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Parliament passes new budget of ‘lives and livelihoods’

  • June 30, 2021
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Parliament passed the Tk 603,681 crore national budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 on Wednesday, the last day of the outgoing fiscal year (2020-21). Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal moved the Ap...

Tofail, Firoz lament growing importance of amlas at the expense of politicians 

  • June 28, 2021
  • 481
Two front bench MPs from the treasury and opposition on Monday expressed their frustration at bypassing political leaders in various emergency periods like the COVID-19 pandemic.Ruling Awami League’...

CGS webinar on Budget 2021-2022: Business friendly or lacks transparency ?

  • June 26, 2021
  • 440
Speakers at a webinar on Friday engaged in a healthy debate on if the  national budget  2021-2022 was a ‘one step forward’ or if it severely lacked accountability and transparency. Planning Min...

It’s hand to mouth budget, rather to recover the economy: Inu

  • June 15, 2021
  • 360
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Huq Inu on Tuesday said that although the finance minister identified the priority sectors correctly, but the budget allocation to these sectors are not corre...

Finance Minister dismisses the claim of 2.5 crore new poor

  • June 09, 2021
  • 457
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday discounted a claim that the coronavirus pandemic has made up to  2.5 crore new poor in the country.   “I don’t believe that 2-2.5 crore people ...

GM Quader slams govt. for vaccine uncertainty

  • June 07, 2021
  • 388
Deputy Opposition Leader Ghulam Muhammed Quader said in parliament on Monday that there is uncertainly and a lack of clarity over the government’s plan to procure Covid-19 vaccine. “But we still ...

Poor, jobless people largely ignored in budget: BNP

  • June 06, 2021
  • 319
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday alleged that the government largely ignored the poor and unemployed people amid the pandemic by not giving necessary allocation and announcing incentive p...

BGMEA wants continuation of 0.5 per cent source tax

  • June 05, 2021
  • 479
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Saturday demanded that the government continue the existing 0.5 per cent source tax for the next five years in the new budget. ...

Allocation in budget for agriculture 'enough' for Dr Razzaque

  • June 04, 2021
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Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Friday said enough allocation was given for the agriculture sector in the proposed national budget of 2021-22 fiscal year. “I feel no deficit in the alloca...

Businessmen given highest benefits with objective to create jobs: Finance Minister

  • June 04, 2021
  • 511
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has defended his tweaks to the law and budget items to provide businessmen the highest number of  benefits in the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2021-...