Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur today (Wednesday) called for full digitisation of the country's tax system to increase revenue collection.

"Corruption in revenue management will persist without a fully online value-added tax (VAT) and tax collection process," he told at a discussion on "Challenges and Prospects of Digital Transactions: VAT Increase Perspective", organised by Prothom Alo in the city, BSS reports.

The governor said that major reforms in revenue management would take at least two to three years, adding, "The current government will not have that time, but we will begin the process."

Addressing inflation control policies, he said, "Some say policies are not working, but I would say poli...