Govt targets 17pc expenditure of GDP for next two fiscals

The government has projected its expenditure to remain at 17 per cent of the GDP in the next two fiscal years defying the adverse impact of coronavirus, although the pandemic pulled down the rate slightly. In the current 2021-22 fiscal, the government expenditure has been set at 17.3 per cent of

Out-of-pocket expenditure for treatment rises by 1.50pc points

The out-of-pocket expenditure as a share of current health expenditure for Bangladesh has risen by 1.50 percentage points from the previous record, according to a research of the Health Ministry. Currently, a patient has to spend 68.50% of the total treatment cost which was previously 67%, a rate already quite high