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Japan-Bangladesh E-Bulletin (68th Issue / May 31st, 2007)
- Making a Bridge between Japan and Bangladesh -
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[1] Upcoming Event on Japan-Bangladesh Relations
* Ikebana Demonstration and Seminar (Jun 4-5, Dhaka)
[2] Information
* Diplomatic Bluebook 2007 (Summary)
[3] Relay Essay by Japan Development Scholarship (JDS)
Fellow
(Mr. Abu Daiyan Mohammad Ahsanullah, Assistant
Commissioner (Land))
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[1] Upcoming Event on Japan-Bangladesh Relations
* Ikebana Demonstration and Seminar (Jun 4-5, Dhaka)
The Embassy of Japan and Japan Foundation will organize
“Ikebana Demonstration and Seminar 2007” from June 4 to 5
at the National Museum. The detailed programs are as
follows:
Monday, June 4
05:30PM Inauguration and Demonstration
Venue: Shaheed Zia Auditorium
Tuesday, June 5
05:30PM Seminar
Venue: Nalinikanta Bhattashali Hall
The seminar and the demonstration will be conducted by two
Japanese ikebana teachers, Mr. Ishiwata Masafumi and Mr.
Sasayama Yasufumi. Both of them mastered the art of
ikebana in an “Ikenobo” style.
For more information about the event, please contact the
Information and Culture Section at the Embassy of Japan at
881-0087.
For information about the Japanese art of ikebana, please
visit the following website:
http://web-japan.org/factsheet/pdf/IKEBANA.pdf
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[2] Information
* Diplomatic Bluebook 2007 (Summary)
Diplomatic Bluebook 2007 (Summary) is now available at the
following website:
http://www.mofa.jp/policy/other/bluebook/2007/index.html
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[3] Relay Essay by Japan Development Scholarship (JDS)
Fellow
(Mr. Anjan Kumar Saha, Taxation Official)
The word commitment is behind all the success. If one had
a commitment, he is already half-way of his destination. I
started my journey from Kishoreganj, a town hundred
kilometers away from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. I
have completed my secondary and higher secondary education
from Kishoreganj. Then in Dhaka and completed my B. Sc. in
Chemical engineering from Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology. I had a passion for civil
service and I have joined in taxation cadre in the year
1999 through a competitive examination.
From then, I felt to have a degree in economics so that I
can understand the problems and possibilities of my
country’s economy correctly. There is no substitute of the
right knowledge to do the right job. As a direct tax
official, I always felt to have a degree in economics, and
I think, my commitment toward my nation will be fulfilled
if I would have completed this master’s course
successfully and apply my achieved knowledge to serve my
country the rest of my life. Thanks to the concerned
authorities, especially JICE and ERD, to select me as a
‘JDS Fellow’ for 2007-2008.
For the last eight years I have been working in the income
tax department. In course of my job, I have seen that
there is not even a single research-work in relation to
direct tax, although Breton Woods’s institutions like
World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are
working for the reforms in Bangladesh. Unfortunately, they
also did not undertake any endeavor for any research
regarding this issue. I am deeply fascinated and obsessed
to do some research works for the NBR and work actively to
find out a set of solutions for each prioritized problem
faced by NBR.
My proposed hypothesis for the research is “Pattern
Analysis of tax evasion and resultant effective
recommendations for the National Board of Revenue of
Bangladesh to reduce the tax evasion through the study of
successful countries’ evasion reduction measures” You
know, Bangladesh is a country of 138.8 million people. Our
tax-GDP ratio is only 10.99% (fiscal year 2005-2006) which
includes both the direct and indirect taxes. The
contribution of direct tax is only 17.5% out of the total
tax revenue. Therefore we need to identify first what are
the root causes of such a low Tax-GDP ratio, where are the
lapses, what are the impediments in collecting the direct
taxes, what effective measures we need to take to resolve
such a burning problem, etc.
The principle of direct taxation is to mitigate inequality
in the society. For the last five years the average GDP
growth rate is 5.2% in Bangladesh. In the 2005-2006
fiscal, the GDP growth rate reached it’s ever highest of
6.7%. But the Gini Coefficient of our country is
accelerating for the last couple of years. The head count
poverty is still 42%. In fact, a small portion of the
society is gobbling up the benefits of the GDP growth.
Therefore we, the tax people, need to be equipped with
knowledge, integrity, expertise and professionalism to
tackle the worsening situation. There is no substitute but
the knowledge and skill that will prepare us to face the
challenge of changing global scenario, especially, to
accommodate the impact of trade liberalization and
globalization by increasing the direct tax revenue. The
course, I am sure, will help me to be equipped to
contribute more as an executive and a researcher for the
development of my beloved country.
(Japan Development Scholarship (JDS))
http://www.jice.org/english/jds/bangladesh_org.html
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