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Accelerated climate actions for V20 countries
A RECENT study has warned that rapid and forceful climate change is affecting the economy, GDP growth, livelihoods of common people and human health, with growing gender inequity in developing countries, particularly among the...
Authorities have issues to address to raise tax-to-GDP ratio
The government鈥檚 performance is tellingly poor when it comes to the tax-to-GDP ratio. The ratio has remained static at about 8 per cent, one of the lowest even in South Asia, for the past decade as proposals and initiatives for augmenting...
Taxation system needs reform to raise tax-GDP ratio: experts
Economists and professionals at a roundtable discussion on Sunday said that Bangladesh needed to increase its tax-GDP ratio, which was currently very low compared with that of neighbouring countries...
India鈥檚 poor will not be wished away
The late, sharp-witted economist Michael Mussa, my first boss at the International Monetary Fund, once told me that every statistic must pass the 鈥榮mell test.鈥� I recalled this sage advice recently when Indian authorities published the first driblets of a consumption survey...
UK, EU face significant medicine shortages, study finds
Patients in the United Kingdom and European Union are facing shortages of vital medicines such as antibiotics and epilepsy medication, research published on Thursday found....
IMF downgrades Bangladesh鈥檚 GDP growth projection
The International Monetary Fund again has revised downward the growth forecast of Bangladesh鈥檚 economy to 5.7 per cent for the current fiscal year of 2023-24....
GDP growth slows
The country鈥檚 growth in gross domestic product during the second quarter of the current financial year grew at a slower pace than in the past two...
Narsingdi UP member shot, hacked to death
A local union parishad member was shot to death allegedly by miscreants at Pakuria Bazar of Madhabdi upazila in Narsingdi on Monday...
UK and Israel-Palestine conflict
THE United Kingdom has a historical link to the current Israel-Palestine conflict. With the Balfour Declaration in 1917, Britain pledged to establish a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, despite Jews constituting...
Man arrested over murdering woman in Uk鈥檚 Bradford
A man suspected of stabbing a woman to death as she pushed her baby in a pram on a street in Bradford of the United Kingdom was arrested on Tuesday morning, BBC reported....
Nagad employees shot, Tk 60 lakh looted in Narsingdi
Two employees of Nagad became the victims of an armed robbery in Hasnabad of Raipura upazila in Narsingdi, resulting in the looting of Tk 60 lakh....
Calls for smartphone-free childhood grow in UK
It is the question many adults dread being asked by their children: when can I have a smartphone? But as fears grow about the impact of the gadgets on young minds, some UK parents are fighting back.