Business Desk :
Bangladesh Bidi Sramik Federation on Sunday protested duty policy proposed in the budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 and voiced their six-point demand that includes the imposition of TK 14 as tax on every thousand Bidies at a human chain in front of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), says a media release.
At the end of the program, the leaders of the federation submitted a memorandum to the NBR chairman. Thousands of the workers joined protest. Joint secretary of the federation Harik Hossain presided over the program while president MK Bangali, executive president Amin Uddin BSC, general secretary Abdur Rahman and publicity secretary Shamim Islam, among others, addressed the human chain.
MK Bangali said, “In the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2019-2020, discriminatory duty has been slumped on Bidi industry where millions of workers including helpless and poor people earn their livelihood. Bidi’s duty has been increased by 24.2 percent while the duty on the low-cost cigarettes has been hiked only by 5.71 percent. While Bidi’s supplementary duty has been increased by 5%, multinational companies do not see duty spike on any types of cigarettes. This policy is unfair when compared to cigarette industry.
Bangladesh Bidi Sramik Federation on Sunday protested duty policy proposed in the budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 and voiced their six-point demand that includes the imposition of TK 14 as tax on every thousand Bidies at a human chain in front of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), says a media release.
At the end of the program, the leaders of the federation submitted a memorandum to the NBR chairman. Thousands of the workers joined protest. Joint secretary of the federation Harik Hossain presided over the program while president MK Bangali, executive president Amin Uddin BSC, general secretary Abdur Rahman and publicity secretary Shamim Islam, among others, addressed the human chain.
MK Bangali said, “In the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2019-2020, discriminatory duty has been slumped on Bidi industry where millions of workers including helpless and poor people earn their livelihood. Bidi’s duty has been increased by 24.2 percent while the duty on the low-cost cigarettes has been hiked only by 5.71 percent. While Bidi’s supplementary duty has been increased by 5%, multinational companies do not see duty spike on any types of cigarettes. This policy is unfair when compared to cigarette industry.
