Bangladesh, Oct. 6 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury today (Tuesday) expressed his confidence that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) would be able to meet its revenue collection target for the current fiscal year.

"We hope we will be able to meet the target that has been set, Insha Allah. The NBR officials are geared up, energized and working hard," he said, BSS reports.

The Finance Minister was responding to the questions of journalists after holding a meeting with National Board of Revenue officials at the NBR's Agargaon headquarters today.

Asked about the decline in VAT collection during the first one and a half months of the current fiscal year compared with the same period last year, Khosru said it was too early...