SRIMANGAL (Moulvibazar): Amra Prokiti Premik, Srimangal, a social organisation arranges prayer and candle lighting at Chowmohona Chattar on Monday night on memories of the people killed in the fire at BM Container Depot at Sitakunda on Saturday. NN photo

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Financial sector struggling due to widespread corruption

BANGLADESH slipped two notches in the global competitiveness ranking by the World Economic Forum to rank 105th, out of 141 countries, in 2019 due mainly to significant deterioration in most of the drivers including governance, infrastructure and macroeconomic stability of competitiveness. In 2018, Bangladesh was ranked 103th out of 140 countries. Institution and governance are the weakest areas in the business competitiveness where majority of indicators under the 12 drivers of productivity perceived to be deteriorated and incidences of bribes...

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