, Dec. 30 -- More than 3 million individual taxpayers have so far submitted their income tax returns online for the current 2025-26 tax year, reflecting a sharp rise in the use of Bangladesh's e-return system, according to the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

The NBR said around 4.5 million taxpayers have already registered on the e-return platform, while over 3 million have completed submission of their returns through the system to date.

The online filing initiative was formally inaugurated on 4 August 2025 by Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed via the NBR's official portal, www.etaxnbr.gov.bd.

Under a special order issued this year, online submission of income tax returns has been made mandatory for all categories of individual tax...