Flats, houses to be costlier
16 June 2023, 02:30 AM
Business
'Only bank borrowing can help manage budget deficit'
15 June 2023, 11:27 AM
Business
Tax return for credit card to bar financial inclusion
14 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Business
'Cut ADP allocation to contain inflation'
13 June 2023, 09:57 AM
Business
National Budget 2023-24: Of sweet accounting and sour economics
10 June 2023, 13:00 PM
Opinion
Benefit extension for consumer electronics ‘encouraging’
8 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Business
Focus on developing waterways in budget
7 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Business
Bangladesh’s budget deficit in FY24 could be at risk: Fitch Ratings
7 June 2023, 06:18 AM
Business
National Budget FY2023-24 / Three perils unaddressed in the new budget
4 June 2023, 14:00 PM
Opinion
PM slams critics of FY 23-24 budget, says AL will be able to implement it
4 June 2023, 06:36 AM
News
Flats, houses to be costlier
Flats and houses will become expensive as the government has increased the duties on basic construction materials such as cement, steel and tiles in the proposed budget, said a top executive of a real estate company.
16 June 2023, 02:30 AM
Tax return for credit card to bar financial inclusion
The tax on digital payments tools should be reduced and incentives should be given to encourage electronic payments in a bid to transform the country into a cashless society, said Syed Mohammad Kamal, country manager of Mastercard.
14 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Benefit extension for consumer electronics ‘encouraging’
The extension of existing benefits for local consumer electronics industries through the proposed national budget is very encouraging, said Golam Murshed, managing director and chief executive officer of Walton Hi-Tech Industries, yesterday.
8 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Focus on developing waterways in budget
The government’s budget should focus on developing inland waterways with a view to cutting goods transportation costs and reducing pressure on roadways, said the top executive of a logistics and container terminal operations management company.
7 June 2023, 18:00 PM
PM slams critics of FY 23-24 budget, says AL will be able to implement it
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government will be able to implement the Tk 7,61,785-crore national budget for 2023-24 fiscal year.
4 June 2023, 06:36 AM
Safety Net Budget Fy 2023-24: Spending just 1.01pc of GDP, not 2.52pc
On paper, Tk 126,272 crore, the amount earmarked for social safety net programmes, looks to be a hefty sum. But the sum flatters to deceive: as much as 60 percent would be going towards those not in dire need.
4 June 2023, 01:00 AM
Budget lacks tools to contain inflation
The measures taken in the proposed budget for the next fiscal year have failed to address the most difficult challenge of containing inflation, and as a result, the suffering of common people will increase further, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said yesterday.
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM
High Inflation: Worrying but under control
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said that though he is worried about the elevated level of consumer prices, the situation is still under the government’s control.
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Why the cuts in edu, health budget?
Will cuts in allocations to education and health sectors create an obstacle to becoming a developed country?
2 June 2023, 17:11 PM
Pro-poor, pro-people budget, criticism flawed: Info minister
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has termed the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 as pro-people and pro-poor.
2 June 2023, 15:23 PM
Can government implement this budget?
No budget in the last 14 years has been implemented fully
2 June 2023, 12:29 PM
Little cushion for people against inflation
In April, the inflation rate in Bangladesh stood at 9.24 percent. And for some, this economic term has become an issue for deliberation in brightly-lit air-conditioned conference rooms.
2 June 2023, 01:10 AM
A budget divorced from reality
Self-contradictory is what best describes Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s fifth budget, and the last of the Awami League-led government’s current term.
2 June 2023, 01:00 AM
Smart Bangladesh: Budget theme mirrors AL’s 2041 vision
About six months ahead of the next general election, the government yesterday proposed the last national budget of its five-year term mainly keeping the ruling Awami League’s vision of a “Smart Bangladesh” by 2041 and the election in mind.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Hardly any mention of yawning inequality
The story of Bangladesh’s economic growth is predicated on solid ground.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Budget Snippets
Individuals who are required to submit income tax returns to avail various government services will have to pay a minimum tax of Tk 2,000 even if they don’t have taxable income.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Subsidy benefits don’t reach us’
The government has spent more than Tk 28,000 crore as farm subsidies in the last two fiscal years. However, marginal farmers claim that they get very little benefits out of that.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Higher borrowing may fan inflation
The government will depend heavily on borrowing from Bangladesh Bank to manage its budget deficit in the next fiscal year amid the tax authority’s continuous failure to generate adequate revenues, a reliance that may stoke inflationary pressures and worsen the current economic volatility.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
No remedy for default loans, forex crisis
Though higher default loans and declining foreign currency reserves have been identified as the biggest risks to the economy of Bangladesh in recent times, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday fell short of coming up with any definitive measure to address the twin issues save offering some words of hope.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Tax subsidy costs nation Tk 1.78 lakh crore in FY23
The total amount of tax subsidies given in the form of rebates, discounts, exemptions, and reduced rates has been calculated to be at Tk 1,78,241 crore in the outgoing fiscal year 2022-23.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM