Dealing with the problem of fake financials
It is no secret that taxpayers, both individual and corporate, are prone to evading payment of tax. The bad habit on the part of a section of the corporate taxpayers causes more harm to the state coffer than that to individuals. Statistics available with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies...
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Policy reforms to help boost private investment
The government's target to raise private investment to 24.2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) will be challenging given the trend in the last several years and the ongoing liquidity crisis in the banking sector.Private investment has been hovering around the 22-23 per cent mark for long. During this...
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Sufferings that go unnoticed
Leaving Dhaka with all family members and whatever belonging one possesses is a tiny example of the joblessness woes. Hundreds of Dhaka residents have fallen victim to this ordeal of the loss of livelihood --- one which is forcing them to leave the capital. Almost all of them are headed...
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Coronavirus in waste water
Bangladeshi researchers have found presence of coronavirus in waste water - a finding that is a cause of concern for a densely populated country where waste management is a serious issue. A team of researchers from Noakhali University of Science and Technology and North South University carried out the research...
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Let's stand beside Ranas
The number of street children in Bangladesh is estimated to be more than 700,000. A Dhaka University student named Mahmud HasanTabib has recently highlighted the plight of street children through hip-hop song 'Gullyboy', based on the story of street child,Rana. Through music, he and some other individuals and organisations tried...
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