Dhaka, Jan. 4 -- December deadline is missed and bid for completing all must-dos for bifurcating the revenue board within January has yet to get into right gear although revenue-sector overhaul is among major uprising-mandated reforms.

Officials say the final stages of splitting the National Board of Revenue (NBR) into two separate entities have proven to be more complex and time-consuming than initially anticipated.

The key pending task is finalising the Rules of Business (RoB) and Allocation of Business (AoB). The twin rules for setting up the bifurcation bedrock "must first receive approval from the pre-NICAR, chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, and subsequently from NICAR, chaired by the Chief Adviser of the interim government".

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