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Inadequate measures for exporters
The stimulus packages and measures announced by the government are inadequate to revive exports from the fallouts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to industry leaders.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Allocations for Migrants: Returnees in distress
Sabbir Hossain of Munshiganj returned home from Malaysia in mid-March when the Southeast Asian country was planning a lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Nothing special for small farmers
Though farmers have been hit hard by the pandemic, no special stimulus package for small farmers was announced in the proposed budget, frustrating agriculture experts and economists.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Mobile bills on the rise once again
The cost of using a mobile phone would go up by more than 5 percent as the proposed budget looks to hike the supplementary duty on all kinds of SIM services to 15 percent from the previous 10 percent.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Not so good news for the jobless
Ever since Belayat Ahmed completed his graduation two years ago from a college under the National University, he applied to different private companies and submitted his resume to a few job boards.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Income Tax: Loads ease on low income groups
Taxpayers in the low-income bracket have something to feel good about.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Thumbs-up for black money
Year after year, opportunities given by the government to whiten black money has failed to attract significant declaration, so the new budget proposes a new, lucrative offer -- invest and nobody, not even the income tax authority, will be able to question its source.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Not enough when it’s a pandemic
“Good decisions come from experience, but experience comes from making bad decisions.”
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Newly Printed Money: There’ll be crisis if not used properly
A good number of central banks across the globe have started printing money to get a turnaround from the ongoing financial recession.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Some are more equal to govt
Protected and unprotected: an oblique line of the government’s preference separated the two.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
No break for middle class
Save for a slash in income tax, there is no respite in this year’s budget for the penny-pinching middle class. Their expenditures will continue going up even as the global pandemic and resulting recession hits their incomes and slashes their jobs.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Extraordinary times, ordinary budget
The much-anticipated national budget for fiscal year 2020-21 turns out to be a document trying to run on the momentum.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
FY 2020-21: Allocation of total government expenditure by sector
Allocation of total government expenditure by sector FY 2020-21
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Blindsided by Covid-19
There is hardly any precedence of preparing a national budget under such extraordinary hard times and with so much uncertainties and dilemmas.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Social Safety Net: Nothing specific for new poor
There is no specific programme mentioned in the budget for the urban poor who have been hit the hardest during the shutdown of the economy for over two months.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Hands out for help
Hands out for help
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
A budget not of its time
Any finance minister delivering a national budget wants, ideally, to project three qualities: calm, authority and very slight dullness.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
No lessons learnt from recessions
The previous global financial recessions gave a lesson that any economic fallout can be tackled smoothly if the health of banks is protected from the crisis.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
A doctor finds her father as patient, in bad shape
Mitul Akter’s father came to her chamber at Regent Hospital in the capital’s Mirpur yesterday morning. He tested positive for coronavirus a few days ago.
10 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Centralised Oxygen Supply at Hospitals: Three in Dhaka getting it in days
With the need to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply at public hospitals having become increasingly critical in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, there appears to be a glimmer of hope as the authorities concerned are moving towards installing oxygen tanks in more hospitals.
10 June 2020, 18:00 PM