Budget allocation for edu sector increased by Tk 933 crore
The budget allocation for the entire education sector increased by Tk 933 crore in the proposed national budget for the financial year 2025鈥�2026.
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First budget under interim govt today
The national budget for the financial year 2025-26, with an overall outlay of about Tk 7.9 lakh crore, will be announced today amid expectations for prudent fiscal measures in line with the spirit of the July mass uprising that ousted the autocratic Awami League regime...
Salehuddin unveils Tk 7,90,000cr budget Monday
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed is likely to unveil a Taka 7,90,000 crore national budget for the fiscal year 2025鈥�26 (FY26) on Monday highlighting key issues like creating new employments, reducing inflation, facilitating trade and commerce and restoring economic stability alongside fiscal discipline.
Budget docs to be available on Finance Division website
聽The Finance Division will publish national budget-related documents for the fiscal year 2025-26 on its official website, immediately after the budget speech concludes on Monday...
Interest payment to reach 15pc of total budget聽聽聽聽
The Finance Division will have to put aside a substantial amount of fund to make the interest payment for loans taken from domestic and external sources over the past one and a half decades.
When education budget fails
FOR a nation that dreams of becoming smart and progressive, Bangladesh鈥檚 educational budget is anything but intelligent. Year after year, we manage the impossible: allocating the聽lowest聽proportion of GDP to education in all of South Asia. That鈥檚 not a passing trend; that鈥檚 an institutional achievement in national self-sabotage, if you will...
Surprise unlikely in upcoming budget: Debapriya
Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue Debapriya Bhattacharya on Saturday said as there are no significant initiatives for recovering defaulted loans, bringing back laundered money, or expanding the tax net there鈥檚 no real surprise in the proposed budget...
Sufficient allocation for farm labourers in budget demanded
Leaders of Bangladesh Khetmajur Samiti at a rally in Dhaka on Friday demanded sufficient allocation for the farm labourers in the upcoming budget.
Tax-free income limit to go up
The interim government is going to increase the tax-free income limit to Tk 3,75,000 and make changes in the individual income tax payment structure in the national budget for the forthcoming financial year of 2025-26, said finance ministry officials.
UGC member Masuma for research-friendly budget
University Grants Commission Bangladesh member Professor Masuma Habib said that a research-friendly budget would further advance education and research. This would inspire future generations in agricultural research and newly invented technologies could be applied in the agricultural sector of Bangladesh...
More funds, oversight needed for women鈥檚 development
A HIGH allocation for women in the budget and the stringent oversight of the allocation can ensure a proper use of the budget funds meant for spending on women to attend to gender inequality. In the light of such a proposition, participants in a pre-budget dialogue, 鈥楢dvancing gender-responsive budgeting FFD4 Outcome鈥� that the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs...
Higher monitoring stressed for gender budget
Improving monitoring of the allocations under the gender responsive budget, a tool used for addressing gender inequality, is needed to ensure proper utilisation of budgetary funds meant for women, discussants said at a pre-budget dialogue on Monday...
FY26 budget should focus on damage control: Amir Khasru
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has urged the interim government to focus on damage control in the upcoming national budget instead of continuing with current policies...
FY26 budget with Tk聽5,922cr for polls finalised
The finance ministry is expected to allocate a higher amount of fund, over Tk聽5,000 crore, to the Election Commission in the 2025-26 financial year budget for the purpose of holding next national election and local government polls, ministry officials said.
Focus on human resource capacity in budget urged
Academics, researchers and rights activists on Friday said that the next national budget should focus on increasing the country鈥檚 human resource capacity to reduce import and dependency on foreign skills.
40pc allocation for agriculture sector demanded in budget
Leader of Samajtantrik Khetmajur O Krishak Front on Thursday at a rally in Dhaka demanded 40 per cent of the development allocation for the agricultural sector in the forthcoming budget for fiscal 2025-26...
Framework for changes
BANGLADESH continues to face significant challenges in ensuring quality education, universally recognised as the cornerstone of national development, for all. Despite commendable progress in the enrolment rate, the dropout rate remains high, especially among girls and in marginalised communities while learning outcomes lag behind regional peers. The key to...
Falling budget allocation for water, sanitation, hygiene worrying: campaigners
Civil society organisations on Monday expressed concern over the declining budget allocations for water, sanitation and hygiene...
Budget being made with flawed data: discussion
Speakers in a discussion on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the preparations for the upcoming national budget with flawed assumptions of the gross domestic product made by the Awami League regime ousted by a popular uprising in the past year.
Yunus for full use of allocation
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Saturday asked the Finance Division to ensure that every allocation under the budget is properly spent.
Higher budget for women, children with disabilities sought
Rights organisation Nari Unnayan Shakti has called for increased national budget allocation and the introduction of a separate budget for women and children with disabilities...
Effective budget planning sought
A dialogue in the capital underscored the importance of strategic planning and effective implementation to unlock broader development outcomes for the country, said a press release...
No printing of money for FY26 budget: adviser
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the forthcoming national budget for the 2025-26 financial year would be a realistic one and there would be no printing of money for meeting the budget deficit...
SME Foundation seeks policy support, more allocation
The SME Foundation has proposed unified 10 per cent VAT for SME sector industries and 1.0 per cent surcharge on profit gain in the upcoming national budget of FY26...
NATIONAL BUDGET FY26: Cash subsidy on exports to be slashed by Tk 1,000 crore
The government is likely to cut down on the cash incentive on exports by more than Tk 1,000 crore in the new financial year of 2025鈥�26.
FY26 budget to be announced first Monday of June
The national budget for the 2025-26 financial year will be announced on the first Monday of June instead of the traditional announcement day, the first Thursday of the month, due to the celebration of Eid-ul-Azha, a religious festival of the Muslims, Finance Division officials said...
Not worried about budget support from lenders: adviser
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday said that they were not worried about the availability of budgetary support from the multilateral lenders to meet budget deficit...
FY26 BUDGET:聽Task force鈥檚 advice, safety net, inflation聽in focus
The national budget for the 2025-26 financial year will accommodate major recommendations made by a task force on economy to tame inflation and expand the social safety net by bringing about major changes in the public spending and...
Cultural activists demand 1pc of national budget
Cultural activists on Friday demanded that one per cent of the national budget for the financial year 2025-26 be set aside for the cultural sector.
Trump eyes slashing State Department by 50pc: media
The US State Department is expected to propose an unprecedented dismantling of Washington鈥檚 diplomatic reach, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday, shuttering programs and embassies worldwide to slash the budget by almost 50 per cent...