Bangladesh to Deploy Counting Cameras and QR Codes to Curb Illicit Tobacco

Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan has said strict monitoring to curb tax evasion will begin with the tobacco sector.

There are plans to introduce counting machines, counting cameras, QR codes and advanced tax stamps at the production stage, he announced at a pre-budget meeting.

‘If we are successful in the tobacco sector, we will roll out these measures for all other products,’ he added.

Noting that the national budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year is scheduled to be presented in parliament on 11 June, Abdur Rahman said: ‘we already know where and how much the government has allocated’.