Implement national budget with transparency: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed all to implement the just approved national budget with competence and transparency in the new fiscal year. She made the directive while chairing the Cabinet meeting at her office here. Briefing reporters at the Secretariat, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said the prime minister has

Implement national budget with transparency: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed all to implement the just approved national budget with competence and transparency in the new fiscal year. She made the directive while chairing the Cabinet meeting at her office here. Briefing reporters at the Secretariat, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said the prime minister has

MCCI responds to proposed National Budget 2024-25

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) has said the 53rd National Budget for the financial year 2024-2025 comes amid significant global and domestic challenges, including market contractions, high interest rates, and geopolitical tensions. The proposed budget stands at Tk. 797,000 crore, representing a 4.62 percent increase from the

Chronology of national budget of Bangladesh

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is set to place the proposed national budget for fiscal year (2024-2025) at the Jatiya Sangsad this afternoon. This will be the country's 53rd budget and the 25th of the Awami League government in six terms. Tajuddin Ahmed presented the country’s first budget as finance minister

Cabinet approves proposed national budget for FY 2024-25

The cabinet at a special meeting today approved the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2024-25. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting held in the cabinet room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali, other cabinet ministers and state ministers concerned attended the meeting. The finance minister

Budget for FY24 passed in parliament

The parliament passed the Tk 7,61,785 crore national budget for FY 2023-24 -- with the goal of achieving 7.5 percent GDP growth rate and keeping annual inflation at around 6 percent. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal moved the Appropriations Bill 2023, seeking a budgetary allocation of Tk 11,10,840 crore which was

It fails to address macroeconomic challenges: CPD

 The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) believes that the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 has failed to address the ongoing macroeconomic challenges and crises. CPD Executive Director Dr Fahmida Khatun said this while giving a keynote speech at the CPD Budget Dialogue-2023 - an analysis of the proposed

Kamal unveils Tk 761,785cr national budget for FY24

GDP growth targeted at 7.5 while keeping inflation low Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Thursday placed a Tk 761,785 crore national budget for the next fiscal year (FY24) targeting a 7.5 percent GDP growth with an expectation of keeping annual inflation at around 6.0 percent. “Inspired by the patriotism of Prime Minister

Tk 88,162cr proposed for education

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Thursday proposed an allocation of Taka 88,162 crore for education sector in the national budget for 2023-24 fiscal year (FY), which was Taka 81,449 crore in the revised budget of FY 2022-23. Primary and mass education got Taka 34,722 crore, Taka 2931 crore more compared to

Chronology of national budget of Bangladesh

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to place the national budget for fiscal year (2022-2023) at the Jatiya Sangsad tomorrow (Thursday). This will be the country's 51th budget and the 23rd of the Awami League government in five terms. Tajuddin Ahmed presented the first budget as the finance minister of the