Khaleda avails NBR amnesty
Pays Tk 33 lakh tax to legalise undisclosed money
Unb, Dhaka
Ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia yesterday paid Tk 33 lakh to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) under an amnesty offered to tax dodgers to get their undisclosed money legalised.The NBR has so far received around Tk 300 crore tax under the amnesty as a total of 8,559 people took the opportunity to whiten black money amounting to Tk 1,622 crore, a senior NBR official told the news agency. The official confirmed that Khaleda, earlier notified by the Anti-Corruption Commission for submitting her wealth statement, declared her undisclosed money yesterday by paying the tax. "She directly deposited the money with Bangladesh Bank and sent a copy of her statement to the NBR through courier service today," he said yesterday evening. The BNP chairperson is among those who availed the last-minute chance before the expiry of the amnesty. However, NBR extended the deadline till September 30. The NBR official said there is nothing illegal in this type of payment. But he declined to give details about Khaleda's total untaxed money declared today.
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