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District watch in pictures: MOULVIBAZAR: A traditional boat race was held at Kouya Dighi Haor recently.

5 Aug 2016, 12:00 am0

MOULVIBAZAR: A traditional boat race was held at Kouya Dighi Haor recently.

Hong Kong cuts taxes to shore up economy amid protests

AP, Hong Kong :Hong Kong’s government announced tax cuts and higher social spending Thursday to reverse a deepening economic slump aggravated by anti-government protests and the U.S.-Chinese tariff war.The territory’s financial secretary, Paul Chan, cut this year’s official growth forecast to 0 to 1%, which could be the worst performance since 2009 during the global financial crisis. The previous forecast was 2% to 3%.Hurt by the plunge in U.S.-Chinese trade, growth already was declining before anti-government protests erupted this year...

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