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Relieving importers of hassles

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) deserves appreciation for its decision to introduce, from December next, a new system called Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) that would help expeditious delivery of goods to the importers concerned. But why the NBR needed more than six years to formulate the rules necessary for...

Incentive package to attract investors

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has, of late, come up with various incentives to attract local and foreign investors to economic zones, which are being developed in the country under four types of arrangements.The BEZA, that had started its journey in 2010 with a view to facilitating industrialisation for job...

For a global battle against dengue

The hide-and-seek of bright sun and rain at intermissions during the mid-monsoon is a pleasant feature of Bangladesh nature. Behind this play of nature lurks something dreadful. It's dengue. The much-feared disease has been plaguing the country's urban areas for over two decades. Dhaka has emerged as being the most...

Crime against women on the rise

Crimes against women are alarmingly increasing in the country. The number of crimes may actually be higher as most women do not want to report these crimes done against them in fear of social backlash. There is a tendency in our society to blame the victim of rape cases rather...

Flaws in Public Choice Theory

In a democratic society, people choose their representatives to work for the best interest of the people. But such an attitude hardly prevails in developing countries. In these countries, public institutions, civil society and autonomous bodies don't enjoy freedom at taking their own decisions. Additionally, most of the economic policies...

Patience over metro digging

The work on the elevated metro railway in the capital is going on in full swing. Upon its successful implementation, people from the far end of Uttara will be able to reach Motijheel in less than 40 minutes. The task of building such a railway is massive. Still it involves...