Bangladesh National Budget FY2024-25
Make gender budget transparent: speakers
Speakers at a press conference yesterday urged the government to ensure the effective allocation, implementation, and evaluation of the gender budget designated for women’s empowerment in the 2024-25 national budget.
Make budget tight, control inflation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the finance ministry to formulate a contractionary budget for the upcoming fiscal year to control inflation.
Health, education face spending cuts again
Education and health sectors are set to get less Annual Development Plan allocation than prescribed in the eighth five-year plan.
NBR may take host of measures to boost collection
The measures include keeping the tax-exempt income threshold unchanged at Tk 3.5 lakh, a move that is expected to increase revenue receipts and bring more people under the tax net.
The next budget should push for clean and secure energy
The forthcoming national budget could create a renewable energy fund to further stimulate the renewable energy sector’s progress.
Hike tax on cigarettes to boost revenue collection
The tax on cigarettes in Bangladesh should be raised in the national budget for fiscal 2024-25 to boost the country’s revenue generation and minimise health risks, according to experts.
How the FY2025 budget can address our economic challenges
The upcoming budget should adopt a balanced approach to address economic slowdown and inflationary pressure.
Economy facing a 3-pronged challenge
Persistent high inflation, high debt burden and slow economic growth are the three challenges facing the economy, noted economist Debapriya Bhattacharya said yesterday.
Decent jobs, quality education should get top priority in budget
About 22 percent of the respondents placed top priority on decent jobs, 17.5 percent on quality education and 12 percent on social protection, said the associated report.
Expectations for a good budget
How do you define a good budget? Should it be all-inclusive? Should it be too large? Or should it only focus on the possible future of the nation and allocate more to education and healthcare?
