Business-Economy

Proposed budget aims to break debt cycle, clean up project mismanagement of the past: Planning Adviser

Staff Correspondent: Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud has characterised the proposed budget for fiscal year 2025-26 as one of reality-oriented and frugal. Speaking at a post-budget press conference on Tuesday (June

Exports rebound in May with 11.45pc YoY growth

Staff Correspondent: After a slight slowdown in April, Bangladesh’s goods exports have regained pace again in May, logging an 11.45% growth compared to the same period of the previous fiscal

Inflation expected to decline more than budget target: Governor

Staff Correspondent: Inflation rate in the country will fall more than the target set in the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2025-25, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur

Chance to whiten black money contradicts July movement: CPD

Staff Correspondent: Centre for Policy Dialogue’s (CPD) Executive Director Fahmida Khatun believes that scope of legalising black money will discourage honest taxpayers and it contradicts the spirit of the July

Tk 3.5cr toll collected at Jamuna Bridge in 24 hrs

Staff Correspondent: More than 30 thousand vehicles crossed the Jamuna Bridge in the 24 hours from midnight Sunday to midnight Monday generating a toll revenue of Tk 3.5 crore. With

Online shopping may get costlier for VAT hike

Staff Correspondent: The cost of online shopping may increase as the proposed budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year increases the VAT rate on online product sales commissions from 5 percent