Bangladesh's weak tax revenue raises foreign debt trap concerns

Falling government income is also affecting health and education spending

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Efforts by the government to grow Bangladesh's tax-to-gross domestic product ratio have not paid off, with the country's vast informal economy cited as one factor. © Reuters

DOULOT AKTER MALA

DHAKA -- Continued weak tax revenue is weighing on Bangladesh's development and raising the specter that the South Asian nation will fall into a foreign debt trap.

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