Dhaka, May 13 -- Government decision dissolving the National Board of Revenue into tax- policymaking and tax-administration divisions is to improve efficiency, reduce conflicts of interest, and widen tax base, the CA Office says.

The explanation came Tuesday from the office of the head of interim government as a section of NBR staff took it amiss and went on a pen-down protest against the much-discussed measure.

The post-uprising government has announced the major structural reform that effected dissolution of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to be replaced by two distinct entities under the Ministry of Finance-Revenue Policy Division and Revenue Management Division.

A group of NBR officials swung into protest against the move as so...