44th budget
UGC approves Tk 3425cr budget
The University Grants Commission (UGC) approves a budget of Tk 3425.74 crore for 2016-17 fiscal year for the country's public universities and itself.
Prices down, prices up
The finance minister proposes changes to duties and taxes on different products, which will result in increase and decrease in their prices.
REPORT CARD ON MR. MUHITH
AL'S affable finance minister is a lucky man having done the national budget more number of times than any other finance minister.
BUDGET FY 2015-16 / The simple math
A national budget is different from a family budget, in that, the government fixes its expenditure first and then goes for hunting the sources of income, whereas a family gets its income and then determines the items of expenses.
Thinking Ahead
There are very few programmes that exclusively target the extreme poor. A background paper has revealed the actualw amount allocated in the budget for the extreme poor may be even below 1 percent of the GDP.
MACRO MIRROR: BUDGET FY2015-16 / Predictable yet unachievable
Writing on budget has become a challenge for me not only because so much has already been discussed, but there is barely anything original in the budget.
Revenue collection target high but achievable: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the revenue collection target of the proposed for fiscal 2015-2016 is high, but achievable.
100 economic zones to be set up in 15 years
The government has set an ambitious target of setting up 100 economic zones in the next 15 years, says the finance minister in his budget speech today.
VAT exemption for local industries
The government proposes to withdraw value added tax (VAT) on a number of products and services to encourage local industries grow further.
UGC approves Tk 3425cr budget
The University Grants Commission (UGC) approves a budget of Tk 3425.74 crore for 2016-17 fiscal year for the country's public universities and itself.
Prices down, prices up
The finance minister proposes changes to duties and taxes on different products, which will result in increase and decrease in their prices.
REPORT CARD ON MR. MUHITH
AL'S affable finance minister is a lucky man having done the national budget more number of times than any other finance minister.
The simple math
A national budget is different from a family budget, in that, the government fixes its expenditure first and then goes for hunting the sources of income, whereas a family gets its income and then determines the items of expenses.
Thinking Ahead
There are very few programmes that exclusively target the extreme poor. A background paper has revealed the actualw amount allocated in the budget for the extreme poor may be even below 1 percent of the GDP.
Predictable yet unachievable
Writing on budget has become a challenge for me not only because so much has already been discussed, but there is barely anything original in the budget.
Revenue collection target high but achievable: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the revenue collection target of the proposed for fiscal 2015-2016 is high, but achievable.
100 economic zones to be set up in 15 years
The government has set an ambitious target of setting up 100 economic zones in the next 15 years, says the finance minister in his budget speech today.
VAT exemption for local industries
The government proposes to withdraw value added tax (VAT) on a number of products and services to encourage local industries grow further.
Muhith’s 7th budget in a row
Finance Minister AMA Muhith will place budget for seventh time in a row on Thursday, the size of which is Tk 295,272 crore.
