The High Court has expressed dissatisfaction with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) over failure to submit a report on revenue collection of e-commerce platform e-Orange. The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat expressed the displeasure on Sunday saying that, “"Why is he (NBR chairman) not following the court's order?" What is the reason? Ask the NBR chairman to submit the requested explanation and information.” Earlier, on January 29, the High Court gave another two weeks to the NBR chairman to report how much revenue was collected against e-Orange transactions. On November 3, 2022, the High Court asked the Home Ministry about the steps taken in this regard. The Home Ministry took two weeks to submit the progress report. As it failed, the court has given another two weeks to the Home Secretary about this matter. On April 3, 2021, some 547 customers filed a writ petition seeking return of Tk 77.46 crore and directives for investigations into the allegations of money laundering against the company. The High Court on April 7, 2022 directed the Anti-Corruption Commission and Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit to investigate the allegations of money laundering and embezzlement customers’ money against e-Orange, and to submit a report within four months. It also issued a rule asking the government to explain why directives should not be given to the authorities concerned to take legal action against those involved in siphoning off money from the customers of the e-commerce platform after investigation. The customers of e-Orange ordered products from the e-commerce platform by collecting e-ticket after clearing payments. But the company did not provide them with the products.

Civil Society Organizations (CSO) attending COP27 from climate vulnerable countries including Bangladesh have expressed disappointment at the results of this year’s climate conference. Read: COP27: Bangladesh urges developed nations to double provision of adaptation finance by 2025 In a press conference titled “LDC’s & MVC Peoples’ expectations and CoP27” held at the meeting room of the conference center, civil society representatives demanded the big polluters for a commitment to achieve the 1.5-degree temperature goal by 2050 and immediate declaration from developed countries on the issue of Loss and Damage Finance Facility within COP27 negotiation period. The press event was attended by CSO leaders from various climate vulnerable countries, including Ali Akbor Tipu (Panel Mayor, Khulna City Corporation), Shamim Arefin (AOSED), Dr. Mostafa Sarwar (Professor KUET), Soumya Datta (Fellow, Ashoka Research Foundation, India), Prayash Adhikari (DigBikas Institute, Nepal), Samah Hadid of NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council) and Atle Solberg- Head of the Secretariat of PDD (Platform of Disaster Displacement). Read: COP27: Momen thanks Egypt for focusing on "loss and damage" issue The keynote speech was provided by Aminul Hoque (EquityBD) from Bangladesh. During the keynote, Aminul said, “Developed countries should keep their promise to achieve the 1.5-degree goal. They should declare Loss & Damage Financing Facility without any delay as they have a moral debt to pay by upholding their fair share of mitigation and adaptation.” Aminul added that the rich countries should start the work of framing the Global Goal on Adaptation followed by the UNFCCC convention and the Paris Agreement immediately.