Dhaka, July 17 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Thursday suspended three more tax inspectors for what it said publicly tearing off letters of their transfer orders.

The latest step took the total number of suspended NBR officials to 27 following the recent protests by the revenue agency's officials and employees on the government's decision to bifurcate it into two entities.

NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman signed separate suspension orders against Abdullah Al Mamun of the Income Tax Intelligence and Investigation Unit, Ruhul Amin from Tax Zone-6, and Lokman Ahmed from Tax Zone-2.

According to the official notice, the three officials exhibited "defiant and unruly behavior" by publicly destroying the transfer orders issued to five ...