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Mr. Muhith’s budget: Spending out of the rut

Mr. AMA Muhith has secured his place in history. For a seventh year in a row, the finance minister has performed the ritual of placing Bangladesh’s national budget – a feat no other predecessor of the...

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While world sugar prices tumble, domestic prices set to soar

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) massively increased the import tax on raw sugar from Tk 2,000 to Tk 7,000 per ton, and that on refined sugar from Tk 4,500 to Tk 10,500 on August 26, less than two...

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Set the numbers free

Forecasting is difficult, particularly about the future — the saying goes. Figuring out how things had been in recent past ought to be easier. Not so it seems when it comes to statistics in Bangladesh....

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Spat over growth rate

In his budget speech the Minister of Finance has formally announced that the growth rate of the economy during 2010-11 will be 6.66 percent, the highest since the early ‘70s. It was not much in doubt...

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Nod to black money but for whom

Black is defined as non-existence of colour while white is the opposite, combination of all colours. So, psychologically, white is supposed to be more desirable than black. But this is not happening at...

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Budget 2015-16: Sonar Bangla & sustainable human development

The Finance Minister is going to place the budget for the year 2015-16 before the Parliament on June 04, 2015. This budget marks a point of transition for the Bangladesh economy. Despite a senseless...

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