Policy coherence, transparency, and predictability are essential for a modern and effective revenue system.

The NBR has introduced a special registration system for Bangladeshi taxpayers abroad

The NBR brought 131,000 previously unregistered businesses under the VAT net

The study was prepared using responses from officials of 37 banks

The government yesterday suspended an official of the National Board of Revenue on allegations of breaching service discipline by ‘disclosing a highly confidential state document’.

The finance ministry yesterday sent four top officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) into retirement on ‘public interest’.

This time, they will observe the strike for three hours beginning at 9 am on June 23

We hope for a return to normalcy in the system while discussions on reforms are conducted, articulated, agreed upon, and implemented.

However, the non-cooperation programme with the NBR chairman will continue

The announcement comes amid continued protest by tax officials

Their four-point demand includes the repeal of the recently issued ordinance and the resignation of the NBR chairman

The government will duly consider demands from protesting officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), who have been observing a pen-down strike since the interim government passed an ordinance aimed at dissolving the revenue board on May 12.

Employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday postponed their pen-down strike after the top authority of the interim government invited them for a discussion over their demands to repeal the new Revenue Policy and Revenue Management Ordinance, 2025.

The Transparency International Bangladesh says about the new ordinance to abolish the NBR

Simple rebranding won’t resolve structural flaws, he says

A day after issuing an ordinance that dissolved the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and the Internal Resources Division as part of reforming the tax system, the Chief Adviser’s office issued a clarification.

A draft "State Policy and Revenue Management Ordinance, 2025 was approved last month proposing to dissolve the NBR

Nearly 10 lakh out of 15 lakh e-return filers have submitted zero returns, he says at ERF event

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Saturday requested businesses to submit their proposals regarding value-added tax (VAT) and supplementary duty as part of its efforts to frame tax proposals for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which will begin in July.

The government’s recent move to increase value-added tax (VAT) on 43 goods and services has raised two key questions: will it generate enough revenue to avoid a huge budget deficit and will it further stoke an already high inflation?