No more surcharge and levy, please
People of Bangladesh have already become sick and tired of the daily rise in prices of essential commodities. Moreover, the government is increasing the prices of utility services every few months and our finance minister has not left any stone unturned to find out new avenues for imposing tax on whichever sector he thought appropriate. He must be honoured with a prestigious award "The Best Finance Minister of Bangladesh" for declaring war against the small and medium income group, though he could not control the inflation. Bangladesh government could not settle the Padma bridge issue with the World Bank because of a few dishonest people though the World Bank identified those people long ago. The government did not take any step to punish them in spite of repeated warnings from the World Bank and thus the project loan slipped through the government's fingers. Then the government decided to implement the project with its own fund.
Now the government is thinking of imposing surcharges and levies on different sectors to raise the fund for constructing the bridge and if they implement their plan, the sufferings of common people will increase a lot. But why the whole nation should suffer for the act of a few corrupt people?
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