Inclusive growth with quality
It is startling but not surprising - the widening wealth gap between the country’s top and bottom ends of the social structure. In 2010 the richest five per cent of the households was 32 times richer than the poorest five per cent; five years later i.e. in 2015, the gap...
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Inequality impedes harmonious growth
Despite rise in gross domestic product (GDP) growth and reported decrease in poverty in Bangladesh over the last few decades, inequality is also rising side by side. Although there has been some improvement in the country's employment generation, the jobs created are far short of the country's demand. There are...
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Asian stocks reach four-month peak on US-China trade deal hopes
Asian stocks reached a more than four-month high on Wednesday, lifted by optimism that the United States and China might be able to hammer out a deal to resolve their nearly year-long trade dispute.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6 per cent to its highest level since...
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Banks and news media
This letter is in reference to an opinion piece titled 'Banks and news media' that was written by Zaid Bakht and published in the Financial Express on February 12, 2019. In the article, the author pointed out that sometimes reports and articles are published in newspapers with sensational headlines to...
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Removing obstacles that hamper progress of business
In recent times, business leaders as well as ministers have asked young entrepreneurs to invest and start their own businesses. This is surely a great idea as such start-ups are becoming very successful in neighbouring India, in the USA, European countries and elsewhere. Young people of the country should be...
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