Dhaka, June 24 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Reform Unity Council has announced plans for a "complete shutdown" of income tax, VAT, and customs services from June 28 unless their key demands are met - chiefly the removal of the current NBR chairman and the reversal of recent transfer orders they deem retaliatory.

The announcement was made during a press conference held on Monday outside the NBR headquarters in the capital's Agargaon, where protesting officials donned symbolic white shrouds to highlight the seriousness of their grievances.

If carried out, the shutdown would halt tax and VAT operations nationwide and disrupt customs activities at ports, impacting imports and exports.

However, services related to export processin...