Budget

On Wednesday, Britain’s new Labour government unveiled significant tax hikes and increased borrowing to support Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s vision of long-term growth. In the first fiscal update under the centre-left government after 14 years of...

Faruque Ahmed, head of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), stated that building a large stadium in Purbachal at this time would not be possible with a large budget. The concept of naming a large stadium in...

The Taka 7,97,000 crore national budget for FY25 was approved by the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) today, with a primary goal of preserving economic stability and accelerating efforts to realise the government’s “Smart Bangladesh” vision. The next...

Today, Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali expressed confidence that the private sector would find the 2019 national budget encouraging and expressed hope that the economic growth momentum would continue in the direction of reaching the...

As Kyiv directs resources toward the war effort, lawmakers in Ukraine approved a government budget for 2024 on Thursday that calls for half of all state spending to go toward defense. Since the start of the...

Under the ‘Development Policy Loan for Strengthening Public Financial Management’, Japan will provide 30 billion Japanese Yen (equivalent to US$225 Million) as budget support to Bangladesh. To this end, an “Exchange of Notes” and a “Loan...

The World Health Organization received preliminary approval on Monday for a $6.83 billion budget for the next two years, which includes a 20% increase in mandatory membership costs. As the United Nations Health Organization began its...

The General Assembly on Friday adopted the United Nations’ 3.396 trillion dollar yearly normal budget. The budget for 2023 is more than that of 2022, which was $3.122 billion. In addition to political affairs, international justice...

The Wall Street Journal claimed that Facebook parent company Meta informed its staff on Thursday that it would be freezing hiring in an effort to reduce expenses during these difficult economic times. The Journal reported that...

The cabinet at a special meeting today approved the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2021-22. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting held at the cabinet room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Finance...