The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to expand its Value Added Tax (VAT) base, with a view to increasing revenue collection for the national exchequer. In a meeting chaired by NBR chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan on Thursday, the field-level officials of Dhaka have been asked to be more active and sincere for improving VAT collection keeping aside the stories of growth.

An official who was present at the meeting said that the NBR chairman has instructed them to expan...