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Staff Reporter :Though Bangladesh is among the top 10 fastest growing economies, it will need strong and transformative policy actions to achieve its vision of upper middle-income country by 2031. Meanwhile, the World Bank (WB) has identified three key barriers-strong trade competitiveness, financial sector and well-functioning cities are critical to sustainable growth in Bangladesh.Despite Bangladesh has made remarkable economic and development progress in the past five decades and the WB urges for strong policy reforms in three areas.The WB on...

Staff Reporter :The government should focus on direct taxes by reducing dependence on existing indirect taxes for revenue mobalisation, as the country has one of the lowest Tax-GDP ratios in the world, businesses said.The country advances towards achieving the coveted ‘developing country’ and ultimately ‘developed country’ status in the future, so it has to shift away from the current dependence on indirect taxes and instead focus on direct taxes for revenue generation, they added. They came up with the remark...

Staff Reporter :Another 506 patients were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning.Of the new patients, 367 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 139 outside it.A total of 1,874 dengue patients, including 1,427 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.This year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh rose to 55 on Wednesday with another death reported from Chattogram.Of the total deaths, 27 were reported from Dhaka division, 24 from...

Syed Shemul Parvez :In the world market, where the prices of daily commodities are decreasing day by day, the opposite is the case in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a few steps ahead of the international market even in the race of price increase. The information that has emerged in the report of the government agency Tariff Commission itself. According to the report, the price of pulse, sugar and cane has decreased by 11 to 14 percent in the last one year...

Staff Reporter :A young woman, 25, has allegedly been gang raped in the capital, and she has been rushed to the one stop crisis centre of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Members of Turag Thana Police took her to the one stop crisis centre of DMCH on Wednesday afternoon.Uttara Thana Inspector (investigation) Shfikul Islam said the woman was rescued with unconscious condition from a road of Uttara sector-11 in the capital. She was immediately taken to Tongi Hospital. Receiving information...

Staff Reporter :Jubo Dal activist Shahidul Islam alias Shaon was killed by a brick, not by bullet of police, said Mahfuzur Rahman Al Mamun, Superintendent of Munshiganj Police.The SP held a press conference in the conference room of the Superintendent of Police on Wednesday noon regarding the final report of the autopsy of Shawn’s death. SP claimed that on September 21, BNP activists threw bricks at the police. At one stage of this, Juba Dal worker Shaon and another worker...

Staff Reporter :The elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Khalilur Rahman, a death-row convict for committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971 in Netrokona. He was arrested late on Tuesday night (Sep 27) from Savar. RAB spokesperson Khandaker Al Moin confirmed the news to the media on Wednesday noon.Earlier, tipped off, a team of RAB conducted a drive in Savar area and arrested Khalilur, the officer said.On September 13, the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Khalilur to death...