Tania Jasmine, the proprietor of a modest beauty salon in Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila, and her husband own just one car. But the National Board of Revenue’s database shows she owns a mindboggling 103 vehicles an alarming record for anyone to have.
The demand for commercial vehicles in Bangladesh has increased as economic activities in the country boomed soon after a prolonged nationwide lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 ended earlier this year.