Dhaka, May 17 -- Officers and employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) continued their work abstention on Saturday.

The protest programme called by NBR Reform Unity Council, a platform representing officials from the Customs, VAT, and Income Tax wings, will continue until 3pm today.

They are opposing the government's recent move to restructure the NBR by dividing it into two separate entities-Revenue Policy Division and Revenue Management Division-without incorporating the recommendations of the NBR Reform Committee, they claimed.

Their demands include immediate withdrawal of the proposed Revenue Ordinance, public disclosure of the NBR Reform Advisory Committee's report, and a comprehensive reform of the revenue system through ...