Ceramic businesses ask not to hike gas price
The country鈥檚 ceramic manufacturers urged the government not to increase the price of gas and demanded that necessary steps be taken to ensure uninterrupted gas supply to the ceramic industry...
Tags : supplementary duty
VAT increase: burden on middle class
A SIMPLE trip to the grocery store feels like a budgeting nightmare for the middle class. The recent increase in value-added tax and supplementary duty on over 100 items has triggered frustration and raised questions about whether the government is balancing its books at the expense of ordinary citizens...
Left parties call for VAT, SD rollback
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh and Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Monday at separate rallies in Dhaka called on the interim government to refrain from imposing increased value-added tax and supplementary duty on more than 100 commodities...
FICCI expresses concern over VAT, SD hike
The Foreign Investors鈥� Chambers of Commerce and Industry has expressed deep concern over the recent decision to increase VAT and supplementary duty on a range of products without prior consultation with key stakeholders...
Wider use of mobile phone faces hurdles
Telecom sector industry stakeholders said that the decision to increase the supplementary duty on mobile phone services by 3 per cent would hinder progress and widen the digital divide...
Tax hike to affect mobile usage, subscriber number: AMTOB
Mobile operators at a post-budget press meet on Wednesday said that the imposition of an additional 5 per cent supplementary duty on mobile service usage and a Tk 100 increase in VAT on SIM connections might negatively impact mobile consumers and the telecommunications industry, according to a statement issued by the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh on the day...