The
Cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft ‘Development Surcharge
and Levy (Imposition and Collection) Bill 2015′ to impose extra levy based on
usage of mobile phones.The Internal Resource Division placed the draft in the weekly cabinet meeting with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the secretariat.
‘The government will realise annually an estimated amount of Tk 140 crore by imposing 1 per cent surcharge on usage of SIM and RUIM of mobile phone users,’ Cabinet Secretary Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters after the meeting. - See more