Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed yesterday said the interim government will not incorporate any mega projects that cost billions of dollars in the next budget for FY2025-26.

Besides, the Cabinet approved in principle the draft of the Institute of Frontier Technology Act, 2014, to establish the institute in Madaripur's Shibchar

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the proposed national budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year was not "ambitious", vowing to take Bangladesh forward

The proposed budget for fiscal year 2024-25 offered no relief to startups and neglected their long-standing demands, in sharp contrast with the government’s vision for a Smart Bangladesh, where startups are key economic drivers.

Says finance minister

The budget session of this year will begin from June 5. The House will go into sitting at 5:00pm, said a press release of the Parliament Secretariat. This will be the third session of 12th parliament. President Mohammed Shahabuddin convened the budget session today exercising the power bestowed upon him as per clause (1) of article 72 of the constitution.

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

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

DCCI said the size of the economy would have to be $2.5 trillion to become a developed nation by 2041

The finance ministry made the call through a circular

Chattogram City Corporation today announced a proposed budget of Tk 1,887.28 crore for the fiscal year of 2023-24

Planning Minister MA Mannan says

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)

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

Addressing many of our economic problems is proving to be difficult not mainly for economic reasons, but because of political ones.

As per the plan, a person will have to deposit Tk 2,000 as tax to the state exchequer even if he or she claims an income that is below the threshold, which charges zero tax rate, said officials of the finance ministry.

The budget of Bangladesh has become an orphan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now the foster father of it, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

The budget session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad will start on May 31 at 5:00pm, said a press release of the Jatiya Sangsad secretariat.

The finance ministry has not proposed any allocation on dearness allowance for government employees in its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, according to an official.

The government is expecting $2.5-3 billion by June next year from multilateral lenders other than the International Monetary Fund to help the Bangladesh economy weather the storm caused by the Ukraine war.