Political acrimony taxes Bangladesh's economy
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Weeks of street protests have shut down the capital and threatened the once-thriving textile-export industry.
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Several senior politicians are arrested in Bangladesh as part of the government's anti-corruption drive.
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It&#39;s soon to be income tax season. You are entering the Alternative Minimum Tax Zone. For a growing number of taxpayers, the AMT strips away your tax deductions and leaves you paying higher taxes.
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Finance and Planning Minister M Saifur Rahman said yesterday that a donor agency suspended assistance worth 300 million dollars to Bangladesh after labelling the country as the most corrupt nation by Berlin ...
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The Philippines is facing a fiscal crisis, President Gloria Arroyo said Monday. Arroyo is seeking political support for a $1.4 billion tax package that faces opposition in Congress.
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The World Bank said Saturday it is ready to help Bangladesh&#39;s military-backed government bring back stolen money allegedly siphoned off by politicians and businessmen during the previous governments.
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Bangladesh's government says troops will be deployed across the country ahead of January's elections.
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Hopes for an end to pre-election turmoil in Bangladesh dimmed on Wednesday as rival political groups again took to the streets and the country's legal system was virtually paralysed by feuding lawyers.
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Finance minister tells FT that asset sales to pay off tax debt will be market-oriented. MOSCOW  - Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has promised that asset sales to pay off the tax debts of troubled
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Afghanistan has made sufficient steps to improve its economy to qualify for debt relief.
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The Bangladeshi government may announce a reward of 10 million taka (166,000 US dollars) to anyone disclosing the names of the persons or groups responsible for the Aug.
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Tata group chairman Ratan Tata today said he would visit Bangladesh next month to discuss with government representatives the groupâs plan to invest $2 billion to set up steel, power and fertiliser plants in the country.
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The political blame game over Bhuttoâs assassination and rising ethnic tensions raise worries about the fragility of the countryâs federal structure.
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President Pervez Musharraf has once again okayed the 2005 local government elections on a non-party basis. This means that the on-going battle between the political parties controlling the provinces on the
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Scandinavian left raises the idea of taxing men for being men. STOCKHOLM  - A group of Swedish parliamentarians proposed levying a "man tax" to cover the social cost of violence against women.
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Bangladesh's exports have risen by more than a quarter, boosted by clothing sales, a government report says.
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Bangladesh loses about Tk 5,000 crore in road accidents every year, in terms of damage to properties and treatment and other expenses of the victims, a seminar was told on Thursday.