Dhaka June 29, 2025, 12:37 pm
Kamal wearing a traditional Panjabi and Pajama with a black ‘Mujib coat’ started placing his 248-page budget speech featuring power-point presentation just after 3:00 pm in presence of leader of the house and Prime Minister S
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in his budget speech today also proposed to increase the tax-free income threshold for women and senior citizens above 65 years of age to Taka 4 lakh from Taka 3.5 lakh
He recommended allocating a total of Taka 126,272 crore, up from the current fiscal year's Taka 113,576 crore
The minister said this while placing over Taka 7.61 lakh crore national budget for FY23-24 at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) here
The Head of the State authenticated the proposed national budget of over Taka 7.61 lakh crore for the next fiscal year (FY24) at his Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban office (parliament complex) at about 2.45 pm
At the same time, a separate administrative structure was also needed with separate budgetary allocation to ensure the fresh water and proper sanitation and hygiene for the people
The scheme's initial reach will be small and optional for a period of five years, with plans to make it mandatory by 2028
Though the government is giving priority to agricultural production, the sector needs more allocation to boost production
The preliminary budget estimate was approved at a meeting of the Council for the Coordination of Fiscal, Monetary, and Exchange Rate held last week, chaired by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal
To enhance trade between the two countries, both Prime Ministers underscored the need for removal of non-tariff barriers
To support the growth of e-commerce in Bangladesh and to encourage new start-ups, which will create new job opportunities, a project titled 'My e-commerce, My own business
One of the major goals of the government is to ensure high-quality power and energy resources in order to meet the rising demand
Expansion of the social safety net is an important part of the government's economic recovery efforts to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The government is always striving to develop a safe, sustainable, environment-friendly and affordable communication infrastructure for building Bangladesh as a modern and developed country
The government has proposed allocating Taka 4,290 crore for the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in the proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 which was Taka 4,103 crore in the revised budget for FY 2021-22
The title of the budget for the next fiscal year is “Return to the Path of Development; Leaving the COVID-19 Behind”
The market is suffering from supply shortage and the existing stock can hardly meet half of the demand
This year, the budget comes at a time when Bangladesh,
The country's agriculture sector is witnessing a sluggish growth in recent years and it is inadequate to propel the targeted GDP growth, experts warned at a seminar in the capital on Friday.
Muhith moved the Appropriation (Supplementary) Bill, 2018 in the House