Morning Brief

Crisis response: What Bangladesh needs to rethink

Bangladesh, despite being globally acclaimed for disaster management, needs to rethink its responses to calamities to save livelihoods along with lives, researchers have said.

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What's new in the Income Tax Bill 2023?

The recently passed Income Tax Bill 2023 on Sunday, includes various changes for individuals, businesses, and corporations. 

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Bangladesh's duty-free market access to continue as UK introduces new trading scheme

UK's landmark Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), which comes into effect Monday, simplifies trading rules and cuts tariffs on products entering the UK from 65 developing countries, including Bangladesh.

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Spices get costlier ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

The demand for spices in the country has skyrocketed as the Muslim community eagerly prepares for the upcoming festival of Eid-ul-Azha. Consumers are bracing themselves for abnormally high prices as the spice market grapples with a surge in costs. 

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Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated on June 29

The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in Bangladesh on June 29.

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The grand economists of Vienna and tomorrow's Bangladesh

I am writing this column sitting in Vienna, a city that was home from 2015 to 2018. I am back for a short trip, a nostalgic one, to a city that my wife and I have come to like a lot. 

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