Bangladesh to impose carbon tax in June

Dhaka

BANGLADESH is set to impose a carbon tax on fuel next month - despite the climate-vulnerable country producing relatively tiny per capita emissions.

The tax is expected to be put in place on June 1 as part of the country's annual budget and will be part of a larger bundle of "green" measures, Nojibur Rahman, chair of the National Board of Revenue, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview.

Many businesses and environmental groups welcomed the plan, saying that Bangladesh - one of the countries considered most threatened by climate change impacts - needs to make a strong st…