Overall budget expenditure jumped nearly 25 percent year-on-year in the first five months of the current fiscal year, driven by soaring interest payments and subsidies despite lower development spending.

Bold and aggressive measures are needed to establish specialised economic zones to attract private investment. Large scale public investments are required for special economic zones. Thus, the call for very ambitious growth target for revenue seems justifiable.

Writing on budget has become a challenge for me not only because so much has already been discussed, but there is barely anything original in the budget.

Jatiya Pratibandi Forum (JPF), in a press conference on Sunday, highlighted that there has not been any significant allocation for development of people with disabilities in the national budget...

Finance minister is unveiling the budget for 2015-16 fiscal – what is believed to be a jumbo size of around Tk 295,100 crore.