National Budget 2018-19
JS passes national budget FY 2018-19
The Jatiya Sangsad passes the proposed Tk 4,64,573 crore national budget for 2018-19 fiscal year.
Minister suggests lowering prices of liquor
Housing and Public Works Minister Engr Mosharraf Hossain suggests cutting down customs duty on liquor for the sake of flourishing tourism in the country.
No VAT on remittance: NBR
No VAT or tax has been imposed on remittance in the proposed budget for 2018-19 fiscal year, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) says.
MPs blast Muhith for bank scams
Opposition and some of the ruling party lawmakers in the parliament criticises Finance Minister AMA Muhith for not stating any measures in the proposed budget for fiscal 2018-19 against irregularities in the financial and banking sectors.
No directions on SDGs in proposed budget: SANEM
The proposed budget for fiscal 2018-19 does not have any directions to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) says.
Tax measures to hurt middle class
The proposed budgetary measures for fiscal 2018-19 will benefit the high and low income people, leaving the middle- and lower middle-class, which form the majority of Bangladesh's population, strained, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday.
No cheers in tax measures
Every year when the budget is placed in the parliament, Taufiq Hasan, a 35-year-old private sector employee, gets all worked up about which products and services he would have to pay more the following fiscal year.
Bowing to banks
The government is continuing to treat banks with kid gloves instead of going tough on them for the rampant financial irregularities and continued poor judgement.
Supplementary Budget: Muhith says sorry for inadequate discussions
For the first time in Bangladesh, a finance minister apologised for his inability to create an opportunity to hold elaborate discussions on supplementary budget in parliament.
No good news for individual taxpayers
There is nothing new for individual taxpayers in the upcoming fiscal as the Finance Minister opted to stick to his previous stance.
Tk 1,498 cr to be spent for development of sports
The government allocates Tk 1,498 crore for the Youth and Sports Ministry in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-19, Tk 307 crore up from the revised budget of the last fiscal year.
Allocation for education sector raised by 11pc
The government proposes raising allocation in the education sector by 11 percent to Tk 53,054 crore for the next fiscal year compared to the revised allocation in the outgoing fiscal year.
Prices of energy drinks, cigarette-bidi papers to rise
Energy drink and cigarette-bidi papers prices are expected to go up with the additional supplementary duty proposed in the budget for fiscal 2018-19.
Imported mobile handsets to be costlier
Imported mobile phone handsets will be costlier as Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes to increase 1 percentage point surcharge in his budget speech for fiscal 2018-19.
Wounded freedom-fighters, families to get Tk 400cr
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes to allocate Tk 400 crore in 2018-19 fiscal to support insolvent war-wounded and sick freedom-fighters or their spouses, children or grand-children.
Tk 42,000cr bank borrowing to finance deficit
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes to borrow Tk 42,029 crore from the banking sources to manage the deficit financing.
Budget: Prices up, prices down
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes changes to duties on different products, which will result in increase and decrease in their prices.
Tk 1,37,742cr proposed for women welfare
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes a Tk1,37,742 crore allocation for women's development in the fiscal year 2018-19, which is 29.65 per cent of the total budget and 5.34 per cent of the GDP.
Corporate tax hiked for RMG units
Corporate tax for the readymade garments units will be hiked to 15 per cent, what Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes in his budget for fiscal 2018-19.