Editor The U.K. and the European Union have settled on draft text for all but one significant issue. That last hurdle—whether Northern Ireland should be part of the EU’s tax regime for goods and services—prevented U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson from giving final approval to the text. The draft text however comes just in time to … Read more
Officials attending the ongoing plenary of FATF in Paris said, as per indications, Pakistan will be isolated by all members for not doing enough. The key outcomes of the meeting on global action against money laundering and terrorist financing, and decisions on Pakistan, Iran and other countries will be announced on Friday. According to FATF … Read more
The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police yesterday arrested Surjit Singh Arora, one of the former directors of the scam-hit Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative Bank. This is the fifth arrest in the case. Arora was summoned for questioning by the EOW’s special investigation team earlier in the day. He was a director of the PMC … Read more
The first rail line between India and Dhaka was opened in 2008 when Maitree express between Dhaka and Kolkata was started. In 2017 Bandhan express was also started between Kolkata and Khulna. On 21st of last month, Railway Minister of Bangladesh and India’s High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das jointly laid the foundation stone for up-gradation … Read more
Addressing Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Finance Minister said “We have just entered the second half of 2019-20 and already implemented a series of reforms with more on the anvil before the close of year. The reforms were and will be guided by close scrutiny of growth evidence in the economy.” On … Read more