Finance Minister AMA Muhith

‘Every NID cardholder should submit tax return’

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momin says at ERF event remembering AMA Muhith

Muhith's wealth doubles in 10yrs

AMA Muhith's wealth has doubled to Tk 2.28 crore in the ten years he has been the finance minister.

Muhith to quit politics

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has announced that he will retire from politics after the tenure of the incumbent government expires.

Tax returns shoot up 33pc

Tax return submissions shot up 33 percent year-on-year to 18 lakh last fiscal year, marking the highest spiral in the last decade,

Defaulted Loans: 5 state-run banks hold nearly 43pc

Bad loans at five state-owned banks totalled Tk 56,283 crore as of June, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told parliament yesterday.

Finance minister shouldn’t have said this: CEC

Announcing the possible date of the national elections was not an “appropriate act” of Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda says.

There's good chance JS polls will be held Dec 27

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said there was a good chance that the next parliamentary election would be held on December 27.

MPO enlistment not a good programme: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith tells parliament that the Monthly Payment Order (MPO) of the educational institutions is not a good programme as there are many forgeries in the system.

5% VAT cut on internet from July: Finance ministry

The Finance Ministry assures that value added tax (VAT) on using internet will be cut by about 5 percentage points at the end users’ level from the start of July.

July 8, 2015
July 8, 2015

REPORT CARD ON MR. MUHITH

AL'S affable finance minister is a lucky man having done the national budget more number of times than any other finance minister.

July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015

Give list of money scamsters by 72hrs: BNP

BNP gives the government a 72-hour ultimatum to publish a list of money launderers.

July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015

Finance Minister's bold admission

The Finance Minister's exasperation in parliament, over the government's inability to take punitive action against a top official of Sonali Bank for his involvement in the Hallmark loan scam as well as of those in the Basic Bank scam...

July 1, 2015
July 1, 2015

Supplementary duty reduced on mobile usage

National Board of Revenue has issued a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) reducing 2 percent supplementary duty on mobile usage.

June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015

Exporters to pay 0.6pc tax at source

Exporters including apparel manufacturers will have to pay 0.6 percent tax at source on their income from exports from the upcoming fiscal year, as the government reduced the rate from the proposed 1 percent.

June 27, 2015
June 27, 2015

Money for unsettled audit objections double of budget: Muhith

The number of unsettled audit objections against 55 ministries or divisions is 8,53,314 involving Tk 6,15,606 crore which is almost double of the proposed budget of the next fiscal year.

June 20, 2015
June 20, 2015

Cutting interest rate on savings will affect all: Matia

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury sharply criticizes finance minister AMA Muhith for proposing to cut the interest rate on all saving certificates in the proposed budget for 2015-16 fiscal.

June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015

Speaker’s ruling sought to stop money laundering

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal lawmaker Moinuddin Khan Badal seeks Speaker's ruling to stop money laundering from banks.

June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015

Muhith makes yet another correction to budget proposal

Finance Minister AMA Muhith makes another correction to the proposed budget proposal, admitting that such mistakes are creating problems and instability in the market.

June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015

VAT on private universities

Finance minister's proposed 10 percent value added tax (VAT) on around 160 private sector universities including medical and engineering colleges has not found favour with those who have been targeted.