Budget realistic in difficult time: AL
The ruling Awami League said on Thursday that the proposed budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year was realistic and pro-people at the time of the...
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5.3 per cent of budget allocated for defence
The government, in the proposed budget for the 2024-25 financial year, has allocated Tk聽42,014 crore for defence services while the amount was Tk聽41,732 crore in the outgoing year...
Laptop, milk powder to be cheaper
Laptops, milk powder, dengue test kits, and kidney dialysis kits are among the items to be cheaper following the announcement of new tax measures by finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday in the proposed budget for the financial year 2024-2025. ...
Monthly allowance for persons with disabilities remains same
The proposed budget for the 2024-25 fiscal has disappointed the persons with disabilities as the government merely increased the number of disability allowance recipients, but did not increase the monthly allowance...
Health sector sees little uplift in new budget proposals
Though he emphasised the government鈥檚 commitment to bolstering the health sector, finance minister AH Mahmood Ali has slightly increased the allocation for the ailing healthcare system in the National Budget for the fiscal 2024-2025....
Education sector鈥檚 share in GDP keeps falling
The share of allocation for the primary and mass education and education ministries in the gross domestic product has fallen in the proposed national budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year.....
Communication gets highest allocation for 12th straight year
The transport and communication sector has again received the highest allocation in the development component of the proposed national budget for the...
Ice cream, SIM cards, AC, freezer to be costlier
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday proposed extending tax facilities to some sectors and withdrawing facilities from some other sectors...
Finance minister outlines vision for 鈥楽mart Bangladesh鈥� in national budget
Finance minister AH Mahmood Ali on Thursday announced that the vision of 鈥楽mart Bangladesh鈥� would be realized through the integration of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence....
Govt targets inflation 6.5pc, economists doubt
The government has set a target to limit inflation within 6.5 per cent in the financial year 2024鈥�25, although prices of food and non-food items keep rising over...
Finance minister begins unveiling Tk 7,97,000cr national budget
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has started placing the Tk 7,97,000 crore national budget in parliament for the fiscal year 2024-25....
Cabinet approves proposed National Budget for FY 2024-25
The Cabinet, at a special meeting on Thursday, approved the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2024-25. The meeting was presided over by prime minister Sheikh Hasina at the cabinet room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban...
Chronology of Bangladesh鈥檚 national budget
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is set to place the proposed national budget for fiscal year (2024-2025) at the Jatiya Sangsad Thursday afternoon....
Dhaka stocks fall after 2-day slight gains
Dhaka stocks fell on Wednesday after advancing marginally in the previous two trading sessions, as cautious investors chose to remain on the sideline amid rising economic concerns in the country, market operators said...
Govt set to go soft on errant taxpayers
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is set to announce the new national budget worth Tk 7.79 lakh crore today, reintroducing the scope for undisclosed money and reducing tax waivers amid a prolonged economic downturn...
Parliament goes into session to debate, approve national budget for FY25
The 12th Parliament went into the first budget session on Wednesday to debate and pass the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2024-2025...
Daunting challenges ahead of budget
The national budget for the upcoming financial year 2024-2025 will be announced tomorrow amid decade-high inflation and growing pressure to...
Coming budget will widen inequality: CPB
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Sunday at a press conference said that the proposed budget for financial year 2024-25 would widen inequality and the rich would be richer while the poor would be poorer...
Budget to reflect IMF dictation聽
The new national budget to be announced on June 6 will reflect conditions attached by the International Monetary Fund under the current...
Opportunity of legalising 鈥榖lack money鈥� unconstitutional: TIB
The executive director of Transparency International, Bangladesh, Iftekharuzzaman, on Monday said that giving the聽 opportunity of legalising 鈥榖lack money鈥� in budget was unconstitutional and discriminatory....
NGOs stress increase in WASH budget
Allocation to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector should be increased in the national budget of the fiscal year 2024-25 proportionately to the growth of the annual development programme, according to representatives of local and international NGOs..
Govt mustn鈥檛 walk back austerity steps amidst economic decline
THE government鈥檚 plan to walk back austerity measures, even if partly, in the national budget for the 2025 financial year only because the measures that have been in place have failed to produce result appears impractical. Such a proposition of reversal would...
Govt may roll back austerity steps as earlier steps fail
The finance ministry is likely to narrow down focuses on austerity steps in the coming national budget following pressures from other ministries and...
Allocation for labourers in budget demanded
Leaders of various labour rights bodies, on Friday at separate rallies in Dhaka, demanded separate allocations in the forthcoming budget for the financial year 2024-25 to support the welfare of labourers....
Pension to remain in social safety allocations in new budget
The government is unlikely to separate the allocations for pension from the social safety net programme in the new national budget which, according to economists, is done intentionally to show the overall programme fat...
Special allocation in budget demanded for job creation
Academics, youth leaders and professionals on Friday at a discussion in Dhaka called on the Awami League government to formulate the budget for the financial year 2024-25 giving a sufficient allocation for creating jobs for youths of Bangladesh....
Govt borrowing to exceed new ADP
The government鈥檚 projected borrowing is set to exceed the planned provisional annual development programme size of Tk 2.65 lakh crore for the upcoming financial year, officials said...
PM endorses phasing out tax waivers
The National Board of Revenue will go ahead with its plans to phase out tax waivers from the upcoming new national budget to bolster the tax-to-GDP ratio, which is now...
Pressure on interest payment to mount in FY25
The payment of interest in the new national budget will cross Tk 1 lakh crore for the first time against the backdrop of a borrowing spree to meet high spending against...
Budget through layperson鈥檚 lens
THE finance ministry is busy preparing the national budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year. In tandem, pre-budget discussions are held with stakeholders, with the...