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Proposed budget lacks realism, unable to address the current crisis: CPD

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has raised concerns about the 2024-25 fiscal year budget, criticizing the inflation and foreign ...

07 Jun 2024 23:40 PM

Inflation will be brought down in six months: FM

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali announced that Bangladesh expects a decrease in inflation later this year, though it will ...

07 Jun 2024 23:35 PM

China's exports grow 7.6% in May, beating expectations despite trade tensions

China's exports surged 7.6% in May, marking the fastest growth in over a year despite ongoing trade tensions with the ...

07 Jun 2024 21:56 PM

4 candidates in discussion as tenures of principal and cabinet secretaries to end soon

With the contracts of Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain and Principal Secretary Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah ending this year, speculation ...

07 Jun 2024 17:23 PM

Bangladesh will face significant economic crisis after this budget: GM Quader

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader criticizes Bangladesh's FY2024-25 budget, calling it conventional and not people-friendly. He warns of increased tax ...

07 Jun 2024 17:20 PM

Modi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power

Narendra Modi, re-elected as India's Prime Minister on June 5, 2024, leads the National Democratic Alliance with a slim majority. ...

07 Jun 2024 17:18 PM

T20 World Cup: Bangladesh to face familiar foe Sri Lanka aiming for a fresh start

Bangladesh begins their T20 World Cup journey against Sri Lanka in Dallas, Texas, with Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto aiming for ...

07 Jun 2024 17:14 PM

TIB condemns budget's black money amnesty as unconstitutional, discriminatory, and corruption-enabling

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) criticizes the new budget's unethical provision allowing black money legalization at a 15% tax, undermining honest ...

07 Jun 2024 16:53 PM

Budget FY25: Tackling Inflation and boosting revenue–but how?

Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali's first budget speech exuded an air of panic amid a cost-of-living crisis, economic struggles, ...

07 Jun 2024 15:44 PM

Prices up, prices down

Proposed budget changes may increase prices for phone and internet services, fuel, and cigarettes due to higher supplementary duties. Import ...

07 Jun 2024 01:09 AM