Dhaka, Oct. 4 -- The government plans to launch a new digital transformation initiative to integrate siloed, fragmented, and duplicative data from public agencies across multiple ministries and divisions, say Planning Commission sources.

The initiative aims to link the National Board of Revenue (NBR) with the national universal payment gateway, private-sector enterprise resource planning (ERP), Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to boost revenue collection and curb tax evasion.

Further integration of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Planning Commission, Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA), and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) with the NBR is ex...