The proposed budget amounts to Tk7,90,000 crore, equivalent to 12.7% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...

Private airlines have gained a boost in the proposed FY26 budget, as VAT exemptions on aircraft lease rents and a reduction ...

The date for the national election should not be announced before the release of the July Declaration, National Citizen Party ...

Reforms must be completed by July this year and the national election should be held by April next year, Jamaat-e-Islami ...

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has reduced the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) of 12 kg cylinder at ...

However, Adviser Fouzul added a note of caution saying, “If international LNG prices stay favourable, we could gradually ...

In a joint response, PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and the Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) stated that the decision to ...

A policy will soon be framed to provide allowances to the family members of July mass uprising martyrs and the wounded, says ...

The allocation remains 1.53% of GDP, below the international benchmark of 4-6% by the "Education 2030 Framework for Action" of Unesco. The revised FY25 budget for education was 1.52% of GDP.

The increased value-added tax on mobile phone makers will not impact consumers, Xiaomi Bangladesh Country Manager Ziauddin Chowdhury said today (2 June).  "I believe VAT increases have no impact at ...

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In FY25, the agricultural allocation accounted for 5.94% of the original budget, which slightly increased to 5.99% in the revised budget ...