Mentioning that he would talk to the Prime Minister on the issue of VAT on Metrorail tickets, Obaidul Quader today said, “Metrorail is a special service of public transport. People are benefiting from this. I don't know who suddenly gave such news before any decision was taken at the highest level of the government.
At present, Metrorail has the privilege of tax exemption till the end of the current financial year. The operating authority, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, requested the NBR to continue the privilege in the next financial year, but received a negative response.