BIWTA authority evicted illegal establishments on their land adjacent to Buriganga embankment at Keraniganj on Tuesday.

Tax, VAT burden on low-income group to increase: CPD

Staff Reporter :Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Friday said that the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2018-19 would increase tax and VAT burden on low and middle-income groups of the society while it offered benefits to well-off people.The budget also offered benefits to affluent citizens like bank owners through reducing corporate income tax, who finance in election, CPD Distinguished Fellow Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya made the comment at a press conference held at Hotel Lake Shore in Dhaka.Moderated...

9 Jun 2018, 12:00 am