WB hands over another vehicle
The World Bank has handed over another vehicle to Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID), 11 days after the directorate sought information about 16 vehicles brought into the country duty-free.
The WB's Dhaka office turned over the sedan -- Toyota Allion 2006 -- to officials at CIID Kakrail office around 5:00pm on Wednesday, Moinul Khan, director general of CIID, told The Daily Star yesterday.
With this, the WB has handed over three duty-free vehicles, of which two were returned on February 20. The WB official, who used the car during his stay in the country from 2008 to 2010, did not follow the National Board of Revenue's rule, which is a punishable offence, said CIID officials.
Qimiao Fan, World Bank country director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal, said, “The World Bank takes the issue of compliance with the national laws very seriously.” He said they were fully cooperating and working closely with the NBR and CIID in this regard.
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