The proposed budget amounts to Tk7,90,000 crore, equivalent to 12.7% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...

Private airlines have gained a boost in the proposed FY26 budget, as VAT exemptions on aircraft lease rents and a reduction ...

The date for the national election should not be announced before the release of the July Declaration, National Citizen Party ...

However, Adviser Fouzul added a note of caution saying, “If international LNG prices stay favourable, we could gradually ...

In a joint response, PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and the Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) stated that the decision to ...

Reforms must be completed by July this year and the national election should be held by April next year, Jamaat-e-Islami ...

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has reduced the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) of 12 kg cylinder at ...

The allocation remains 1.53% of GDP, below the international benchmark of 4-6% by the "Education 2030 Framework for Action" of Unesco. The revised FY25 budget for education was 1.52% of GDP.

A Chattogram court has showed Tamanna Sharmin, wife of Chattogram's top criminal Sajjad Hossain, also known as "Chhoto Sajjad", arrested in five more murder cases related to shooting during July mass ...

VAT on services provided by housing companies to rise to 10%. The proposed budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 brings little good news for the housing sector. After reviewing the budget, stakeholders ...

But there was no breakthrough on a proposed ceasefire that Ukraine, its European allies and Washington have all urged Russia to accept ...

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