Bangladesh Budget 2023-24

Is Bangladesh at a triple crossroad?

Bangladesh has always battled and progressed through crises. But what future awaits us?

The high cost of failing to reform the cigarette excise tax

Using a tax simulation model, we assessed the expected impact of the tax and price increases on cigarette consumption, tax revenues, and health outcomes and compared it with current budget proposals.

National Budget FY2023-24 / Three perils unaddressed in the new budget

It is not clear how the money needed to implement this ambitious budget will be sourced.

The water tank with many holes

The man eager to pay back his debt is becoming a rarity. Yet, he represents the hardworking, honest Bangladesh that can bring real change to the system.

Budget lacks tools to contain inflation

The measures taken in the proposed budget for the next fiscal year have failed to address the most difficult challenge of containing inflation, and as a result, the suffering of common people will increase further, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said yesterday.

High Inflation: Worrying but under control

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said that though he is worried about the elevated level of consumer prices, the situation is still under the government’s control.

National Budget 2023-24 / Education lags again in funding and action

The new budget has not displayed cognisance of the need for post-pandemic recovery and remedial actions.

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.

National Budget FY2023-24 / Cause for frustration for common people

There is not much in it to make us feel better in terms of its focus and measures.

August 18, 2023
August 18, 2023

Is Bangladesh at a triple crossroad?

Bangladesh has always battled and progressed through crises. But what future awaits us?

June 27, 2023
June 27, 2023

The high cost of failing to reform the cigarette excise tax

Using a tax simulation model, we assessed the expected impact of the tax and price increases on cigarette consumption, tax revenues, and health outcomes and compared it with current budget proposals.

June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023

Three perils unaddressed in the new budget

It is not clear how the money needed to implement this ambitious budget will be sourced.

June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023

The water tank with many holes

The man eager to pay back his debt is becoming a rarity. Yet, he represents the hardworking, honest Bangladesh that can bring real change to the system.

June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023

Budget lacks tools to contain inflation

The measures taken in the proposed budget for the next fiscal year have failed to address the most difficult challenge of containing inflation, and as a result, the suffering of common people will increase further, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said yesterday.

June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023

High Inflation: Worrying but under control

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said that though he is worried about the elevated level of consumer prices, the situation is still under the government’s control.

June 2, 2023
June 2, 2023

Education lags again in funding and action

The new budget has not displayed cognisance of the need for post-pandemic recovery and remedial actions.

June 2, 2023
June 2, 2023

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.

June 1, 2023
June 1, 2023

Cause for frustration for common people

There is not much in it to make us feel better in terms of its focus and measures.

June 1, 2023
June 1, 2023

Budget has no reflection of people’s sufferings

An underwhelming budget at a time of overwhelming crisis