Bangladesh Civil Service is the civil service of Bangladesh with various cadres serving in different branches.[5] The taxation cadre in on the branches and manages tax collection and organizations such as the National Board of Revenue.[5][6][7] All cadres have their own associations such as Bangladesh Administrative Service Association, Bangladesh Police Service Association, and Bangladesh Judicial Service Association.[8]
MA Quader Sarker, commissioner of taxes, and Salim Afzal, were elected president and general secretary of the association respectively in 2009.[9]
In July 2015, Abdur Razzaque, National Board of Revenue, and Alamgir Hossain, Central Intelligence Cell, were elected president and general secretary of the association respectively.[10] The association protested the shooting of National Board of Revenue member Barrister Jahangir Hossain.[11]
Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury and Mohammad Fazley Ahad Kaiser were elected president and general secretary of the association respectively in 2020.[12] In April, the association donated one day salary to the relief fund of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepted by her principal secretary Ahmad Kaikaus.[13]
Tax commissioners Md Iqbal Hossain and Mohammad Mahmuduzzaman were elected president and general secretary of the association respectively in 2022.[14] Commissioner of taxation Md Lutful Azeem and additional commissioner of taxation Sheikh Shameem Bulbul, were elected president and general secretary of the association respectively in 2024.[15] Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government the association demanded the appointment of a new chairman of the National Board of Revenue from its senior members.[16]