Recycled unfit vehicles and vessels!
If a picture expresses what thousands of words cannot, there were a few such select ones carried in quite a few newspapers published from the capital city. In one such picture, workers were applying finishing touches of paint to a couple of buses after repair and renovation. The new coat...
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The GDP paradox
Broadly speaking, there are three measures of national income or output in a country. These are: the sum of all incomes, in cash and kind, accruing to factors of production in a given time period; the sum of net outputs produced in various sectors of the economy; and the sum...
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Quality green bond to help attract FDI
The potential for foreign investment in Bangladesh is bright if the country floats quality green bond in the country. A joint study team on green bond opportunities in the country suggested this. The study was conducted by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The green bond...
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Proper healthcare services for all
For economic growth, higher productivity is vital. Higher productivity can be sustained through a healthy lifestyle and proper healthcare. But still many people in our country do not have access to quality healthcare services.According to Bangladesh National Health Accounts (BNHA), Bangladeshi patients pay the highest amount in treatment and medicine...
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The upcoming national budget
The upcoming national budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 will be placed by the Finance Minister before the national parliament on June 13. As usual, this time also there are discussions on the likely issues in the budget and also whether these are going to make life of the citizens...
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