Dhaka, Jan. 20 -- Bangladesh's revenue collection rose 14.19 percent year-on-year in the first six months of the current fiscal year, but still fell sharply short of both its mid-year target and the revised annual goal, provisional figures from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) show.

The NBR collected Tk 1.85 trillion between July and December of FY2025-26, up from Tk 1.62 trillion in the same period a year earlier, when the economy was grappling with uncertainty after the July Uprising and the subsequent change of power.

However, despite the growth, the NBR missed its six-month target of Tk 2.31 trillion by Tk 459.76 billion - a shortfall of 19.9 percent against the mid-year goal.

Measured against the revised annual NBR target of Tk...