Dhaka, April 29 -- Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda has directed land officers to identify areas for increasing revenue collection in the land sector.

He said this while addressing a workshop on "Implementation of Corruption-free Smart Land Management" organised by the Land Reform Board at the conference room of the Rangpur Divisional Commissioner's office in Rangpur on Monday.

The land minister also emphasised that the e-mutation fee should vary according to land type, such as fallow or uncultivable land, fertile agricultural land, residential, luxurious, industrial, or commercial areas of the city. He also directed officials to examine the legal aspects of land usage and value-based e-mutation fee. He noted that revenue collection...