NBR

Why are directors of listed companies transferring shares as 'gift'?

Directors are now transferring shares more often as the NBR recently waived tax on such transfers
7 October 2025, 06:23 AM

NBR expands duty-free import benefits to diversify exports

A move to facilitate export diversification
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Flawed NBR split risks severe fallout

The ordinance abolishing the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and splitting it into two entities—Revenue Policy and Revenue Management—does not adequately reflect the recommendations of the advisory committee, according to one of its members.
27 September 2025, 18:01 PM

NBR member travels to Australia without govt approval

A Dhaka court imposed a travel ban on him on January 29 this year
21 September 2025, 05:47 AM

NBR honours five firms as e-return champions

The NBR organised the programme to celebrate a major milestone in its ongoing digital transformation journey
19 September 2025, 05:46 AM

Govt to split NBR into two divisions by Dec

The government is set to complete the split of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) into two separate divisions by December this year.
11 September 2025, 18:00 PM

NBR seizes Hasina’s locker in Pubali Bank

The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday took control of a locker belonging to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
10 September 2025, 22:08 PM

Businesses blast NBR over harassment

Businesses face harassment, extortion, and false cases from NBR officials
10 September 2025, 18:00 PM

NBR finds 1,300 cars hidden from tax files

A fresh investigation by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has revealed that owners of more than 1,300 luxury cars, including high-end brands like BMW, Mercedes, Porsche and Rolls-Royce, concealed information about the vehicles in their tax files to evade tax.
9 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Govt issues revised ordinance on NBR split, abolition

The government has issued a revised ordinance on the split of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) into two separate divisions paving the way for revenue officials to head the top and senior positions of the Revenue Policy Division.
2 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Money laundering: NBR traces Tk 40,000cr in assets abroad

The National Board of Revenue has found assets worth nearly Tk 40,000 crore in five countries which it believes were bought with money laundered from Bangladesh, said the Chief Adviser’s Office yesterday.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM

NBR warns taxpayers against ‘zero return’ misconceptions

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday cautioned taxpayers about misleading social media posts promoting the filing of "zero returns", terming the practice illegal under the Income Tax Act 2023.
10 August 2025, 22:31 PM

NBR withdraws advance income tax on cotton, man-made fibre imports

The move comes just over two weeks after the revenue authority imposed the tax to increase collection
18 July 2025, 05:34 AM

Defying transfer orders: 14 NBR officials suspended

The government has suspended 14 more officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for defying transfer orders and allegedly tearing up their transfer letters in public.
15 July 2025, 18:13 PM

NBR split certain, ordinance flaws to be fixed

The National Board of Revenue will certainly be split once the flaws in the ordinance are corrected, said Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, accusing its drafters of “deliberately inserting loopholes” through “trickery”.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

NBR server glitch disrupts port, customs operations

Major customs houses across Bangladesh, including that in Chattogram, have been facing delays in processing exports and imports for days now due to recurring slowdowns in the server that handles the records.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Panic grips NBR officials

ACC opens investigations into five more officials over alleged graft
3 July 2025, 18:09 PM

Chattogram Customs commissioner suspended for joining NBR shutdown

The order, signed by NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan, was issued on Monday
2 July 2025, 04:48 AM

Online submission of export-import papers made mandatory

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) made the online submission of export-import related certificates, licences, and permits (CLPs) compulsory from yesterday.
1 July 2025, 21:42 PM

NBR officials end strike after govt warning

Following a stern government warning and mounting pressure from the country’s top business leaders, officials of the National Board of Revenue have withdrawn their shutdown.
29 June 2025, 18:00 PM