Improving country's ability to compete
That the country has slipped two more steps in this year's Global Competitiveness Index would surely add to the citizens' frustration. Last year, it had descended one step in contrast to a seven-step ascent in 2017. Sadly enough, this year, there has been erosion in the country's competitiveness in 10...
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Top priority for making bond market vibrant
Although stock market is gaining much popularity in Bangladesh, bond market remains conspicuously unattractive. Very recently, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has sought a number of fiscal concessions to help develop the bond market.It has put forward, according to reports, a set of proposals, including tax waivers, to...
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City welcomes handicraft vendors
The view of purely village-made handicraft being sold by vendors coming from areas as far as southwestern or northern districts has long become common in Dhaka. These hawkers walking along wide and small alleys in the capital sell all kinds of item. They range from winter cotton blanket 'nakshikantha', sliced...
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Loss of dreams
The killing of BUET student Abrar Fahad has exposed an absence of atmosphere for healthy growth of youth on the campus. Ordinary students could hardly exercise their freedom of thinking, let alone protest at torture of another fellow. Old students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) wrote in...
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