National Budget
CPD’s 3 recommendations for next budget
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has recommended the government restore macroeconomic stability, widen fiscal space and ensure the best use of public resources through appropriate prioritisation in the upcoming budget for 2024-25
Economic stability must be the focus of budget: economists to finance minister
The upcoming national budget for fiscal year 2024-25 should focus on macroeconomic stability, reducing default loans and expenditure in mega projects, according to economists
Trillion-dollar investment needed in logistics to turn Bangladesh developed nation
DCCI said the size of the economy would have to be $2.5 trillion to become a developed nation by 2041
Ministries asked to send budget execution plan by Oct 8
The finance ministry made the call through a circular
CCC announces Tk 1,887.28cr budget
Chattogram City Corporation today announced a proposed budget of Tk 1,887.28 crore for the fiscal year of 2023-24
38 govt services that would require min tax
According to the proposed budget for the next fiscal year 2023-24, if one wants to avail one of 38 types of government services, they will have to submit proof of filing income tax return along with a tax identification number (TIN)
Will this budget help foreign trade amid dollar crisis?
Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, professor and chairman of the development studies department of Dhaka University, talks to The Daily Star about whether the proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year may help the foreign trade of the country amid the persistent dollar crisis
Tax measures: Tailored for ‘Made in Bangladesh’
There is bad news for consumers of imported luxury items: they will get dearer thanks to the tax measures the National Board of Revenue is preparing for the new fiscal year that begins on July 1.
Budget 2022-23: Better targeted social safety net
The government is committed to using the long-overdue National Household Database (NHD) from the next fiscal year to better target the social safety net programmes, in a development that can infuse dynamism in the flat scheme.
Focus on fighting inflation, not higher GDP growth
The upcoming budget for fiscal year 2022-23 should focus on checking inflation to give relief to the poor, lower middle and middle-income people, not on the higher gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate, said economists yesterday.
Level-headed development targets
Pragmatism was the order of the day when the finance division sat down to draft the development budget for fiscal 2021-22.
National budget on June 9: Finance Minister
The budget of the upcoming fiscal year will be presented on the national parliament on June 9, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.
Budget not mitigating crisis of disadvantaged groups: Citizen’s Platform for SDGs
The budget for this fiscal has not taken proper steps to mitigate the crisis of the disadvantaged people who have been hit hard by the ongoing economic crisis, analysts said today.
Budget devoid of job loss issues
The proposed national budget for fiscal 2020-21 has not addressed the issues of people who remain unemployed after losing their jobs and incomes at home and abroad during the ongoing pandemic, according to the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS).
First budget of Bangladesh: Bangabandhu’s nation-building challenges
Finance Minister Tajuddin Ahmad presents to the nation today the first budget of Bangladesh. He describes it as the budget for development, rehabilitation and reconstruction which seeks to narrow the gap between lower and higher income groups,
