“Tears for taxpayers”

It seems that the “honourable entrepreneurs”, ministers, members of parliaments and bureaucrats are taking away money from the banks, where the lower middle and middle class are trying to accumulate their hard earned money for the uncertain and vulnerable days when they won't be able to earn any livelihood. The government has been 'silently' deducting Tk. 500 for every Tk 1 lakh that is saved in banks. How disgraceful is it that the government, the protector of the lives and wealth of citizens, is itself quietly siphoning the hard earned money from its people without even letting them know. Who do we trust?

Fawzia Chowdhury
by E-mail