The suspension has caused immense sufferings to service seekers, while apparel exporters fear significant financial losses due to shipment delays
The protest started at 9:00am, with a large number of NBR officials participating from across the country, disrupting exports and imports activities
Protesting National Board of Revenue officials have announced an all-out shutdown from Saturday if the tax authority’s chairman is not removed by today.
Officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have threatened an indefinite nationwide shutdown from Saturday unless the NBR chairman is removed and recent transfer orders for revenue officials are revoked.
NBR faces Tk 141,000 crore June target; analysts cite target impossible
The government is going to expand import duty exemptions on pharmaceutical raw materials and medical equipment, with 79 new items expected to be added to the duty-free list in the upcoming national budget.
Later in the day, representatives of the protesting officials planned to submit a memorandum to the chief adviser at the state guesthouse Jamuna
The crisis at the National Board of Revenue is deepening as disgruntled employees have launched a fresh five-day protest, demanding the chairman’s removal and the repeal of a new ordinance that splits the tax authority. The protest threatens to disrupt tax collection, delay trade and further strain the country’s revenue targets.
Officials and employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) across Bangladesh observed a three-hour pen-down strike yesterday, protesting the government's recent ordinance to dissolve and restructure the country's revenue administration.
An ordinance published last night disbands NBR and creates two new divisions
The interim government of Bangladesh is drafting a tax exemption policy, prohibiting both the government and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) from allowing tax exemptions.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has set a target to raise Bangladesh’s tax-to-GDP ratio to 10.5 percent by the fiscal year 2034-35, as part of its newly formulated 10-year revenue strategy, according to official documents.
Touted as a historic overhaul, the move has ignited debate over whether it will drive meaningful reform or merely deepen the layers of bureaucracy, given the NBR's persistent failure to meet its targets.
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has instructed all banks and non-bank financial institutions to freeze the accounts of Asiatic Marketing Communications Limited, one of the country’s leading advertising firms, according to a recent report by UNB.
The new target has raised eyebrows, given the underwhelming performance in revenue collection so far
The prospect of reduced tax benefits has rattled exporters, already wrestling with shifting global trade dynamics, including fresh US tariffs
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday said there was no scope to reduce corporate or individual tax rates in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, a stance that businesses opposed.
In the past two years, the NBR brought down tariffs on 60 items within the bound tariff rates based on the panel's suggestion.
It is second duty cut in 10 days
