, Nov. 16 -- The Chairman of the National Board of Revenue, M Abdur Rahman, announced Sunday that the Customs Bond Management System will become fully automated and compulsory from December 1, subject to final system readiness.

It is set to be a landmark in the shift towards digital governance, transparency and efficiency in bond management operations across the country.

Speaking at the "Meet the Business" programme at Revenue Building in Dhaka, the NBR chairman said the era of manual, paper-based procedures must come to an end, if Bangladesh is to reduce system inefficiencies, eliminate misuse of resources, and improve service delivery for compliant businesses.

According to him, tasks that can be completed digitally within seconds sho...