No need to hide the inflation data
There is no monthly update of the country's inflationary trend for the last few of months. Instead, the national statistical body has been releasing inflation data on a quarterly basis. Instructed by the planning minister, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has stopped monthly release of inflation data since May last...
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Putin's tryst with destiny
The full story behind the famous dismemberment of the former Soviet Union has never really been told. Very few are inclined to probe Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last General Secretary of the Communist Party, to ferret out his compulsions. It was about democracy, as we were told. Yet it...
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US-China: Preventing trade disputes from escalating into a trade war
Until the 1970s, the United States' foreign trade was largely balanced. Beginning in the middle of that decade, however, the trade surplus for services increased significantly, while the deficit for goods started to expand. This imbalance has become a key concern in American political and economic circles. President Donald Trump...
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