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Streamlining taxes and duties

Taxation is considered the principal source of government earnings. What the government earns through taxes is spent on multidimensional services like security, social safety, health care, roads and bridges, transport, education and other services. Therefore, governments usually emphasise on enlarging...

APEC 2018 Summit: US steps up confrontation with China

This year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Port...

Industry 4.0 to drive Sustainable Development Goals: Part-I

Two major issues confront the world today. The first one...

Integrating export and import policies, making them legally binding

During the first week of last month, the cabinet approved...

Marine waste is turning the Earth into a plastic planet

Africa risks being the worst plastic-polluted place on earth within...

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I The power of the bureaucracy In nine out of...

Multilateralism undermined by globalisation's discontents

On 24 October 24, 1945, the world's most inclusive multilateral...

How does national election affect the economy?

According to available reports, the Election Commission (EC) has prepared...

Economic data and national election

As the 11th national parliamentary election is knocking at the...

Cold War 2.0: When Trump and Xi meet in Buenos Aires

The meeting between US President Donald Trump and China's President...

Harnessing potentials of service sector

Service sector will in future be the prime mover of...

Sustainable polar bear tour educates tourists on environmental impact

It's almost always cold in Churchill, Manitoba, a remote coastal...

Infrastructure development: Mobilising resources domestically and globally

One of the key themes shared by the narratives of...

For governments right and left, a season of discontent

Democratic governments are rarely popular for extended periods, and often...

Public-private collaboration for harnessing renewable energy

Economic development requires energy. Energy powers the production process in...

Bangladesh-China FTA: Facts and issues

A free trade agreement (FTA) comprises a set of rules...

Rohingya Refugees — in quest of immediate repatriation

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...

Argentina reels under economic crisis as it prepares to host G20 Summit

I come from a sad country -Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine...

An agenda for resolving the US-China conflict

With charges flying back and forth between the United States...

Strengthening financial inclusion

Financial inclusion has emerged as a global hot topic over....

Focusing technology competence to leverage Industry 4.0

While labour and raw material offer limited growth opportunity, technology...

Cash waqf as an approach to philanthropy

Cash waqf, is categorised as a special type of endowment...

Human capital powers today's knowledge economy

More than 3.0 per cent of all people live outside...

E-commerce knocking at the door

The conclusion of a two-part article titled Prospects of e-commerce...

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