Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed yesterday said the interim government will not incorporate any mega projects that cost billions of dollars in the next budget for FY2025-26.
Besides, the Cabinet approved in principle the draft of the Institute of Frontier Technology Act, 2014, to establish the institute in Madaripur's Shibchar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the proposed national budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year was not "ambitious", vowing to take Bangladesh forward
The proposed budget for fiscal year 2024-25 offered no relief to startups and neglected their long-standing demands, in sharp contrast with the government’s vision for a Smart Bangladesh, where startups are key economic drivers.
The budget session of this year will begin from June 5. The House will go into sitting at 5:00pm, said a press release of the Parliament Secretariat. This will be the third session of 12th parliament. President Mohammed Shahabuddin convened the budget session today exercising the power bestowed upon him as per clause (1) of article 72 of the constitution.
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has recommended the government restore macroeconomic stability, widen fiscal space and ensure the best use of public resources through appropriate prioritisation in the upcoming budget for 2024-25
The upcoming national budget for fiscal year 2024-25 should focus on macroeconomic stability, reducing default loans and expenditure in mega projects, according to economists
How can they contribute to the budget without taking part in the discussions?
The government plans to boost exports by promoting large industries and send a record number of migrant workers abroad to raise foreign currency reserves.
The government is not keeping a separate allocation for vaccines in the next fiscal year’s budget as it pulls back from vaccine procurement given the high inoculation rate and low infection rates.
Wishful thinking -- is what best describes the maiden tax amnesty campaign the government is planning to lure money back home next fiscal year.
There is bad news for consumers of imported luxury items: they will get dearer thanks to the tax measures the National Board of Revenue is preparing for the new fiscal year that begins on July 1.
The government is committed to using the long-overdue National Household Database (NHD) from the next fiscal year to better target the social safety net programmes, in a development that can infuse dynamism in the flat scheme.
The upcoming budget for fiscal year 2022-23 should focus on checking inflation to give relief to the poor, lower middle and middle-income people, not on the higher gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate, said economists yesterday.
Pragmatism was the order of the day when the finance division sat down to draft the development budget for fiscal 2021-22.
The budget of the upcoming fiscal year will be presented on the national parliament on June 9, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.
The budget for this fiscal has not taken proper steps to mitigate the crisis of the disadvantaged people who have been hit hard by the ongoing economic crisis, analysts said today.
