The government has decided to form a committee to determine transit fees or service charge after evaluating the policies and papers on transit and transshipment of different countries, reports UNB.
The committee will comprise representatives from the ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Communication, Shipping and National Board of Revenue (NBR).
The decision to form a committee came from a meeting on Tuesday with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair. Economic Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr. Mashiur Rahman was present, a senior official told the news agency Wednesday.
He said the proposed committee will submit its report to the government. Fees or service charge will be fixed on recommendations of the committee.
Earlier, Finance Minister said that a certain amount of fee rather duty will be taken from India and other neighboring countries for transporting their goods through Bangladesh under the transit facility. He opposed imposition of duty on transit.
Muhith had said that the government is going to formulate a guideline to determine the amount of fee within next two to three months.
Hitting at apparent soft attitude of the government in realizing transit duty or fees from India, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia declared from a rally on June 7 that no foreign vehicles would be allowed to pass through the Bangladesh territory. She also asked the government to scrap the "transit deal" with India.
Muhith had termed 'political' the anti-transit stance of BNP.
Govt to form body to determine transit fees
FE Team | Published: November 11, 2010 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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