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Prices Up, Prices Down: New budget brings mixed bag of VAT, duty changes

Dhaka, June 2 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday unveiled the proposed national budget for 2025-26 fiscal year, changing VAT and duties on different products, which would lead to fluctua... Read More


Budget 2025-26: Streaming gets costlier as 10% supplementary duty imposed on OTT platforms

Dhaka, June 2 -- The cost of streaming services in Bangladesh is set to rise as the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2025-2026 includes a 10% supplementary duty on Over-the-Top (OTT) platf... Read More


Proposed budget increased monthly allowance for elderly, widow, disabled

Dhaka, June 2 -- 2026 fiscal's budget has increased the monthly allowances for elderly stipends, monthly allowances for widows and women survivors of domestic violence, as well as for the disability a... Read More


Special tax rate proposed in budget to attract quality firms to stock market

Dhaka, June 2 -- The government has proposed a special tax rate in the national budget for FY2025-26 to encourage listing of profitable and reputed companies -- both local and foreign -- in the countr... Read More


Anti-tobacco activists unhappy with govt's hands-off approach in budget

Dhaka, June 2 -- As the prices of and taxes on all tiers of cigarettes in the proposed 2025-26 FY budget have been kept unchanged, it will deprive the government of additional revenue worth at least B... Read More


BNP's Amir Khosru dubs budget unrealistic, disconnected from revenue reality

Dhaka, June 2 -- BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday said the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 would not be very easy to implement as its size is disproportionately lar... Read More


BNB's Amir Khosru dubs budget unrealistic, disconnected from revenue reality

Dhaka, June 2 -- BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday said the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 would not be very easy to implement as its size is disproportionately lar... Read More


Interim govt to rely more on bank loans to meet budget deficit

Dhaka, June 2 -- The interim government has decided to significantly increase its reliance on domestic sources, particularly bank loans, to finance the budget deficit for the upcoming FY2025- 26. The... Read More


10 new economic zones to come up in 10 years: Finance Adviser

Dhaka, June 2 -- The interim government has decided to set up ten economic zones in the next ten years aiming to generate employment. Of the ten, the following five will be implemented within the nex... Read More


Tk 100 crore-fund to be created for young entrepreneurs : Finance Adviser

Dhaka, June 2 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salheuddin Ahmed on Monday proposed creation a new fund of Tk 100 crore for the young entrepreneurs. "This is the first time such a fund is going to be created,".s... Read More