Simple rebranding won’t resolve structural flaws, he says
A draft "State Policy and Revenue Management Ordinance, 2025 was approved last month proposing to dissolve the NBR
Several hundred tax and customs officials staged a demonstration at the National Board of Revenue (NBR) headquarters in Dhaka today, demanding revisions to a draft ordinance that proposes dividing the board into two separate divisions and allowing top appointments from outside the revenue cadre.
Bangladesh’s interim government has moved to restructure the country’s tax system by creating two new divisions under the Ministry of Finance, a move aligned with recommendations from the International Monetary Fund.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to introduce a new system for collecting travel tax directly from outbound passengers, replacing the current practice where airlines include the tax in ticket prices and later deposit it into the state coffer.
The CCCI submitted 114 proposals for the upcoming budget
Nearly 10 lakh out of 15 lakh e-return filers have submitted zero returns, he says at ERF event
SM Faruqi Hasan, founding president of the Ontario unit of the Awami League, is involved in the case
Seven out of 19 customs agencies have been integrated
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has for a second time extended by a month the deadline for individual taxpayers to file tax returns.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday formed a nine-member committee to make a policy framework for tax expenditure.
Egg, sugar prices became cheaper to some extent, not other commodities, he says
Over 5 lakh submitted e-returns since July 1 to November 24
Around 57 percent of surveyed small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cited the existing tax structure as the main obstacle to doing business in compliance with the law, according to a report by the SME Foundation
Instead of holding an income tax fair, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) says it will have dedicated officials and special arrangements at field-level offices to extend tax services and facilitate return submissions throughout November.
The NBR relaunched the e-filing portal on Sep 9
Tax Commissioner Ikhtiar Uddin is heading the seven-member task force
Onion imports through Hili land port in Dinajpur resumed on Tuesday after being halted for four days due to a software glitch in Indian customs..The Indian customs had implemented an updated tariff regime at 4:45pm that day, reducing the export duty on onions from 40 percent to 20 percent.
