Government's revenue authority announced names of 141 tax-card winners this year to honour them as reputed taxpayers.
Of the tax-card winners, 76 are individuals, 55 companies and 10 others of different other categories of taxpayers.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will award the tax cards to the winners at a function on November 8, 2017.
The NBR also declared names of 370 highest taxpayers and 147 long-term taxpayers' names collected from across the country on the basis of their tax-payment status.
From Dhaka division, Manzur Elahi and Md Kamrul Ajam have been nominated as long-term taxpayers.
The NBR issued two separate gazette notifications with the names of the reputed taxpayers.
Under banking category, six banks including Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd, Standard Chartered bank, HSBC Bank, United Commercial Bank, Pubali Bank and Dutch-Bangla Bank are nominated for tax cards.
Winners from non-banking financial institutions are IDLC Finance Limited, Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited, Uttara Finance and Investments Limited, and Infrastructure Development Company limited.
The country's largest mobile-phone operator, Grameephone, also got nominated for tax card.
Under engineering category, BSRM Steels Limited, Navana Limited, and PHP Continuous Galvanizing have been named as tax-card winner.
Nestle Bangladesh, Olympic Industries Limited and Square Food and Beverage are under food and other categories.
Energy-category tax-card winners are: Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, Sylhet Gas Fields Limited and Baropukuria Coal Mining Company.
Jute industries are Janata Jute Mills Limited, Super Jute Mills Limited and T-max Jute Mills Limited.
Spinning and textile industries are Coats Bangladesh Limited, Square Textiles Limited, Apex Textile Printing Mills Limited, Envoy Textiles Limited, GMS Composite Knitting Industries Limited, Badsha Textiles Limited and Hamid Weaving Mills Limited.
Pharmaceutical and chemical categories' card-winning industries are: Unilever Bangladesh Limited, Square Pharmaceuticals Limited, Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited, Media Start Limited, Transcraft Limited, Media World Limited and East West Media Group Limited.
Real-estate companies are: Bay Development Limited, Space Zero Limited, Sanmar Properties Limited.
Readymade garment industries are: That's it Sportswear Limited, Refat Garments Limited, KDS Garments Industries Limited, Ananta Apparel Limited, Pacific Jeans Limited, Ring Shine Textiles Limited, Apex Lingerie Limited.
Tax-card-winner leather-industry taxpayers are: Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Limited, Apex Tannery Limited, Lalmai Footwear Limited.
British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited, American Life Insurance Company, the Security printing corporation (Bangladesh) limited, MJL Bangladesh limited have been nominated for tax card in 'other' category.
Walton Micro Tech Corporation, Walton Plaza, Mastermind English- medium School, ASBS, Asha, East West University, Bureau Bangladesh, Gramsico Limited, Community Development Centre, Integrated Development Foundation also obtained nomination as tax-card winners.
From individual category, there are journalists, businessmen, salaried persons, young taxpayers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, injured freedom fighters, senior citizens, physically challenged persons, women, architect, accountants, new taxpayers, sportsmen, actor/actress, and singers nominated for tax cards.
Under journalist category, Mahfuz Anam, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Motiur Rahman, Shaikh Siraj and Golam Sarwar are chosen as tax-card winners.
Senior citizens Samuel S Chowdhury, Golam Dastagir Gazi, Ali Hossain Akbar Ali and Anis-ud Doula will receive tax cards.
Businessmen category's tax-card winners are: Md Kaus Mia, Abdul Kadir Molla, Khandaker Badrul Hassan, Kamrul Ashraf Khan and Mohammad Kamal.
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