Dhaka, June 21 -- Customs, VAT, and income tax officials across the country will observe a three-hour sit-in and pen-down programme on Monday, demanding logical reforms in the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

The protest will take place from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

The announcement came at a press conference held by the NBR Reform Unity Council on Saturday afternoon at the NBR headquarters in Dhaka's Agargaon.

Speaking at the event, the council's president and Additional Commissioner Hasan Muhammad Tarek Rikabdar and General Secretary and Additional Tax Commissioner Ms. Sehela Siddiqua reiterated their demand for rational reforms within the revenue board.

The council claimed that NBR Chairman should be removed immediately, alleging that hi...