NBR offices shut down as officers march on headquarters over chairman’s removalTax, VAT, and customs offices across Bangladesh have shut down completely as officers staged a “March to NBR”, demanding the removal of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan. Led by the NBR Reform Unity Council, the protest began at 8am with revenue staff from across the country halting services and marching towards the NBR headquarters on Saturday. As of Saturday afternoon, hundreds of protesters remained outside the NBR headquarters while services across all revenue offices remained suspended. Rejecting both statements, the NBR Reform Unity Council reiterated plans to maintain the march and declared an indefinite “complete shutdown” of tax, VAT, and customs offices nationwide. While the government later agreed to consult NBR employees before implementing the reform, officers returned to work with one core demand intact: the chairman must go.
