The High Court questions legality of imposing 7.5 percent value-added tax (VAT) on tuition fees of private universities.

Salary hike of civil servants in the future might be based on evaluation of all related factors instead of recommendations by a pay commission, Finance Minister AMA Muhith hints.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says at the parliament that the total number of loan defaulters in the country was around 1.78 lakh as of June according to Bangladesh Credit Information Bureau.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the government has been considering keeping the provision of time scale for the public servants.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith gives hint that the government may reduce fuel prices.

The value added tax imposed on the tuition fees of the country’s private universities will not be reduced, Finance Minister AMA Muhith says.

University of Asia Pacific students forms a human chain at Dhaka’s Farmgate demanding withdrawal of 7.5 percent VAT on tuition fees of private universities.

The deputy commissioners of the country propose that each of them would add one lakh new taxpayers per year.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says Syed Ashraful Islam will continue as general secretary of the Awami League.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the country’s GDP posts 2-3 percent less growth due to widespread corruption.

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

BNP gives the government a 72-hour ultimatum to publish a list of money launderers.

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...

National Board of Revenue has issued a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) reducing 2 percent supplementary duty on mobile usage.

Exporters including apparel manufacturers will have to pay 0.6 percent tax at source on their income from exports from the upcoming fiscal year, as the government reduced the rate from the proposed 1 percent.

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.

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury sharply criticizes finance minister AMA Muhith for proposing to cut the interest rate on all saving certificates in the proposed budget for 2015-16 fiscal.

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal lawmaker Moinuddin Khan Badal seeks Speaker's ruling to stop money laundering from banks.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith makes another correction to the proposed budget proposal, admitting that such mistakes are creating problems and instability in the market.

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.