Making taxation system reform central focus of public policy development

The taxation system in Bangladesh has proved to be very resistant to any fundamental change despite many efforts to overhaul it. More remarkable is the very vigorous persistence of resistance to any broad tax reform. Bangladesh in its continuing drive to achieve and maintain its growth trajectory needs a taxation...

Dhaka-Riyadh: Seeking multi-dimensional economic partnership

At the invitation of Saudi King Mohammad Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina officially visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on October 16-19, 2018. It's her second visit to the oil-rich country this year. She was accompanied by foreign minister A.H. Mahmud Ali, top government officials,...