Read More
Summary: The long-awaited Income Tax Act 2022 will come into effect soon after presenting the draft to the Cabinet along with the proposal of e-Tax Management system. Content: The National Board of Revenue has finalized the draft Income Tax Act 2022 which incorporates domestic pricing and anti-avoidance rules as asserted by the Chairman of the NBR, Abu Hena M Rahmatul Muneem. He also... Read More
Summary: Far Chemical Industries, a Concern of FAR Group, has decided to merge with SF Textile Industries along with the physical shifting to the second one’s own land at Rupganj, Narayanganj. Content: Far Chemical Industries Limited is a textile chemical-based industry, situated in Comilla EPZ, producing all types of textile chemicals needed by all export-oriented textile sectors. They have decided to merge with SF... Read More
Summary: The BGMEA requested the government to provide several facilities regarding the cargo business including the repair of the EDS machines in the Hazrat Shahjalal Airport at Dhaka. Content: At the urge of Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the government is going to repair the explosive detection systems (EDS) for a better screening of the export-oriented cargo at the airport... Read More
Summary: Saiham Cotton Mills Ltd is successful in receiving the lion share of their insurance claim after the massive fire incident last year. Content: SAIHAM COTTON MILLS LTD. is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh and is part of the Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills Industry. SAIHAM COTTON MILLS LTD. has 1,102 total employees across all of its locations and generates $35.38 million in... Read More
Summary: The NBR has launched the electronic tax deduction at source system on 7th October, for the public and private agencies to deduct and deposit tax at source without taking the hassle to conduct manually. Content: There were multiple complaints due to the manual tax collection. This type of tax collection at source was time-consuming and the process is also burdensome. There... Read More
Summary: Banks and other NBFIs are asked to give updated CIB Data by the Central Bank regarding the borrowing entities’ Board of Directors by submitting relevant documents along with a forwarding letter. Content: Credit information bureau reports play a crucial role in Financial Institutions like banks in terms of giving loans. In the opinion of experts the CIB reports help to reduce... Read More
