Mashrafe,​ ​Shakib,​ ​Tamim​ ​highest​ Bangladesh ​taxpayers​ ​in​ ​sportsmen​ ​category

In​ ​recognition​ ​of​ ​their​ ​contributions to the economy,​ ​they​ ​got​ ​citation​ ​and​ ​tax​ ​card​ ​at​ ​the​ ​beginning​ ​of the​ ​Tax​ ​Week​ ​on​ ​Thursday​ ​at​ ​the​ ​office​ ​of​ ​the​ ​National​ ​Board​ ​of​ ​Revenue​.

Mashrafe​ ​and​ ​Tamim​ ​received​ ​their​ ​citation​ ​from​ ​Finance​ ​Minister​ ​AMA​ ​Muhit​h ​while Shakib's​ ​sister​ ​collected​ ​it​ ​on​ ​his​ ​behalf.

"We​ ​all​ ​three​ ​are​ ​happy​ ​with​ ​the​ ​honour​ ​of​ ​becoming​ ​the highest​ ​taxpayers​ ​in​ ​players' category,"​ Mashrafe ​said​ in​ ​his​ ​reaction​ ​to​ ​the​ ​reporters​. ​"It's​ ​our​ ​responsibility to​ ​pay​ ​taxes​ ​as​ ​sensible​ ​citizens​ ​of​ ​​society."

The​ ​cricketer​ ​urged​ ​everyone​ ​to​ ​pay​ ​their​ ​share​ ​of​ ​tax.

This​ ​year,​ ​some​ ​141​ ​professionals​ ​and​ ​business​ ​organisations​ ​from​ ​14​ ​categories​ ​are given​ ​tax​ ​card​ ​and​ citation​ ​for​ ​the​ ​highest​ ​tax​ ​payment​ ​in​ ​respective​ ​categories.

In​ ​earlier​ ​years,​ ​tax​ ​cards​ ​were​ ​limited​ ​to​ ​mostly​ ​different​ ​business​ ​categories​ ​but​ ​this year​ ​it​ ​has​ ​expanded​ ​to​ ​different​ ​professionals​ ​like​ ​journalists,​ ​sportsmen,​ ​cinema​ ​and​ ​TV artists,​ ​senior​ ​citizens,​ ​physically​ ​challenged​ ​persons​ ​and​ ​​injured​ ​​freedom​ ​fighters.

The​ ​recipients​ ​of​ ​tax​ ​card​ ​and​ ​citation​ ​for​ ​2015-16​ ​fiscal​ ​are​ ​as​ ​follows:

Haji​ ​Md​ ​Kaus​ ​Mia​ ​and​ ​Golam​ ​Dastagir​ ​(Business​ ​category)

Planning​ ​Minister​ ​AHM​ ​Mustafa​ ​Kamal,​ ​City​ ​Group​ ​Chairman​ ​Fazlur​ ​Rahman,​ ​Latifur

Rahman,​ ​Sadruddin​ ​Khan​ ​and​ ​Professor​ ​Mazidul​ ​Islam​ ​(Senior​ ​Citizen)

Barrister​ ​Fazle ​Noor​ ​Taposh,​ ​Barrister​ ​Rokanuddin​ ​Mahmud​ ​and​ ​Barrister​ ​Rafique Ul

Huq ​​(Lawyers)

Dr​ ​Pran​ ​Gopal​ ​Nath​ ​(Doctors'​ ​category)

Md​ ​Abdul​ ​Wadud​ ​(Engineers)

Khawza​ ​Tajmahal​ ​(Salaried​ ​professional)

Subarna​ ​Mustafa,​ ​Afzal​ ​Hossain​ ​and​ ​Pijush​ Bandyopadhyay ​ ​(Artists/Performing artists)

Hosne Ara Hossain (Ladies classification)

Md Nasiruddin Mridha (Gazetted harmed flexibility contenders)

Akram Mahmud (Debilitated People class)

Md Nafiz Sikder (Business visionary underneath the age of 40 class)