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.
Revenue collection target high but achievable: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the revenue collection target of the proposed for fiscal 2015-2016 is high, but achievable.
Bangladesh to send first satellite by 2016
The government plants to develop and launch the country’s first satellite “Bangabandhu Satellite-1” by 2016, says Finance Minister AMA Muhith.
Smokers to pay more
Cigarette prices are set to go up as the finance minister proposes some tax measures aimed at reducing the use of tobacco and maximising revenue collection from the sector.
Call charges to rise
Moblie phone call expense and SIM cards will get costlier with the duty proposed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the budget for 2015-16 fiscal.
4pc VAT for online trading: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith today floats the proposal to impose VAT at the rate of 4 percent on the online trading sector.
Civil servants' bonus, festival allowances also come under tax
Finance Minister Muhith proposes imposing tax on bonus and festival allowances of civil servants besides their salary in the 2015-16 budget.
Private instt students to pay more
Finance minister proposes raising VAT on private education which includes English medium schools and private engineering and medical colleges, for 2015-16 fiscal.
Muhith’s 7th budget in a row
Finance Minister AMA Muhith will place budget for seventh time in a row on Thursday, the size of which is Tk 295,272 crore.
Bangladesh to reduce fuel prices to benefit consumers
Government will cut fuel prices in next budget to pass on benefits of the huge fall in its prices in international markets to consumers.
Remittance outflow issue
FINANCE Minister AMA Muhith underlined an issue of considerable import at a pre-budget discussion with the Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF) on Saturday.