Tax evasion in Bangladesh

CORPORATE TAX ABUSE / Bangladesh loses $361m tax a year: report

Bangladesh is losing $361 million worth of tax annually owing to the shifting of profits by multinational companies, especially into tax havens abroad, according to a report by the Tax Justice Network (TJN).

Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development

Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.

2023 will be the year of inflation and financial turpitude

While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer

Taking loans v tackling laundering: Which serves our long-term interests best?

Fighting tax evasion, preventing trade-based illicit financial outflows and ending the culture of money laundering and loan defaults is a much more sustainable solution to adding to foreign exchange reserves than taking foreign loans on interest.

BNP MP Harun gets bail

The High Court grants six months’ bail to BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid in a corruption case in which he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a lower court, clearing the way for his walk out of jail.

July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023

Bangladesh loses $361m tax a year: report

Bangladesh is losing $361 million worth of tax annually owing to the shifting of profits by multinational companies, especially into tax havens abroad, according to a report by the Tax Justice Network (TJN).

May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023

Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development

Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.

January 1, 2023
January 1, 2023

2023 will be the year of inflation and financial turpitude

While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer

August 3, 2022
August 3, 2022

Taking loans v tackling laundering: Which serves our long-term interests best?

Fighting tax evasion, preventing trade-based illicit financial outflows and ending the culture of money laundering and loan defaults is a much more sustainable solution to adding to foreign exchange reserves than taking foreign loans on interest.

October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019

BNP MP Harun gets bail

The High Court grants six months’ bail to BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid in a corruption case in which he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a lower court, clearing the way for his walk out of jail.

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