SANGSAD BHABAN, April 28, 2019 (BSS) – Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology
Minister Mustafa Jabbar told the parliament today that the government collected revenue of over Taka 6,007 crore from the country’s private mobile phone operators in previous fiscal 2017-18 and current fiscal 2018-19.
“Private mobile phone operators are properly paying the revenue amount they collected from users and the money is being deposited at the government exchequer,” he said while responding to a starred question placed by treasury bench lawmaker Benjir Ahmed of Dhaka-20 in the House here with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Jabbar said the government collected revenue of Tk 4,554.66 crore from the operators in fiscal 2017-18, while 1,452.79 crore in current fiscal (up to March, 2019).
He said the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) regularly audits the
activities of mobile phone operators in ensuring revenue collection and measures are being taken as per the audit reports.