Govt losses hefty revenue for tax exemption of Hasina businessmen: White Paper

Govt losses hefty revenue for tax exemption of Hasina businessmen: White Paper

The government has incurred a huge amount of revenue loss due to tax exemption opportunities for the businessmen close to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
During the 16-year rule of fascist Sheikh Hasina, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) granted tax exemptions to those businessmen and their groups by issuing special circulars or SROs.
The awful scenarios of revenue loss was dug out by the Committee assigned to prepare "White Paper on the State of Bangladesh Economy" through getting to bottom of irregularities and corruption during the regime of the Awami League-led government.
The government formed the committee led by Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow at Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), an independent think-tank.