2023-24 National Budget
Don't put unjust tax burden on citizens
Government should scrap the plan to impose a minimum tax of Tk 2,000 on low-income TIN holders
A budget divorced from reality
Self-contradictory is what best describes Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s fifth budget, and the last of the Awami League-led government’s current term.
A bleak time to draw up budget
In June last year when Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the budget in parliament, inflation had already been creeping up and the foreign currency reserves were on the decline. These two had derailed the full economic recovery from a two-year crisis wrought by the Covid pandemic.
Budget Subsidies: Big chunks go to power, fertiliser
The allocation for subsidies in agriculture, food, and power will be raised considerably in the next budget, with an aim to ease inflationary pressure on people.
Don't put unjust tax burden on citizens
Government should scrap the plan to impose a minimum tax of Tk 2,000 on low-income TIN holders
A budget divorced from reality
Self-contradictory is what best describes Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s fifth budget, and the last of the Awami League-led government’s current term.
A bleak time to draw up budget
In June last year when Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the budget in parliament, inflation had already been creeping up and the foreign currency reserves were on the decline. These two had derailed the full economic recovery from a two-year crisis wrought by the Covid pandemic.
Budget Subsidies: Big chunks go to power, fertiliser
The allocation for subsidies in agriculture, food, and power will be raised considerably in the next budget, with an aim to ease inflationary pressure on people.