PM Sheikh Hasina asks NBR to reduce tariff on rice, edible oil, sugar, date

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed National Board of Revenue (NBR) to cut tariff on four essential products – rice, edible oil, sugar and date.

Ahead of the Holy month of Ramadan, she came up with the direction in a cabinet meeting on Monday at her office in the capital’s Tejgaon.

Later, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain, in a press conference, made the disclosure.

The NBR will decide now how much tariff will be reduced.