subsidy

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Economy

Tk5,280cr to be spent yearly on food subsidy for 1cr family cards

Family card holders can buy a maximum of two litres of soybean oil, two kilograms of lentil, one kilogram of sugar and two kilograms of onion

Picture: TBS/SAP
Bangladesh

‘Metro rail fare already subsidised’

'Raising price of electricity to decrease subsidy is illogical'
Videos

'Raising price of electricity to decrease subsidy is illogical'

Urban areas are already emerging as the new poverty frontier. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Economy

Govt to increase subsidy instead of hiking TCB product prices

Where all the social supports go
Budget

Where all the social supports go

Proposal to increase subsidy on fuel, gas and fertiliser
Economy

Proposal to increase subsidy on fuel, gas and fertiliser

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

10% subsidy at toll plazas for fast track lane users

Economist Zahid Hussain. Illustration: TBS
Analysis

The economics of remittance subsidy

FILE PHOTO: China Eastern Airlines aircraft are seen parked on the tarmac in Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, China June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

China will give cash subsidies to airlines for two months

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Banking

Banks to give more 4% interest loans for import substitution crops

File photo of Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. Picture: CPD
Analysis

Fiscal consolidation is a way out

Safety net needs to be expanded by minimising corruption 
Analysis

Safety net needs to be expanded by minimising corruption 

Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem. Sketch: TBS
Interviews

‘Subsidies are facilitating the concentration of exports, not diversification’