Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed field-level tax regions to strengthen their intelligence and investigation activities to prevent tax evasion and accelerate the recovery of unpaid taxes.

Bangladesh's top tax collection agency issued a press release regarding the decision on Saturday.

The directive from a member of the NBR's tax audit and intelligence cell included instructions on the formation of investigation teams in each tax region, the working methods that should be employed by the teams, the bases on which the teams can make recommendations, and the approval process for the committee that would undertake the recovery of evaded taxes.

The notification said that the relevant teams will start investig...