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CONCLUDING PART: SHARE MARKET, DESTINY, HALLMARK…

Corruption…??Or, pathological greed?

by rahnuma ahmed

? MEHEDI/NEW AGE?

MIND BOGGLING figures. The share market scam, 20,000 crore taka. Destiny’s rip-off, 33,000 crore taka. The Hallmark Group-Sonali Bank’s embezzlement, about 3,600 crore taka. But these are only particular instances of fraud and embezzlement, ones that have featured prominently in public outpourings of anger. Financial corruption is far deeper, more extensive. Continue reading “CONCLUDING PART: SHARE MARKET, DESTINY, HALLMARK…”

PART I: SHARE MARKET, DESTINY, HALLMARK…

Corruption…?  Or, pathological greed?

By rahnuma ahmed

? Mehedi/New Age

?Why should we pay our income tax when…??
INCOME TAX returns were due by September 30, 2012. Last week, while I sat in the office of an income tax officer — a rare one, for, unlike most government officials who tend to be rude and officious, she lives by the pledge of public service — I watched other taxpayers vent their fury. Continue reading “PART I: SHARE MARKET, DESTINY, HALLMARK…”