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

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

Despite their presence at the office, officials are refraining from performing any duties, leaving the country's largest customs station effectively inoperative

Representational image. File photo: TBS
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

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

Officials of 25 Civil Service cadres observe nationwide 1hr pen-down strike