Activists express disappointment over allocation for culture
Cultural activists said that they were disappointed over allocation for cultural affairs ministry in the proposed national budget for 2024-25 fiscal year placed in the...
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Proposed budget requests MPs to pay tax for importing cars
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday requested the members of parliament to set a noble example by amending the privilege of importing duty-free cars for personal use....
Capital gain tax proposed for general investors if income crosses Tk聽50 lakh
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has proposed that general investors in the capital market pay capital gain tax from the 2024-25 financial year if their income crosses Tk聽50 lakh...
Stocks rise slightly on budget day
Dhaka stocks witnessed a slight rise on Thursday after a fall in the previous session, as investors were active on both sides of the trading fence, before the announcement of the national budget for the 2024-25 financial year later on the day, market operators said...
CPD criticises black money whitening provision in proposed budget
The Centre for Policy Dialogue, in an immediate response on Thursday to the proposed budget, expressed appreciation for the reduction of taxes on some essential items....
Mobile call, internet services to get costlier as tax raised
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has proposed that supplementary duty on mobile phone SIM-enabled telecommunication services to be increased to 20 per cent from the existing 15 per cent in the proposed national budget for 2024-25 financial year...
FY25 budget size $3b less than FY24 budget for devaluation of taka
The national budget proposed by the government on Thursday is approximately $3 billion less than the budget proposed for the previous financial year...
No more 24-carat gold under baggage rules
Titled 鈥楶romise to Construct a Happy, Prosperous, Developed, and Smart Bangladesh鈥�, finance minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali unveiled the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2024-25, totaling Tk 7 lakh 97 thousand crore....
Proposed budget a new plan of looting: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday called the proposed budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year a 鈥榥ew plan of looting,鈥� claiming...
Tobacco products to be cheaper compared to essential commodities: campaigners
Two anti-tobacco platforms PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) claimed that the proposed national budget for FY2024-25, if adopted, will once again make tobacco products cheaper and more affordable....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Inequality curb聽 stressed聽聽
Higher revenue generation from direct taxes to tackle dangerous-looking income inequality should get top priority in the upcoming national budget....