Dhaka, Feb. 10 -- The interim government has revoked the income tax exemption for the Shuchona Foundation run by Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina.

The tax benefits that individual taxpayers were getting against donations made to the organisation led by Putul have also been cancelled.

On Monday, the National Board of Revenue, or NBR, revoked two Statutory Regulatory Orders, or SROs, in this regard in a notification.

The organisation has been receiving this benefit since 2016.

Shuchona Foundation, established in 2014 as a non-profit, works with people with mental and neurological disabilities, autism, and mental health problems.

Putul is its founder and chairs its board of trustees.

Earlier on Nov 24, the Ba...