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BNP calls budget ‘unrealistic’ with ‘growth on paper’

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday criticised the proposed national budget for the 2025–26 financial year, labelling it ‘unrealistic’ with ‘growth on paper’, similar to that presented by the previous government...

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Budget unlikely to boost investors’ confidence

Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Zaved Akhtar on Wednesday opined that the proposed national budget for the 2025-26 financial year will not increase confidence level for enhancing foreign direct investment...

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AMTOB welcomes budget

The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators in Bangladesh welcomed the proposed national budget for the financial year 2025-26, which was placed by the interim government on Monday...

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Proposed budget to help tackle inflation: RpCCI

Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RpCCI) president Md Akbar Ali has said the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2025-26 will play a positive role in curbing inflation and improving the overall living standard across the country.

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Money legalisation may be dropped: govt

Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that they might drop the undisclosed money legalisation facility from the measures proposed in the national budget for the 2025-26 financial year.

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No holistic response to crises: CPD

The proposed national budget for the 2025–26 financial year lacked the structural boldness and holistic approach needed to bring Bangladesh out of its current economic distress, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue, a local think tank, on Tuesday.

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Economists see lack of depth, reform vision

Economists have observed that the proposed national budget for the 2025–26 financial year lacks the structural depth needed to address Bangladesh’s long-standing economic challenges.

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AmCham hails ‘a balanced budget’ despite challenges

The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) said that the targets in the proposed national budget for financial year 2025-26 are positive but ambitious, given the current economic conditions marked by high interest rates and investment constraints...

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Budget comes with slim deficit

The interim government on Monday announced the new national budget at Tk 7.9 lakh crore, projecting ambitious revenue-earning measures to keep the deficit at tolerable 3.6 per cent.

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Corporate tax gap widened

The government has widened the corporate tax gap between listed and non-listed companies from the existing 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent in the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2025–26.

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VAT exemptions for local manufacturers extended

Bangladesh interim government in its Tk 7,90,000 crore national budget for financial year 2025–26 has proposed both reduction of VAT, tax and duties on a number of items, while their increase on some other items.

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Refrigerator, mobile phone, soap to see price hike

The prices of refrigerator, online sale, mobile phone, soap and plastic goods along with a number of other products would witness a hike in the 2025-26 financial year due to tax measures in the proposed budget for FY26.

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Health budget 1pc up, but short of reform needs

The proposed budget for the financial year 2025-26 contains Tk 41,908 crore in allocation to the health and family welfare sector. The allocation is 5.3 per cent of the proposed total budget worth Tk7.9 lakh crore.

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Tax-free income limit to go up

The interim government is going to increase the tax-free income limit to Tk 3,75,000 and make changes in the individual income tax payment structure in the national budget for the forthcoming financial year of 2025-26, said finance ministry officials.

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Focus on human resource capacity in budget urged

Academics, researchers and rights activists on Friday said that the next national budget should focus on increasing the country’s human resource capacity to reduce import and dependency on foreign skills.

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Budget being made with flawed data: discussion

Speakers in a discussion on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the preparations for the upcoming national budget with flawed assumptions of the gross domestic product made by the Awami League regime ousted by a popular uprising in the past year.