Dhaka Custom House
 Customs house | |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
|---|---|
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
| Website | Dhaka Custom House |
Dhaka Custom House (Bengali: ঢাকা কাস্টম হাউস) is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency under the Ministry of Finance responsible for enforcing tariffs and customs on shipments in Dhaka. It is the largest airport customs house in Bangladesh.[1] Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan is in charge of Dhaka Custom House.[2]
History
[edit]The East India Company in 1810 reorganized Bengal's age old system of internal duties levied on the passage of goods. The numerous customs houses in Bengal were consolidated into six: Calcutta, Murshidabad, Hughli, Dhaka, Chittagong, and Balassore.[3]
Dhaka Custom House systems were automated with the support of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of public–private partnership.[4][5] The custom house routinely recovers large quantity of gold being smuggled through Dhaka airport.[6][7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us". Dhaka Custom House. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Chairman's Profile". Dhaka Custom House. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ Islam, Sirajul (2008). "Business History of Dhaka upto 1947". In Hassan, Delwar (ed.). Commercial History of Dhaka. Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry. p. 34. OCLC 421154297.
- ^ Organization, World Trade (2015). Aid for Trade at a Glance 2015 Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth: Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth. OECD Publishing. ISBN 9789264235793. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Khatri, Sridhar; Brunner, Hans-Peter (2012). Regional Integration and Economic Development in South Asia. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 9781781005248.
- ^ "Japanese held with 11kg gold at Dhaka airport". The Daily Star. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Gold bars found in Solar home system batteries". The Daily Star. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "4kg gold seized at Dhaka airport". The Daily Star. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "3 Malaysians held with 45kg gold bars at Dhaka airport". The Daily Star. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Quddus, Munir; Rashid, Salim (2000). Entrepreneurs and Economic Development: The Remarkable Story of Garment Exports from Bangladesh. The University Press Limited. ISBN 984-05-1501-2.
- Islam, Noor Mohammad Kamrul (April 2001). Patron-Client Culture in Bangladesh and the Resulting Weak State and Stubborn Rural Socio-Economic Stagnation (PhD). North Carolina State University. OCLC 47651507.
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