Budget Implication: Prices to go up and down
With the announcement of the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year (2019-’20), a number of products are expected to see fluctuation in prices both upward and downward.
Health sector allocation goes up
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed 5.63 per cent of the total budget outlay for health services and family welfare sector for fiscal year 2019-20, which was 5 per cent in the outgoing budget.
Kamal unveils first budget plan today
The finance minister, AHM Mustafa Kamal, is set to propose the national budget of about Tk 5,23,191 crore for the next financial year in parliament today amid challenges of higher revenue generation and improving capacity to check big discrepancy between projection and implementation.
Government plans to redevelop Old Dhaka
The government has forged a plan to redevelop Old Dhaka in a ‘planned manner’ for widening its roads and public spaces through vertical expansion.
Bangladesh slips 9 steps down in Global Peace Index
Bangladesh has moved nine steps down in the Global Peace Index 2019, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace.
Home minister asks IG Prisons to curb jail corruption
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday asked the inspector general of prisons to curb corruption inside jails across the country after a recent internal inquiry by the ministry found widespread corruption and irregularities in the prison system.
CORRUPTION IN ACC Public perception not totally baseless: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that the public perception about many of the Anti-Corruption Commission employees being involved in corruption was not totally baseless.
OUTGOING FINANCIAL YEAR 2018-19 Budget implementation goes off track
The implementation of the national budget in the outgoing financial year has gone off track because of slow revenue growth and struggle by government agencies to improve development expenditure and service delivery.
INCOME FROM SAVINGS INSTRUMENTS Tax rate likely to go up
The government is likely to increase the rate of tax on the interest income derived from investment in national savings instruments in the upcoming 2019-20 national budget.
Tk 5,23,191 crore new budget likely
An overall expenditure outlay of Tk 5,23,191 crore is likely to be proposed in the budget for the next financial year to be placed in parliament by finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday.
