Pandemic won’t affect economy that much: Kamal

The rules set by the government for people's movement during the pandemic will leave little impact on the economy and the lives of the general mass, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said yesterday.

"It (the Covid-19 pandemic) will be less harmful this time than we have been fearing it to be. We can handle it this time also the way we did earlier."

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The minister made the comments in a press briefing after a meeting of the cabinet committee on public purchase.

Responding to a question, Kamal said steps will be taken to solve the tax and stimulus related problems of the district level businesses if they share the issues in written form. His comment came a day after the top business leaders urged the government to take steps to put an end to the harassment businesses face at the hands of VAT and tax officials.