COMMENTS

“Demo continues, stays peaceful” (September 13, 2015)

Wahid Hossain
The demonstration should remain peaceful and the students should stay alert against political chance-mongers.

Lila
It's very nice to hear that thousands of private university students have been demonstrating for the last few days but no untoward incident was reported.

“Reconsider VAT” (September 12, 2015)

Tanvir Islam
At first Mr. Muhith said that the universities would pay the VAT, not the students. But just the next day he said that students do not need to pay 7.5 percent VAT this year but in future they may have to!
Private universities are pocketing a large amount of money every year and that is why 7.5 percent VAT should be imposed on their income. The government must ensure this.

Syed Najmul Hussain
Were the leaders of APUB (Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh) sleeping when this VAT was proposed in early June this year and the parliament approved it later that month? They thought at that time that it wouldn't affect them as students would have to bear the VAT. Now they woke up knowing that they are the ones who would have to bear it. And, how could the government impose VAT on private universities without 
consulting APUB in the first place?