It also revises its plan to raise excise duty on bank accounts
Muhith changes proposals following the prime minister's request
Prime Minister Hasina says 15% uniform VAT decision will be on hold for two years
The finance minister says his statement will calm people down
It calls for revising down 15% VAT and withdrawal of excise duty on bank deposits
Finance Minister Muhith says govt aims to plug ways for illicit outflow
It sticks to its demand for withdrawal of RMG tax at source for two fiscals
Depositors will have to count more excise duty in the next fiscal year
No excise duty on bank account balance of less than Tk 100,000, Muhith says
Centre for Policy Dialogue calls for effort to get the political economy right
The aim is to maintain a ‘logical’ differential with interest on deposit, Muhith says
The finance minister presented a Tk 4 trillion budget for fiscal 2017-18 on Thursday
No excise duty on bank account balance of less than Tk 100,000, Muhith says
An economist doubts the government’s story of job creation
Muhith proposes uniform VAT from Jul 1, exempts businesses with up to Tk 3.6m in annual turnover
The new budget is about 17 percent larger than the previous outlay
Bangladesh expects the economy to grow by more than 7 percent in FY2018.
The finance minister says the plan has been taken to ease traffic congestion
The finance minister says e-cigarette is newly invented health-hazardous item
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes higher excise duties on accounts holding over Tk 100,000
