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The Chattogram Custom House building in Chattogram. File Photo: Collected

Bangladesh

Ctg custom house officials observe 3-hour pen-down strike demanding NBR chairman's removal

Custom House, Chattogram handles around 2,000 bills of entry for imported goods and about 5,000 export bills daily, making it one of the busiest customs stations in the country

Economy

Ctg custom house pen-down strike continues for 5th day

Bangladesh

Pen-down strike over NBR abolition: Trade comes to a standstill, urgent resolution demanded

Customs officials leave the Chattogram Custom House in a 'pen-down' protest against the dissolution of the National Board of Revenue(NBR). Photo: TBS

Economy

Chattogram Custom House pen-down strike enters 4th day, halts trade operations

NBR

Customs operations halted at Chattogram custom house amid customs staff's pen-down strike

A press conference held on 15 May 2025, at a hotel in the capital, where his panel outlined their stance ahead of the upcoming BGMEA elections. Photo: TBS

NBR

NBR officials’ pen-down strike hurting businesses: Ex-BGMEA president

Employees of the now-dissolved NBR hold pen-down programme in front of a tax office in Dhaka on 14 May. Photo: Jahir Rayhan/TBS

NBR

Dissolution of NBR: Officers, employees stage pen-down strike in protest

Officials of different civil service cadres observe one-hour pen-down strike in Mymensingh on Tuesday, 24 December, 2024. Photo: Courtesy

Bangladesh