Making Financial Reporting Council functional

Last July, the government appointed a chairman for the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The FRC is a key requirement of the Financial Reporting Act, passed by parliament in 2015. It is largely viewed as an instrument for restoring public confidence in the capital market. Indeed, a number of policymakers within...

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Benevolent youths in times of apathy

The photograph printed in FE recently showing a young man feed a flock of crows at a park in Dhaka does not evoke any deeper feeling instantly. Spectacles like this are not too uncommon in this country. But considering "emotions recollected in tranquility", it does make one feel softened. Those...

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Rethinking pension benefits to old retired government servants

Old pensioners surrendered their pension money as per the past pension rule. They did it for addressing genuine causes like building residential houses, paying children's education/higher studies, medical services, and last but not least, old age security.From 2016 onwards, much has been written regarding the sorry state of the old...

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