Money legalisation may聽be dropped: govt
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that they might drop the undisclosed money legalisation facility from the measures proposed in the national budget for the 2025-26 financial year.
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Tk 7.9 lakh crore budget unveiled with 5.5 per cent GDP growth rate聽聽
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday announced the new national budget with an overall expenditure outlay of Tk 7.9 lakh crore.
National budget to be announced on June 2
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed is scheduled to present the national budget for fiscal year 2025-26 before the nation on June 2.
Bangladesh to boost governance in public investment: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday said that Bangladesh was committed to strengthen governance in public investment by ensuring efficiency, transparency, and accountability of financial services.
Salehuddin urges all to work together to overcome economic challenges
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Friday urged all to work together for overcoming all challenges of the country鈥檚 economy.
NBR to remain split: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday firmly said the National Board of Revenue will continue operating as two distinct entities 鈥� tax and customs 鈥� clarifying that all previous confusion over the separation has now been resolved following discussions with cadre officials...
Announcement on dearness allowance got govt employees soon: adviser聽聽聽聽聽
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the interim government was considering providing dearness allowance to the public officials and employees.
Secretariat employees hold sit-in, demand special ration
Employees from various departments of Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday staged a sit-in programme in front of finance ministry building.
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...
Salehuddin for more ADB concessional loans
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has urged the Asian Development Bank to extend more assistance in the areas of digital inclusion, climate action, regional integration and sustainable financing.
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...
Bangladesh may seek extension of US tariff pause: Salehuddin
Finance affairs adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said on Wednesday Bangladesh would engage in negotiations with the United States over retaliatory tariffs, emphasising that efforts would be made to avoid any actions that could escalate tensions...
Tulsi鈥檚 comment will not impact Bangladesh-US ties: adviser
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the recent statement by US Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard would not make any impact on the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and the US...
Budget parley begins today
The finance ministry from today will start discussions with economic think-tanks, business bodies and non-governmental organisations as a part of its preparation for the next financial year鈥檚 budget...
Bangladesh not to suspend Indian LoC projects聽
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that they would not suspend any project being implemented with the line of credits from India...
DCs asked to help tax base expansion
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday said that deputy commissioners had been directed to help the National Board of Revenue identify taxpayers outside Dhaka and Chattogram...
Inflation to drop to 6-7pc by June, adviser hopes
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that they would be able to bring down inflation within the next three months...
Textile millers in Bangladesh for banning yarn import thru land ports
The country鈥檚 textile sector businesses have requested finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed to impose a ban on yarn imports using the customs houses of all land ports in the interest of the country鈥檚 textile sector...
No decision yet on dearness allowance: finance adviser
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the interim government had yet to take any decision on providing dearness allowance to the public officials and employees...
BR running staff members' logical demand already met: adviser聽聽
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said they had already met the logical demand for overtime payment by the Bangladesh Railway for its running staff members.
Make NBR more efficient: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday said that increasing the efficiency of the National Board of Revenue was essential for the growth of business in the country...
Economic reforms should get priority: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday said that Bangladesh urgently needed reforms in its economy to tackle significant challenges...
Special OMS of agri, farm products suspended: adviser聽
The interim government has decided to suspend special open market sales it introduced in October in the past year to offer agricultural and farm products at affordable prices...
Govt reviewing VAT on essentials: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Thursday said that the government was reviewing the issue of VAT rates, increased recently on some essential items and sectors like medicine and restaurants, as those affect the common people...
Supply chain problems behind rice price hike: adviser
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that not all but the price a specific variety of rice increased on the local market and blamed that supply chain management problems were behind the price hike...
Bearish vibe of market due to reforms: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the current bearish vibe of the capital market was due to the reforms being carried out...
Salehuddin plays down IMF鈥檚 growth forecast
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Thursday played down the International Monetary Fund鈥檚 observation that the Bangladesh economic outlook is gloomy...
Businesses鈥� influence on market too strong: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that the country鈥檚 businesses were very strong in terms of maintaining a marketing system which was almost impossible to break for checking commodity prices...
Govt trying to keep prices of essentials tolerable till Ramadan, finance adviser says
The Bangladesh interim government finance adviser, Salehuddin Ahmed, said that the government was working to keep the prices of essential commodities within the tolerable level in the market until the Holy Ramadan.
Lenders were 鈥榮oft鈥� to AL鈥檚 聽fake dev narratives
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday expressed displeasure with the queries from multilateral lenders while seeking additional fund for reforms aiming at reviving the economy wounded deeply during the past 15 years of the Awami League regime...