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National Business Review
2 days ago
- Business
- National Business Review
Appointments to Public Trust board
Public Trust has appointed Karen Price as chair and Will Peet as a new member of its board, both highly skilled directors with strong governance experience. Price joined the board in July 2024. She has been the acting chair since April this year. Public Trust is an autonomous Crown entity and New Zealand's largest provider of trustee and estate administration services. It also provides a number of unique functions in New Zealand law, associated with the protection and holding of assets and its expertise as a fiduciary. Commenting on her new appointment, Price said: 'I'm excited to take up the role of chair of Public Trust and welcome Will Peet as a board member. 'With only half of adult New Zealanders with a will in place, Public Trust has an unfaltering focus on finding new and innovative ways to help more New Zealanders get their end-of-life planning sorted. 'Good governance is important for Crown entities, and we take it seriously. Because of the breadth of our work, our board has skills and expertise across a range of sectors, including financial services and funds management, frontline customer service and operations, health and safety, legal, and accounting.' This is supplied content and not commissioned or paid for by NBR.
National Business Review
2 days ago
- Business
- National Business Review
Podcast #59: Queenstown's tech future
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: After Queenstown was hit hard by the pandemic, a new agency wants to diversify the adventure capital's tourism economy into tech. It could be worth $1 billion in 10 years, but what would it take? All the podcasts will be available to NBR
National Business Review
3 days ago
- Business
- National Business Review
Birthday Honours: Sir Brendan, Sir Ewan, Dame Ranjna
Two knights and a dame top the list for business honours in the 2025 King's Birthday list, with each adding to previous awards for their services. Brendan Lindsay becomes a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business and philanthropy. The NBR Lister Lindsay founded
Qatar Tribune
27-05-2025
- Business
- Qatar Tribune
Bangladesh's tax workers end strike as govt backtracks
Agencies Bangladesh's tax authority workers ended a two-week partial strike on Sunday after they said the interim government would address their demands to stop an overhaul of the body. Earlier on Sunday, security forces had surrounded the national tax authority headquarters, after government orders to reform the National Board of Revenue (NBR) sparked fury from employees. Joint Tax Commissioner Monalisa Saha Sushmita told reporters at the main NBR building in Dhaka, where police and armed security gathered, that the workers would begin a 'complete' shutdown. Hours later, NRB senior official Abdur Rouf said the strike had ended. 'The government assured to take care of our demands, and that's why we have called off our strike,' Rouf told AFP. 'Our next step is negotiation.' NRB officials had said their strike had resulted in the revenues not being collected that totaled $122-163 million per day. It was not possible to verify those figures. Bangladesh has been in turmoil since a student-led revolt ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, ending her 15-year iron-fisted rule. The interim government - led by Nobel Peace Prize-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus - is trying to enact sweeping reforms. The tax board protest reflects the divisions, rival loyalties and confusion between government branches and the caretaker administration. The government proposals would have allowed civil servants from outside the NRB to take top roles. Bangladesh is the world's second-largest garment manufacturer, while textile and garment production accounts for about 80 percent of the country's exports. The industry has been rebuilding after it was hit hard by last year's unrest. In separate protests on Sunday, hundreds of civil servants demonstrated in Dhaka against a government order giving it greater power to sack employees for disciplinary breaches. 'If the government proceeds with the amended ordinance, the interim government will face severe criticism,' said Mohammad Nazrul Islam from the Inter-Ministerial Employees Association.
Kuwait Times
27-05-2025
- Business
- Kuwait Times
Bangladesh's tax workers end strike as govt backtracks
DHAKA: Civil officials stage a demonstration inside the Secretariat building in Dhaka, demanding the repeal of a government order giving it greater power to sack employees for disciplinary breaches. – AFP DHAKA: Bangladesh's tax authority workers ended a two-week partial strike on Sunday after they said the interim government would address their demands to stop an overhaul of the body. Earlier on Sunday, security forces had surrounded the national tax authority headquarters, after government orders to reform the National Board of Revenue (NBR) sparked fury from employees. Joint Tax Commissioner Monalisa Saha Sushmita told reporters at the main NBR building in Dhaka, where police and armed security gathered, that the workers would begin a "complete" shutdown. Hours later, NRB senior official Abdur Rouf said the strike had ended. "The government assured to take care of our demands, and that's why we have called off our strike," Rouf told AFP. "Our next step is negotiation." NRB officials had said their strike had resulted in the revenues not being collected that totaled $122-163 million per day. It was not possible to verify those figures. Bangladesh has been in turmoil since a student-led revolt ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, ending her 15-year iron-fisted rule. The interim government - led by Nobel Peace Prize-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus - is trying to enact sweeping reforms. The tax board protest reflects the divisions, rival loyalties and confusion between government branches and the caretaker administration. The government proposals would have allowed civil servants from outside the NRB to take top roles. Bangladesh is the world's second-largest garment manufacturer, while textile and garment production accounts for about 80 percent of the country's exports. The industry has been rebuilding after it was hit hard by last year's unrest. In separate protests on Sunday, hundreds of civil servants demonstrated in Dhaka against a government order giving it greater power to sack employees for disciplinary breaches. "If the government proceeds with the amended ordinance, the interim government will face severe criticism," said Mohammad Nazrul Islam from the Inter-Ministerial Employees Association. - AFP
