Budget

Budget

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Only 37% of our budget is transparent

Bangladesh's budget transparency remains low, scoring 37 out of 100 in the 2023 Open Budget Survey. Urgent reforms are needed to improve public access and oversight in fiscal processes

File photo of BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. Photo: Collected

Excessive control hinders businesses in Bangladesh: Khasru 

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Tk100cr fund for youth self-employment on the cards

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FY26 budget targets fiscal discipline, reducing deficit and inflation: Wahiduddin Mahmud

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Inflation control, investment attraction prioritised in upcoming budget

WB, ADB to provide $1.4b budget support to Bangladesh by June

WB, ADB to provide $1.4b budget support to Bangladesh by June

Guests at a views-exchange meeting titled "SME-friendly Budget Proposals 2025–26, at the ERF auditorium in the capital on 13 May. Photo: Jahir Rayhan/TBS

SME Foundation seeks Tk500cr special allocation in upcoming budget

Salehuddin Ahmed. Sketch: TBS

No reason for NBR officials to worry over division: Salehuddin

Education Secretary Siddique Jobayer visiting the temporary campus of Sunamganj University of Science and Technology on 2 May 2025. Photo: BSS

Education sector to get highest allocation in next budget: Education secretary

Photo shows members from the government bodies at the 45th meeting of the Consultative Committee of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), held in collaboration with the key stakeholders at a five-star hotel in the capital on Wednesday, 30 April 2025. Photo: TBS

Next budget should be pro-business, investment, considering LDC graduation: Business leaders

At a discussion organised by social platform Nagorik Bikash O Kalyan (Nabik) at the CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka today (29 April). Photo: Courtesy

Experts call for at least 20% of national budget to be allocated for children

Speakers at a pre-budget discussion held at the National Board of Revenue (NBR) office in Dhaka’s Agargaon on 15 April 2025. Photo: TBS

Upcoming budget framing should consider global realities too, say economists

NBR Chairman Abdur Rahman Khan speaks at a pre-budget discussion with business leaders at the Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) on 10 April 2025. Photo: Courtesy

Taxes to be increased reasonably in upcoming budget: NBR Chairman