Taxation is usually discussed as a matter of rates, exemptions and revenue targets. Rarely is it discussed as a matter of information, of whether the people setting policy are sufficiently informed about the markets they are taxing. Too often they are not. Fiscal pressure, administrative convenienc

The ruling BNP government has presented its first full budget recently and predictably it is larger than those that came before it. The immediate reaction from economists, bankers and business leaders has been mixed, with praise for the budget's political balancing act accompanied with serious doub

As the National Board of Revenue embarks on its customary round of pre-budget consultations with business associations, economists, journalists and other stakeholders ahead of the upcoming national budget, the fiscal pressures bearing down on the government appear to be among the most acute in rece

The debate over artificial intelligence and the future of the job market has often swung between anxiety and excitement. Much of the excitement has come from the promise of a more efficient world where machines can produce code, analyse data and handle routine tasks with remarkable speed. At the sa

Bangladesh's push to recover stolen assets has entered a much trickier and consequential stage with business tycoon Mohammad Saiful Alam dragging the country to international arbitration under the Bangladesh-Singapore bilateral investment treaty. Having acquired Singaporean citizenship only in rece