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Private Universities to take illegal:

The private higher education institutions in the notification that the government had been earning an income tax rate of 15 percent, the High Court has declared illegal.

In addition, under the two notification that money has been collected, has been ordered to pay back the NBR.

46 different universities after hearing the petition, Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice bhismadeba Chakraborty High Court bench on Monday handed down a verdict.

The North South University; University of Asia Pacific; International University of Business Agriculture and Technology; Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology; University of Science and Technology, Chittagong's 5 hearing on behalf of the petitioners Barrister Mohammad EC, Shah Mohammad Morshed Ashiqul. Deputy Attorney General Sardar Mohammad. Rashed Jahangir.

The University of Liberal Arts; World University of Bangladesh; Asian University of Bangladesh; Eastern University; Southern University; Daffodil International University; Independent of the rest of the University and Southeast University are writ petitions.

007  National Board of Revenue issued a circular on June 8 ball, the University Grants Commission authorized private universities and other universities, public universities who are not reset on their income tax rate is 15 percent.

"Medical, dental, engineering, education and information in the private colleges will be tax-free income. As usual, the annual Audited Financial Statements, but these institutions will have to submit income tax return. It will come into effect from 1 July. "

010 of NBR on July 1, according to another notification, the private universities than public universities, private medical colleges, private dental colleges, private engineering colleges and private colleges involved in the education of information technology to reduce the amount of tax payable on income is 15 percent.

The commissioner said the lawyer, but basically this notification in the notification of the tax reduction through private medical colleges, private dental colleges, private colleges, engineering colleges and the tax has been imposed on information technology.

"The court has declared illegal the two prajnapanake. As well as the notification has been given the authority to collect the money, they give it back. "

Deputy Attorney General Sardar Mohammad. Rashed Jahangir said, "had challenged the legality of the notification. The first court to rule on the validity of the notification. Today, the rule was absolute. "

If you get a copy of the full details of the court judgment to be understood, he said.

Ray & Associates, on behalf of the EC to issue a press statement, the court said in its monitoring of the right to life in Article 3 of the Constitution, including the right to education.

"People's Republic of Bangladesh as a state have failed to institute adequate education for its citizens emerging. As a result, 199 private universities in accordance with the law approved the establishment of private universities. Now, the government imposed a tax on all private educational institutions, it will certainly increase tuition fees.

"It has created discrimination between public and private university students. The final step of the discrimination suffered by the state and private university students. It is unconstitutional and illegal. "

The government's first private university, the Medical College and Engineering College at 7 percent VAT imposed for several days in a row last year but withdrew it in the context of the student movement.