IMF starts weeklong Bangladesh mission today
The International Monterey Fund will start a weeklong mission in Dhaka to negotiate over an extra $3 billion loan sought by the interim government in budget support.
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Restoring economy immediate challenge
The immediate challenge for the proposed interim government will be restoring the economy suffering heavy disruption over the student-led mass protests culminated in the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government...
UK finance minister to reveal fiscal audit of 鈥榖roke鈥� Britain
Finance minister Rachel Reeves on Monday was to claim Britain is 鈥榖roke and broken鈥� when she was to reveal the findings of an assessment into the country鈥檚 public finances ahead of a forthcoming budget...
German coalition pulls back from brink with budget deal
Germany鈥檚 ruling coalition struck a 2025 budget deal Friday after tough talks that nearly toppled the government, with chancellor Olaf Scholz vowing the country would remain...
RU announces Tk 518.95 crore budget for FY2024-25
Rajshahi University on Tuesday announced its annual budget of Tk 518.95 crore for the financial year 2024-25.
AB Party questions parliament鈥檚 legitimacy to pass budget
Leaders of Amar Bangladesh Party asserted on Monday that the current Awami League government had no legitimate right to pass the national budget in parliament, as lawmakers were not elected by the people...
Passage of budget retains largely all ills opposed to and criticised
THE Finance Bill 2024 has been passed. But the budget for the 2025 financial year in its passage has retained a controversial provision that economists have always been opposed to. The passage of the bill has also failed to handle a few other issues that were considered beneficial for the economy...
JS passes budget for FY 2024-25
The Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday passed the Tk 7,97,000 crore national budget for FY25 setting a goal for achieving 6.75 per cent gross domestic product growth and...
JU announces Tk 318.44cr budget for FY2024-25
Jahangirnagar University announced its annual budget of Tk 318.44 crore for the financial year 2024-25 on Saturday, with Tk 7.22 crore allocated for research and innovation...
JU announces Tk 318.44cr budget for FY2024-25
Jahangirnagar University announced its annual budget of Tk 318.44 crore for the financial year 2024-25 on Saturday, with Tk 7.22 crore allocated for research and innovation....
CCC announces Tk 1981.52cr budget for FY 2025
The Chattogram City Corporation announced a budget of Tk 1981.52 crore for the financial year 2024-25 on Thursday...
Madan municipality budget announced
The Madan municipality in Netrakona announced the budget for the financial year 2024-25 and organised a public hearing on Wednesday, said a press release...
Deplorable failure to address power policy flaws
THE likely increase in the losses of the Bangladesh Power Development Board by almost 200 per cent in 2025 suggests a deplorable absence of measures to amend the power policy, which is burdened by, among others, an abnormal level of overcapacity and an absurd capacity charge system...
NGWF demands introduction of rationing for garment workers
The National Garment Workers Federation on Monday demanded a special allocation in the proposed national budget for the financial year 2024-25 for introduction of rationing for the garment workersin Bangladesh....
Budgetary support for holders of undisclosed wealth unacceptable
THE proposed budgetary provision for legalising illicit income has drawn criticism of economists, civil society actors and, even, ruling Awami League lawmakers. The proposal says that no authority can raise any questions if people willing to legalise undisclosed wealth pay taxes at fixed rates for immovable property such as flats and land and 15 per cent tax on other assets...
BSMMU approves budget of Tk聽1,054cr聽
The syndicate of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University has approved budget of Tk聽1 thousand 54 crore 33 lakh 90 thousand for the financial year...
Nat鈥檒 budget yet to be passed, things can be revised: finance minister
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday said that the government was considering all realistic criticism and suggestions regarding the national budget before passing it in the parliament...
Finance minister criticised in JS for agriculture subsidy cut
Independent lawmaker Md Nasser Shahrear Zahedee on Thursday criticised finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali for reducing subsidies in agriculture in the proposed budget for the financial year 2024-25...
Proposed budget lacks proper policy direction: RAPID
Research and Policy Integration for Development, a private think tank, has identified lack of proper policy direction in the proposed budget for the 2024-25 financial year against the government鈥檚 intent to address macroeconomic challenges...
Bangladesh JSD terms proposed budget as looter-friendly
The Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal on Thursday termed the proposed budget for the financial year 2024-25 as looter-friendly and said that it would increase sufferings of the ordinary people.....
Budget allocation for public univs reduced
The budget allocation for the country鈥檚 55 public universities has been reduced for the financial year 2024-25...
Tax amnesty to institutionalise corruption
Speakers in a post-budget discussion on Wednesday said that the country had been trapped into inefficiency while corruption was going to take on an institutional shape owing to the immoral scope of the legalisation of undisclosed assets...
Budget, economic crimes and why we don鈥檛 care
THIS has been a good few months for sensational media items and Bangladesh appears to be choking with such content which readers love. First, there was the murder and mince-meating of a member of parliament in a Kolkata apartment possibly over a fallout of smuggling and other deals gone sour and over the share of profits, etc...
Specific budget for marginalised people stressed
Speakers, including economists, emphasised the importance of allocating a dedicated budget to support marginalised populations, such as rural women and ethnic minorities, during a discussion on Tuesday...
Proposed budget doesn鈥檛 address woes of ordinary people
POOR allocation for sectors such as social safety, education, health and agriculture as proposed in the budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year is concerning. The proposed budget would hit the disadvantaged hardest. Economists at a discussion that the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs organised...
TOAB demands continuation of existing VAT exemption
The Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday called for continuation of existing VAT exemption on tour operator services, which is planned to be withdrawn in the proposed national budget announced on June 6...
Budget to widen rich-poor gap: Jasod
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod, a partner of the ruling Awami League led-alliance, on Sunday termed the proposed budget placed by the finance minister in the parliament as traditional and said that it would widen the gap between the rich and the poor...
ICT businesses concerned over tax waiver removal
Information technology sector leaders on Sunday expressed their concerns over some provisions in the proposed budget for the 2024-25 financial year, saying that the removal of tax exemptions for cloud services and IT process outsourcing could hamper the sector鈥檚 journey toward achieving self-reliance...
Stocks fall below 5,200 points after three years
Dhaka stocks witnessed a big fall on Sunday, the first trading session after the announcement of the proposed national budget, as panic driven investors continued to offload shares to protect their funds amid the prolonged downward trend on the market amid...
BNP terms budget聽anti-state
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday said that the proposed 2024鈥�25 national budget was not only anti-people, but...