Bangladesh, May 18 -- Bikers have formed a human chain in front of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) headquarters in Agargaon, the capital, protesting the potential imposition of a new tax on motorcycles.

At around 12:00pm on Sunday about 200 motorcycles were seen parked in a line on the road in front of the NBR building.

Standing on the sidewalk, bikers held various placards and chanted slogans demanding the withdrawal of the tax.

The NBR has been weighing a new AIT regime for the country's lakhs of motorcycles, while simultaneously eyeing to hike existing AIT on high-capacity (CC) vehicles, finance ministry sources said earlier.

The tax regulator is also considering imposing AIT on the burgeoning fleet of battery-run autorickshaw...