Bangladesh, Oct. 25 -- The government has taken a move to separate privately owned land from khas or government-interest land within the same plot, directing the private land owners to mandatorily complete their land mutation and pay land development tax to the government exchequer.

As part of the move, the Ministry of Land has directed the field-level officials to follow the directives strictly aiming to save government lands from land grabbers.

A high official of the ministry told the FE that separating privately owned land from khas or government-interest land within the same plot is needed to be separated by private land owners and also will help locate government-owned land to check encroachment of government land.

He said that th...