Dhaka, May 25 -- The NBR Reform Unity Council, a platform of tax officers, has called for a full-fledged work stoppage demanding repeal of the ordinance that split the National Board of Revenue (NBR), essentially dissolving the agency.

Starting Monday, they will carry out this programme nationwide at all tax, customs, and value-added tax (VAT) offices, resulting in a suspension of all import and export activities.

International passenger services, as well as the import of medicines and life-saving equipment, will be exempt from the strike, the council said.

On May 12, the interim government issued the "Revenue Policy and Revenue Management Ordinance, 2025", bifurcating the NBR.

From the next day onward, the employees of the country's ...