Bangladesh tax workers end strike after government backtracks

Dhaka: Bangladesh s tax authority workers ended a two week partial strike on Sunday after they said the interim government would address their demands...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's tax authority workers ended a two-week partial strike on Sunday after they said the interim government would address their demands to stop an overhaul of the body.

Earlier on Sunday, security forces had surrounded the national tax authority headquarters, after government orders to reform the National Board of Revenue (NBR) sparked fury from employees.

Joint Tax Commissioner Monalisa Saha Sushmita told reporters at the main NBR building in Dhaka, where police and armed security gathered, that the workers would begin a "complete" shutdown.

Hours later, NRB senior official Abdur Rouf said the strike had ended.

"The government assured to take care of our demands, and that's why we have called off our strike," Rouf told AFP. "Our next step is negotiation."