Bangladesh Welfare Society distributed Iftar items among the distressed in Chittagong yesterday.

Brazil pledges to forge on with reforms after S&P downgrade

AFP, Sao Paulo :Brazil vowed Thursday to push on with economic reforms after the international credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s downgraded its long-term credit rating because of “slower-than-expected” changes by President Michel Temer’s government.“The government reiterates its commitment” to forge on with measures such as a reform of pensions in an effort “to guarantee the sustainable growth of the Brazilian economy and long-term fiscal balance,” the finance ministry said in a statement.S&P earlier announced it was downgrading Brazil’s credit...

14 Jan 2018, 12:00 am