The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ordered Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink to pay a total of Tk 23.55 billion in various fees and value-added tax.
Grameenphone alone will have to pay Rs 11.65 billion, while Robi will pay Rs 6.25 billion and Banglalink Rs 5.65 billion.
An appellate bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foyez Siddiqui passed the order after hearing petitions filed by telecom operators and the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, who represented the state at the hearing, said VAT was levied on spectrum charges, but the operators challenged the levy in the High Court, which rejected their arguments.
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