Dhaka, May 15 -- Officers and employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) continued their work abstention on Thursday, marking the second day of a three-day protest called by the NBR Reform Unity Council-a platform representing officials from the Customs, VAT, and Income Tax wings.

The work abstention, which began at 10 am, is scheduled to continue until 3 pm Thursday. It will resume at the same time on Saturday.

The protest stems from the government's recent decision to restructure the NBR by splitting it into two divisions-Revenue Policy Division and Revenue Management Division-without, according to protesters, incorporating the recommendations of the NBR Reform Committee.

On the second day, most officials and employees symbolic...