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Are We Shooting Blind?
The finance minister at his post-budget press conference on 10 June exhorted people to appreciate the benefits mainstreaming money laundered abroad may bring for the country.…
Topic: Budget
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Does ‘Budget Charm’ Captivate The Audience?
The days following the Bangladesh finance minister's presentation of the national budget in parliament turned out to be tiresome, for journalists and readers alike. The contents…
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Budget Bypasses Mass Transport Issue
Another budget was placed in the national parliament on Thursday, having a bigger size of Tk 6.78 trillion, with a plethora of promises but one. Finance…
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A Promising Budget With Missing Assurances
In addition to the legacies, the FY23 budget faces several new challenges in the interplay between macroeconomic stress amidst post-pandemic recovery in a deeply uncertain global…
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Addressing Inflation Should Get Priority in The Budget
This year's inflation situation is quite different from that of other years for two reasons. Strong economic recovery from Covid-induced fallout creates demand-pull inflation while Russia-Ukraine…
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Accountability in Utilising Resources is Crucial for Higher Revenue Mobilisation
The unreal target for revenue mobilisation has made the target numbers provided in the national budget unreliable and less authentic. For several years, the revenue targets…
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Finance Bill 2021 – The good, Bad and The Ugly
The agenda for diverting little more liquidity in the hands of middle and lower-middle class was not handled well through the budget, i.e. finance bill Along…
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Budget Ignores the Interests of the Common People
My former classmate, now the finance minister, presented in the Parliament the budget for the year (also the golden anniversary of our independence), and I congratulate…
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Education Budget Ignores the Pandemic
A dearth of imagination and targeted action The education community's plea for breaking the pattern of Bangladesh having the lowest public spending on education in South…
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Seven aspects of budget for FY2021
The finance minister of Bangladesh deserves thanks for presenting the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2021 at a time when the implications of Covid-19 (C19)…
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Data distraction and our budget
As success has many fathers, witty comments too have many misattributed sources. For example, the sentence that "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies,…
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Realities and Responses: Budget 2020-2021
Ruling 14-party alliance led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is full of activity with the formulation of Budget 2020-2021 under such landscapes when world is befuddled…