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Cultural advocates voice frustration over FY25 budget allocation

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali presented this proposed budget in the National Parliament on Thursday. However, representatives from the cultural sector have expressed dissatisfaction with this allocation, much like in previous years.

Finance minister infected with Covid-19

Cabinet Secretary for Coordination and Reforms Mahmudul Hossain Khan told The Daily Star

National Budget 2023-24: Of sweet accounting and sour economics

If we choose only 10 commodities and measure inflation, the figure will land at no less than 20 percent.

Why is government support for poor going to non-poor?

Only 40 percent of social safety net budget catering to poor, vulnerable groups

National Budget 2023-24 / Education lags again in funding and action

The new budget has not displayed cognisance of the need for post-pandemic recovery and remedial actions.

How did hundred crore taka budget go past lakh crore?

What is the national budget? What is the history of the budget? Since when did the government start using the budget as a tool to manage the income and expenditure of a country and provide funds for development expenditures? And how did Bangladesh's budget increase to this existing volume?

Utilising Funds: Health ministry fares worst, yet again

The health ministry continues to struggle with utilisation of funds allocated in the national budget, like it did in the past few years.

What Bangladesh's new budget should offer to common people

The upcoming budget poses significant challenges – arguably the most challenging in recent times – for economic policymaking in Bangladesh.

Managing the politics of budget-making

The main focus of the FY24 budget must be on economic stabilisation.

June 7, 2024
June 7, 2024

Cultural advocates voice frustration over FY25 budget allocation

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali presented this proposed budget in the National Parliament on Thursday. However, representatives from the cultural sector have expressed dissatisfaction with this allocation, much like in previous years.

May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024

Finance minister infected with Covid-19

Cabinet Secretary for Coordination and Reforms Mahmudul Hossain Khan told The Daily Star

June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023

National Budget 2023-24: Of sweet accounting and sour economics

If we choose only 10 commodities and measure inflation, the figure will land at no less than 20 percent.

June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023

Why is government support for poor going to non-poor?

Only 40 percent of social safety net budget catering to poor, vulnerable groups

June 2, 2023
June 2, 2023

Education lags again in funding and action

The new budget has not displayed cognisance of the need for post-pandemic recovery and remedial actions.

May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023

How did hundred crore taka budget go past lakh crore?

What is the national budget? What is the history of the budget? Since when did the government start using the budget as a tool to manage the income and expenditure of a country and provide funds for development expenditures? And how did Bangladesh's budget increase to this existing volume?

May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023

Utilising Funds: Health ministry fares worst, yet again

The health ministry continues to struggle with utilisation of funds allocated in the national budget, like it did in the past few years.

May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023

What Bangladesh's new budget should offer to common people

The upcoming budget poses significant challenges – arguably the most challenging in recent times – for economic policymaking in Bangladesh.

March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023

Managing the politics of budget-making

The main focus of the FY24 budget must be on economic stabilisation.

June 19, 2022
June 19, 2022

Good words and bad math in the new budget

The budget for FY2022-23 is filled with rhetoric. But its credibility is poor because of its contradictions between the priorities and the actual allocations for education, agriculture, health, and the vulnerable population.

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