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Govt employees pay hike temporarily fuelled poverty

The government’s decision to raise salaries of all public sector workers by 100 percent in 2015 had inadvertently pushed many least skilled private sector workers below the poverty line temporarily, said a study

Proper design of incentives, honest monitoring to cut bribery, extortion

A proper design of incentives and honest monitoring through the adoption of technologies will effectively reduce bribery and extortion in the public sector, said experts today

High time to reduce demand, tackle inflation head-on

The government should target reducing demand through ensuring market-based interest and exchange rates as well as cutting allocation for infrastructure projects to rein in inflation and protect the foreign currency reserves, said economists yesterday.

Assess social costs of large infrastructure projects

Fixing priorities and assessing the social costs and economic benefits of large infrastructure projects have become important for Bangladesh as many of them are funded by costly suppliers’ credit, said Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud yesterday.

7pc growth first time in 9 years

Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) growth would exceed the 7 percent mark in the current fiscal year, according to provisional

Unique auction for two new IPL teams

The blueprint for the sale of two new franchises and 50-plus players in IPL 2015 - including those from Chennai and Rajasthan - is ready, waiting to receive the required ratification at the BCCI's Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month.

December 24, 2023
December 24, 2023

Govt employees pay hike temporarily fuelled poverty

The government’s decision to raise salaries of all public sector workers by 100 percent in 2015 had inadvertently pushed many least skilled private sector workers below the poverty line temporarily, said a study

December 23, 2023
December 23, 2023

Proper design of incentives, honest monitoring to cut bribery, extortion

A proper design of incentives and honest monitoring through the adoption of technologies will effectively reduce bribery and extortion in the public sector, said experts today

June 13, 2023
June 13, 2023

High time to reduce demand, tackle inflation head-on

The government should target reducing demand through ensuring market-based interest and exchange rates as well as cutting allocation for infrastructure projects to rein in inflation and protect the foreign currency reserves, said economists yesterday.

April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019

Assess social costs of large infrastructure projects

Fixing priorities and assessing the social costs and economic benefits of large infrastructure projects have become important for Bangladesh as many of them are funded by costly suppliers’ credit, said Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud yesterday.

April 6, 2016
April 6, 2016

7pc growth first time in 9 years

Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) growth would exceed the 7 percent mark in the current fiscal year, according to provisional

October 31, 2015
October 31, 2015

Unique auction for two new IPL teams

The blueprint for the sale of two new franchises and 50-plus players in IPL 2015 - including those from Chennai and Rajasthan - is ready, waiting to receive the required ratification at the BCCI's Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month.

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