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UAE's new economic zones

A group of UAE business firms' intention to set up five economic zones in the country augurs well for the investment portfolio scenario in the country. The good news, carried by this paper on Monday, was broken at the second edition of the Bangladesh Economic Forum at Dubai last Sunday....

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Empowering local government institutions

The country's local government institutions (LGIs) meant to be crucial for decentralising the diverse array of development activities are no more than titular bodies with very little to share with designing and implementing national planning architecture. This is clearly evident in the poor role allocated to the various tiers of...

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Poverty remains, inequality widens

The people have reasons to be enthusiastic as the Finance Minister said early this month that Bangladesh recorded the highest growth in gross domestic product (GDP) across the world in the past 10 years. More job opportunities for the youth, social protection measures for the poor and vulnerable groups and...

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600pc tax hike for trade licence!

I run a small business and I had a frustrating experience recently while trying to renew my trade licence. When I went to the office of Dhaka South City Corporation, the help desk at the Nagar Bhaban advised me to pay Tk 3,000 as tax at source. The amount of...

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DVDs for learning, freelancing

Some organisations have released DVDs (digital versatile discs) for learning of freelancing activities. This is quite a useful initiative since many young people are trying to learn how to work as freelancers, especially maintaining a virtual office and communicating with an employee staying thousands of miles away from a freelancer...

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Headphone & health hazards

Young men and women are nowadays seen listening to music with headphone of their mobile phone and crossing busy roads or riding motorbike without paying attention to surroundings. Such practice is dangerous in terms of safety of life when a moment of distraction can cause a fatal accident. Using headphone...

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