DHAKA, Nov 13, 2024(BSS)- Land, Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser AF Hassan Ariff today urged the land owners to play pro-active role in making success the payment of land development (LD) taxes through online.

“The land services including mutation, LD tax collection and distribution of Khatians are going on through online to make it people’s friendly and hassle free,” he said.

The adviser said this while inaugurating the 100 percent collection of land tax taxes through online at Tejgaon area in the capital.

Land Ministry and the Dhaka District Administration jointly organized the programme with Senior Secretary of the land ministry ASM Saleh Ahmed in the chair.

The Bangladeshi people from home and abroad are getting the land related services through online; he said adding that the collection of land taxes through online would be expanded across the country soon.

Land Secretary ASM Saleh Ahmed said the government has started this piloting project from Tejturi Bazar area. All land related online services will begin in all 19 land circles of the capital soon, he said.

The land owners should confirm their ownership on their lands by paying the land tax through online, he added.

The adviser later distributed prizes and certificates among the land tax payers, winners of land coupons, land workers and ambassadors. He also inspected the activities of the land camps and talked to the visitors.