Dhaka, Jan. 20 -- The interim government has approved a wide-ranging set of administrative reforms aimed at improving transparency, efficiency and accountability across key state institutions, as preparations intensify for the next national election.

At the meeting of the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Reorganisation (NICAR), chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna on Tuesday, the government gave final approval to the structural separation of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

The move will formally divide the powerful tax authority into two distinct entities: a Revenue Policy Division and a Revenue Management Division.

Officials said the two new divisions would begin ope...