Exploring plurilateral trade deals as LDC graduation nears

Following the 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held in Buenos Aires in December last year, there is no progress at all in advancing multilateral trade negotiations. Again, very little effort is visible to move ahead with plurilateral talks on issues already agreed by some members...

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Mueller just brought Trump closer to prosecution

On Friday (December 07), federal prosecutors in New York accused Trump of a felony: violating campaign-finance laws with hush-money payments intended to skew the 2016 election. Specifically, they detailed how Trump's lawyer and self-described fixer Michael Cohen bought the silence of two women who said they had sexual liaisons with...

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Banking industry: Bangladesh perspective

Banking industry of Bangladesh has achieved remarkable momentum over the years. It has brought several positive changes in terms of expansion, modernisation, quality of assets, application of international standards, technology adaptation, capacity development efforts, corporate governance, and improved regulatory and supervisory environment. The development is not, however, uniform in all...

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