New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The recently announced reciprocal trade deal with the United States does ensure Dhaka a “marginal” duty cut to 19 per cent, but comes “at a steep cost”, including a commitment “to billions of dollars in purchases”, according to an analysis in Bangladesh media.“Bangladesh’s interim government has signed a sweeping trade agreement with the United States at the twilight of its tenure to secure a partial tariff relief, but the deal comes with significant geop…
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Dhaka, Jan 21 (IANS) Bangladesh interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus has failed to meet the expectations of the people who are forced into a budgetary belt-tightening under the combined effects of high inflation rates, low wages, and an artificial food scarcity, the local media has highlighted. “When the interim government took charge, expectations were high,” according to an opinion piece in Bangladesh’s The Business Standard. “A year and a half later, that hope has thinned. Pri…