Dhaka University (DU) has paid income tax of teachers and employees from its own funds in breach of rules. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has made an audit objection over the Tk 17 million financial irregularity of 2013-14 fiscal year, reports bdnews24.com. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts reviewed six more issues of financial irregularities at the university in a meeting on Thursday. The seven incidents of financial irregularities total over Tk 74.8 million. The university paid the teachers and employees over Tk 15.4 million in fatigue allowances in 2013-14 financial year, although the government dropped the allowance for autonomous organisations in 2010.

Source: bd News24 February 04, 2021 14:26 UTC