Cigarettes will be costlier as the finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed to increase supplementary duty on tobacco consumption.

The price of gold is likely to decline as Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed withdrawal of VAT on import of gold.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed to allocate Tk 10,000 crore to fulfil the emergency requirements to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal requests Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to provide continuous support to minimise the effects of the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak and the resultant nationwide shutdown.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal seeks more assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) to tackle the financial crisis thanks to the coronavirus outbreak.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says Bangladesh could lose 1.1 percent of its GDP growth due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says the interest rate on postal savings will go up again from March 17, once the automation process of the Directorate of Posts is completed.

Shares of five government banks will be on offer by October 31, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says.

Two ministers come down heavily on the officials of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for poor planning and maintenance of roads that causing people’s suffering and wasting public money.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has criticised Centre Policy Dialogue (CPD) for its remarks that the ratio of private investment to GDP has been hovering around 23 per cent for the last few years.

Bangladesh Bank has handed over the remittance award to loan defaulter and money launderer Shahjahan Bablu without scrutinising his background.

Any reforms in the banking sector will not be effective if those are made sparing loan defaulters, says Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal categorically says that the licenses of the insurance companies, those have not been enlisted in the stocks market yet, will be cancelled if they do not do so by the next three months.

The government has short listed 17 companies for buying liquefied natural gas (LNG). Cabinet committee on economic affairs approved a master sale and purchase agreement in connection to the purchase.

Senior Secretary to the Bridges Division Khandker Anwarul Islam will be appointed as the new cabinet secretary, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal tells journalists.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has asserted that default loans at all banks did not increase in the last six months.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has stepped back from his budget decision to increase the source tax on all national savings instruments to 10 percent, considering that the hike would add more burden on the fixed income groups.

State-run commercial and specialised banks waived interest amounting to Tk 1,198.24 crore last year, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal tells the parliament.

The amount of total default loan in the country’s banks and financial institutions has increased by about Tk 43,210 crore since September 2015, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal informs parliament.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal reveals the names of the top 300 loan defaulters in the parliament.