The government decides to decorate 14 distinguished personalities and Bangladesh Navy with this year's Independence Award-2016 in recognition to their glorious and credible contributions in the national level.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith declines to say anything about the fate of the money Pakistan owes to Bangladesh in different heads.

There are 1.14 lakh bank accounts in commercial banks having Tk 1 crore or more each as of December last year, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told parliament yesterday.

There were 1.14 lakh bank accounts having over Tk 1 crore each in the all of the country’s commercial banks in 2015, says finance minister AMA Muhith.

The government undertakes initiative to set up tax office at the upazila level across the country, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith tells parliament.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the US travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh will not hamper the country’s economy.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith softens his position about the VAT on private universities’ tuition fees saying the government may review the decision.

Five days into major reshuffle in the cabinet, Finance Minister Muhith says that there would not be further change in it anytime soon.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says Kamrul Islam, an accused of 13-year-old boy Rajon killing, would be brought back home from Saudi Arabia after Eid-ul-Fitr.

The Finance Minister's estimate that widespread graft takes 2 to 3 percent off the economy has serious implications for the country's development.

AL'S affable finance minister is a lucky man having done the national budget more number of times than any other finance minister.

The Finance Minister's exasperation in parliament, over the government's inability to take punitive action against a top official of Sonali Bank for his involvement in the Hallmark loan scam as well as of those in the Basic Bank scam...

Finance Minister AMA Muhith expresses his anger as he could not take steps against all involved in Sonali Bank and Basic Bank scams because of his party people’s support.

The number of unsettled audit objections against 55 ministries or divisions is 8,53,314 involving Tk 6,15,606 crore which is almost double of the proposed budget of the next fiscal year.

The government has deposited to the central bank 1793.72 kilogrammes (nearly two tonnes) of gold seized in last five years, Finance Minister AMA Muhith tells Parliament.

Finance minister's proposed 10 percent value added tax (VAT) on around 160 private sector universities including medical and engineering colleges has not found favour with those who have been targeted.

The finance minister proposes allocating Tk 200 crore for expediting development in the enclaves in the upcoming fiscal year.

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.

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.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes increasing the ceiling of tax-free income to Tk 2.50 lakh from Tk 2.20 lakh.