Dhaka, March 28 -- Bangladesh's former Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Mohammad A Arafat, has claimed that Bangladesh's economy may be tanking, hundreds of thousands may have lost their livelihoods, inflation may be out of control but Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, and his confidants have had a very "prosperous seven and a half months."

Citing a report by the Bangladesh based TBS News, Awami League leader Arafat said that Grameen Kalyan was relieved from USD 54.8 million in taxes. According to him, the high court on October 3 withdrew its own earlier ruling dated August 4, which ordered "Grameen Kalyan" to pay the National Board of Revenue (NBR) approximately USD 54.8 million in unpaid taxes from 2012 to 2...