Bangladesh got the membership of NDB

Summary:     Bangladesh has finally become a member of the New Development Bank (NDB), which aims to be an alternative to the US-dominated World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Content: The new Development Bank founded by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in 2014 tried to expand its membership on...

Investment abroad needs BSEC ‘Nods’

Summary:  Bangladesh Securities Zone and Exchange Commission has intervened in the parallel drafting rules by Bangladesh Bank and Bangladesh Investment Development Authority on a debatable consent by the offshore investors, albeit with some exceptions to the capital issue. Content:  Equity investments are commonly used in our country. When money...

Management of the digital commerce calls for the escrow service

Summary:  With the instruction of the commerce ministry and Bangladesh Bank, some banks have already withdrawn the direct payment facilities into the bank account of E-commerce companies from their customers to abide by the guidelines of escrow service. Content:  Since e-commerce had started in Bangladesh, the process of...

Gazprom gets NoA to drill three Bhola wells

Summary: Russian energy giant Gazprom has obtained a contract by Bapex to drill three more wells at Bhola Island with a total cost of $77.18 million which is BDT 6.48bn Content: Russian energy giant Gazprom has obtained an NOA to carry out the drilling of three...

Banks to submit monthly VAT info of non-resident taxpayers

Summary: In line with the decision of the NBR, the central bank has issued a notification to the scheduled banks to send the statements of Value-added Tax through the bank’s head offices within seven days of the following months. Content:  As per the current mandatory requirement for any...

Newsletter-Vol 1-2012

LAWS RELATING TO MARITIME LIEN AND MARITIME CLAIMS IN BANGLADESH   A traditional maritime lien is a secured right in the “res", i.e., in the property of another (ordinarily the ship), which arises with the claim, without registration Or other formalities it; travels with the vessel even...

Cryptocurrency Trading, promotion and all kinds of operation is Illegal

Summary: The ongoing confusion over the legality of virtual currency has now been cleared out. Now, such virtual transactions are listed as crimes under the Foreign Exchange Act 1947, Anti-terrorism Act 2009, and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2012. Content: A cryptocurrency is a form of payment that can...

SEMINAR ON LDC GRADUATION OF BANGLADESH & INTERNATIONAL LAW

International law usually falls into two categories. Public International Law and Private International Law. Public International law is the set rules, agreements, and treaties that are binding between countries. It generally comes from three sources: treaties, customs and general principles of law. Public international law...

Bangladesh Bank launches probe into stimulus loans

Summary: Probe into stimulus loans has helped the Central Bank to find many unproductive usages of the funds that were used in the packages. Apart from that, officials of eight departments of Banking Inspection (DBI) of the central bank along with its branch offices have been...
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