Mehdi Mahbub President, RMG Centre First of all, this is an issue that directly affects us — our connection with the Middle East. The region is important for our workers’ remittances and as a key destination overall. If the situation escalates, and things worsen, it could have a serious impact on us. The volatility of…
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Impact on international travel, logistics looming due to airspace closures Major General (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman President, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Sketch: TBS What we are witnessing is a dangerous escalation that is pushing the already volatile Middle East into further instability. The recent developments carry a serious risk of the conflict…
China ahead of us in terms of productivity, logistics and backward linkage Mehdi Mahbub President, RMG Centre If China has high tariffs on apparels, then American buyers will certainly try to ship from other countries. So, Bangladesh is hoping to get increased orders from that angle, which is a positive for us. On the negative…
While a breakthrough from the US-China trade talks in Switzerland will be a relief for the world economy, tariff walls look set to stay still high for China, prompting Chinese firms to relocate to countries with lower tariffs. Economists and exporters talk about what advantages Bangladesh has and what it needs to do to get…
1 January 2025, Uzbekistan recorded 283,600 active individual entrepreneurs (IEs), reflecting a 17.91% increase compared to the previous year, according to the press service of the Tax Committee. Nearly 83% of entrepreneurs opted for fixed-rate income tax, 16.2% chose turnover tax, and 0.9% are registered as VAT payers. The registration rate of new IEs surged…