The VAT confusion
Protests sprang across the entire
Dhaka city from on Thursday in an absolutely organized student movement, to get
vocal about the announcement of 7.5% VAT on education by the government. Only
since the huge Shahabgh movement, was such a scale of protest seen in the
capital.
Finance minister AMA Muhith urged
that this decision will not be overturned reasoning that the system had already
been in place, which the university authorities have already agreed to. He
rashly commented denouncing the movement of the “most educated sections..due to
their lack of knowledge” for which he later apologized. He also stated that the
students will not have to bear the burden, the issue being reconsidered in the
coming days.
The NBR stated that this tax is
on the private universities, not on the students, but government authorities
could not clarify whether this had been extracted in this form in the past.
Students, as well as teachers were not convinced, arguing strongly that since
