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  US move to slap tariff on all China goods brightens B’desh RMG export prospect

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:34pm on May 14, 2019

  The latest salvo of trade war between the United States and China with US preparing to slap tariffs on import of almost all products of...

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  ‘Misunderstanding’ between businesses, tax officials about VAT law ends: Kamal

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 15, 2019

  Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said that the much vaunted new value-added tax law would be implemented from July 1 as a ‘misunderstanding’...

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  Suspicious financial transaction rises 64pc

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 15, 2019

  The number of reports on suspicious transaction and activities about money laundering and terror financing has increased nearly 64 per cent in the fiscal year...

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  US-China trade setback stokes recession fears, stocks slide

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019

  Global equities fell on Monday after their worst week of 2019 as hopes of an imminent US-China trade deal were crushed, raising fears of a...

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  Haider becomes EC chair, Bakhtiar vice-chair of IFIL

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019

  Rezakul Haider has been elected as chairman of executive committee while SM Bakhtiar Alam as vice-chairman of board of directors of Islamic Finance and Investment...

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  India April inflation hits six-month high, keeps rate cut hopes alive

  Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019

  India’s retail inflation rate hit a six-month high in April, due to bigger increases in food prices, but remained below the central bank’s target for...

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  Pakistan to get $6b from IMF over next three years

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019

  Pakistan and the IMF have reached a new agreement securing a $6 billion bailout for the cash-strapped country, officials said Sunday, following months of painstaking...

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  Uber shares fall for second day after ill-fated IPO, Lyft follows

  Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019

  Uber Technologies Inc shares were set to fall another 7 per cent on Monday, doubling losses since its poorly-received Wall Street debut on Friday and...

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  Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs

  Reuters . San Francisco | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019

  Amazon.com Inc is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders.The company started adding technology to...

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  Biman resumes Dhaka-Delhi flight

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . New Delhi/Dhaka | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019

  Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Monday resumed Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka direct flights after nearly five years with three flights a week initially as India’s private Jet airways halted...