Dhaka, July 30 -- In a sweeping crackdown on financial irregularities within the public sector, the Income Tax Intelligence and Investigation Unit of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has initiated a major investigation into alleged tax evasion by 300 government engineers. This high-profile probe has unearthed serious suspicions of large-scale evasion, with each individual potentially concealing Tk 2 to 3 crore in undeclared income.
Among the accused, 30 engineers are from the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and 10 from the Roads and Highways Department. The remaining individuals are spread across several key government agencies, including the Public Health Engineering Department, Education Engineering Department, Public W...