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17 more lives lost on roads
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Ruma upazila, and Hla Gya Prue Khiang, of Bandarban Sadar upazila. They are aged between 16 and 50.
Shai Bang Marma, chairman of Ruma Sadar Union Parishad, and Jira Bom, chairman of Remakri Prangsa Union Parishad, confirmed the deceased’s identities.
Hla Gya was a helper of one of the trucks, they said.
An injured was undergoing treatment at Bandarban Sadar Hospital, while 10 others were taking treatment at Chittagong Medical College Hospital, OC Alamgir added.
Meanwhile, 11 more people died and 21 others were wounded in road crashes in seven other districts since Sunday night.
In Dinajpur’s Sadar upazila, three people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup yesterday evening.
The victims were Foyzar Ali, 35, Mostakim Hossain, 27, and Sohanur Sohan, 26. They were residents of different villages in Chirirbandar upazila and were in the pickup. Foyez was the pickup driver, said police.
Police seized the bus, said Saiful Islam, OC of Doshmile Highway Police Station.
In another accident, two people died and another one was wounded when a truck ran over a battery-run rickshaw at Borasur in Gopalganj’s Kashiani in the afternoon.
The deceased were Ikram Sheikh, 55, of Porkorfa village, and Ahad Sardar, 45, of Sankarpasha village of the upazila.
Ikram was the battery-run rickshaw-puller, said Anwar Hossain, an official of fire service and civil defence in Kashiani.
In Kishoreganj, a seven-year-old madrasa student was killed in a road accident on Kishoreganj-Pakundia road in Jamail area yesterday morning.
Victim Saad was the son of Murad Mia of Jamail village.
Police said he was run over by a battery-run auto-rickshaw when crossing a road around 9:00am. Doctors declared him dead after he was taken to Hossainpur Upazila Health Complex, said Md Asaduzzaman, OC of Hossainpur Police Station.
In another crash, a man was killed and 20 others suffered injuries after a bus fell into a ditch in Pirojpur’s Mathbaria early yesterday.
The deceased, Abinash Mitra, 55, of Mathbaria’s Angulkata village, was a lawyer, said Kamruzzaman Talukder, OC of Mathbaria Police Station.
In Dhaka, a bus helper, who was injured in a road accident in the capital’s Azimpur in the morning, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The victim was Sanwar Hossain, 26, said Md Masud, assistant in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
Two motorcyclists were killed after the motorbike collided head-on with a bus at Balipara in Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila on Sunday night.
The victims were Arif Hossain, 25, and Oliullah Oli, 22, of the upazila’s Dhanikhola village.
In Patuakhali, a college student, who was wounded in a motorbike accident in Baufal upazila on Sunday, died yesterday.
Rashedul Islam Howladar, 22, was a resident of Anarsia village of the upazila.
[Our correspondents in Bandarban, Dinajpur, Faridpur, Mymensingh and Patuakhali contributed to this report.]

Businesses
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window to expedite tax payment and the release of goods.
Modernisation and amendment of the customs act, value-added tax (VAT) law and income tax ordinance are needed along the lines of the World Trade Organisation’s agreement on trade facilitation.
The decision should be taken in consultation with the stakeholders concerned to make those laws to the global standards, Jashim Uddin added.
The businesses also requested the government to impose duty and tax on the release of exported and imported goods following the best standards of the WTO and World Customs Organisation.
The businesses demanded the government for supplying tax-free subsidised electricity, water and gas to facilitate productivity and export of goods.
The FBCCI demanded equalising the facility in payment of duty and taxes for both domestic and international investment.
The income tax net needs to be expanded and the establishment of income tax offices at the upazila level is needed for increasing the revenue collection, Jashim Uddin added.
Mohammad Hatem, executive president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, demanded the government brings down the tax on cash subsidy received on export earnings to 5 percent from 10 percent in fiscal 2023-24.
He also demanded simplification of the procedures for tax refund and subsidy payment as the current process is time-consuming and leads to harassment.
All kinds of taxes should be withdrawn from the earnings of sub-contractors as such businesses get lesser profits and take on more risks, Hatem said.