Budget
BudgetBudget 2021-22: Challenge lies in implementation
As per the rules, on 30 June, the last day of the financial year, the parliament passed the budget of Tk 6.03 trillion for FY2021-22, which is to be effective from 1 July, the first day of the new ...
Interview: Syed Manzoorul Islam
‘It is unfortunate that education is not a national priority’
Syed Manzoorul Islam, educationist and writer, in an interview with Prothom Alo, speaks at length on the damages being done to education in Bangladesh during the coronavirus pandemic and what the ...
Does the government bother about the unemployed?
It is the unemployed and the new poor who have been overlooked in the budget
Health minister super model of corruption: GM Siraj
BNP member of parliament GM Siraj has termed health minister Zahid Maleque as a super model of corruption
Interview: Anu Muhammad
'The government wants ignorant, unquestioning, loyal citizens'
Economist Anu Mohammad sees nothing in the budget for the new poor, nothing for the development of the health sector or the education sector. It will just widen the gap between the rich and poor and ...
Interview: Akbar Ali Khan
'Administrative reforms must to properly implement budget'
The new budget can hardly be a final one given the prevailing circumstances and crisis, and the government needs to take speedily decisions accordingly, says writer and thinker Akbar Ali Khan
BGMEA urges govt to simplify RMG export procedures
The president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Faruque Hassan has called on the commerce ministry to simplify the export procedures for the apparel sector
Finance minister rejects the claim of 25m new poor
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday rejected a claim that the coronavirus pandemic has made 25 million new poor in the country.
Lawmakers call for reining in money laundering
Six months after the foreign minister’s remarks, now lawmakers during the current session of parliament strongly demanded money laundering must stop.
Zero tolerance for corruption in financial sector: Finance minister
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday told parliament that 15 laws will be enacted within the next one year as the government is pursuing a zero-tolerance policy against irregularities in the ...
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