Another NBR official sent into retirement
After the movement, a good number of NBR officials or employees have been suspended or sent into forced retirement for their alleged involvement in it
Another official of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been sent into retirement for the sake of public interest, according to a notification issued today (3 August).
The official is Lokman Ahmed, tax inspector (Grade-10) of Tax Zone-2, Dhaka.
The decision was taken under Section 45 of the Government Service Act, 2018 which empowers the state to send any public servant into retirement in public interest after completion of 25 years of service.
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Ahmed has completed 25 years in government service.
The notification, signed by NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan, states that he (Lokman Ahmed) will be entitled to all retirement benefits as per the existing rules.
Sources in the NBR said that Lokman was in a leading position in the recent movement.
After the movement, a good number of NBR officials or employees have been suspended or sent into forced retirement for their alleged involvement in it.
Revenue officials under the banner of NBR Unity Council went on complete shutdown on 28-29 June demanding the immediate removal of its chairman and others demands.
Since early June the agitating officials staged work abstentions, hunger strikes, and human chains, disrupting services in tax, VAT and customs offices across the country.
The protests began after the government issued an ordinance on 12 May dissolving the NBR and the Internal Resources Division and replacing them with the newly-made Revenue Policy Division and the Revenue Management Division.
