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.

December 27, 2017
December 27, 2017

Left-leaning parties nonsense: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith criticises the left-leaning political parties for their programme of laying siege to Bangladesh Bank protesting irregularities in the banking sector.

December 23, 2017
December 23, 2017

Khaleda’s legal notice to PM not appropriate: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says it was not appropriate for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to send a legal notice to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017

BB Heist: Muhith wants to 'wipe out' Manila bank

Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Saturday he wanted to “wipe out” a Philippines bank that was used to channel $81 million stolen from the Bangladeshi central bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last year.

November 27, 2017
November 27, 2017

S Alam Group: 'Govt looking into fund sources'

The government has been looking into the sources of money of S Alam Group across the country, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday.

October 29, 2017
October 29, 2017

Bangladesh to emerge as ICT tiger in next 10 years: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says Bangladesh will emerge as ICT tiger in the next ten years as the country has already made a tremendous headway in ICT because of the government's realistic policies and plans.

October 11, 2017
October 11, 2017

Bangladesh to eradicate poverty by 2024: Muhith

Bangladesh will eradicate poverty by 2024, Finance Minister AMA Muhith says.

August 27, 2017
August 27, 2017

I feel ashamed

Finance Minister AMA Muhith is “ashamed” of the fact that bad debts in state-owned banks stand at 27 percent, nearly triple the national average.

August 16, 2017
August 16, 2017

Muhith to file defamation cases against 2 dailies

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said he will file defamation cases against two daily newspapers for publishing a report saying that “Muhith sought family ticket from China”.

August 8, 2017
August 8, 2017

No need to form 9th wage board for journos: Muhith

Journalists earn more than government officials and therefore there is no need for ninth wage board for them, Finance Minister AMA Muhith says.

August 5, 2017
August 5, 2017

No BB heist probe report until case in Philippines settled: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the investigation report on reserve heist of the Bangladesh Bank is not being made public as a case is pending with a court in the Philippines.