Dhaka, Feb. 25 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has suspended its online VAT services due to technical maintenance work.

All services of the eVAT system will remain closed from 1:30 pm to 8:00 pm on February 25 to facilitate the migration of the Next Generation Firewall, said an official notice on Wednesday.

The move is part of efforts to upgrade the security infrastructure of the VAT system used for revenue collection, UNB reports.

During the scheduled period, users will not be able to access any operational services under the VAT system.

The revenue authority said the services will resume as usual after 8:00 pm on the same day once the migration work is completed.

The NBR has requested VAT-registered businesses and stakeholde...