Dhaka April 20, 2025, 8:11 pm
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Friday said the government did not think about sources of funds for budget, because it proritised saving lives, amid the pandemic.
Before the budget’s placement in parliament, it was authenticated by President Abdul Hamid after cabinet approval
One can only hope, is what one would remark once learning of Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal's revenue target for the upcoming fiscal year, due to begin from July 1.
The National Board of Revenue or NBR is set to increase tax on private car owners and the import of onion in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The size of the proposed budget could be approximately over Tk 5 lakhs 60 thousands crore
If the GDP growth comes down to 1.6 percent as per World Bank’s projections, it will be the lowest figure in 37 years in Bangladesh
The Group of 20 rich and emerging economies has pledged more than 21 billion US dollars to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19), the group said early on Saturday.
Renewable power generation increasingly costs less than the cheapest fossil fuel-based power generation options, according to a new report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Bangladesh is likely to receive US$250 million budgetary support from the World Bank (WB), as the Washington-based lender might approve the assistance next week, officials said on Monday.
The coronavirus will cause global economic output to contract by 5.2 per cent in 2020, the World Bank said on Monday.
The government may impose penal tax at a rate of 50 per cent on the amount involved in misinvoicing and fake investment in the upcoming budget (FY 2020-21).
The support was provided to 49 districts by 212 national and local NGOs
The government has selected a total of 17 development projects worth US$11.5 billion as priority ones for Chinese investment.
Cambodia may lose about 3.0 billion US dollars in tourism revenue in 2020 as foreign tourists to the kingdom dropped sharply due to the impact of the COVID-19, said Tourism Minister Thong Khon.
The economy will achieve a 3.8 percent growth in the 2019-20 fiscal year, higher than the initial forecast of 2 percent
The Prime Minister who is shouldering the whole process has decided to save the life as well as reopen the economic activities for the betterment of the country and its people
Economic policy experts, private sector leaders and health professionals have suggested enforcement of a 'hard' lockdown in the country for some days to help control an unmanageable spike in Covid-19 infections.
The five-day Ocean Dialogues which began June 1 is being hosted online by the World Economic Forum and Friends of Ocean Action
Garment, footwear and construction sectors have suffered the biggest economic hit during the Covid-19 pandemic with supply chain disruption as the top challenge, according to a latest report.
The first case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) was reported in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019. As of 31 May, 2020, over 6.2 million
