Every year Bangladesh National Board of revenue (NBR) honor top taxpayer of the country . This year 141 taxpayers was awarded tax card and crest for paying the highest amount of income tax in 2018 -2019 . 74 individual & 57 companies win top taxpayer awards from NBR . Bangladesh’s tax-to-GDP ratio is 9.2 percent. […]
The United States wants to boost its military cooperation with Bangladesh as well as investments in infrastructure & energy sector . Under the Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) US wants a closer military ties with Bangladesh . The visiting U.S. acting assistant secretary of state Alice Wells said US is seeking an expanded military relationship with Bangladesh
CMR in Bangladesh Perspective Bangladesh is a unique example in the world in the context of CMR (Civil-Military Relations) . Bangladesh has a people oriented military where military co-exists with civilian in a homogeneous society. The success of proactive CMR in Bangladesh first realized from our great liberation war in 1971 when trained military and
IMPACT OF MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN COUNTER TERRORISM The use of the military in counterterrorism presents a number of problems. The use of military organizations in counterterrorist missions generates unintended consequences on three different levels Terrorist organizations Military Institutions Civil Society and Politics The high level violence created by the military leads the terrorist to respond
Propaganda as a tool to create a favorable situation in conflict is as old as reliable recorded evidence exists. ‘Chanakya’in his book “Arthashastra” gave due importance in propaganda as a war fighting tool. One of the glaring examples of propaganda has been recorded during Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, where propaganda could motivate and unite Hindus
Bangladesh Air Force ordered undisclosed number of of Kronos Land 3D radar systems from Italian company Leonardo . The KRONOS land is a Mobile 3D, multifunctional radar system to support air and coastal defense . It detects and tracks any type of air and maritime threat, such as high speed missiles, low level UAVs, hovering
For many years Bangladesh wanted to purchase heavy weapons from United States . According to the latest development Bangladesh & the US are currently negotiating two agreements ACSA & GSOMIA that are required by the US law for the purchase of its Heavy Military equipment . A US Department of State spokesperson told Jane’s , “The United
Bangladesh army recently added Oerlikon Twin Gun GDF009 to its Adhoc 48 Air Defence Artillery Regiment. The test-firing of the anti-aircraft gun was held Oct 13, 2019, at Nidania AD Firing Range in Cox’s Bazar. Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed witnessed the firing as the chief guest while high military officials were present.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two days visit in Nepal is a success story for Nepali people. Nepal & China signed a railway link project to connect Tibet with Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu. Dubbed as the most ambitious and critical railway project of the world the China -Nepal rail link will cost 2.5 Billion dollars.
Japan public broadcaster NHK confirmed 23 people killed by the mega Typhoon Hagibis. Bullet trains were half-submerged in Nagano, central Japan . Prime Minister Shinzo Abe convened an emergency meeting. Some 27,000 army personnel were sent to rescue stranded people in central Japan. Military helicopters airlifted stranded people from homes. Authorities at one point issued
