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Budget in the time of rising inflation

Last Thursday (June 9) Finance Minister of Bangladesh presented the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23), at a time of heated inflation pressure, especially in respect of food and energy prices. The size of the budget stands at Tk...

Budget bypasses mass transport issue

Another budget was placed in the national parliament on Thursday,...

Unauthorised parking at Mahakhali

Two city corporations had unveiled a plan some months back...

Budget needs to address gender-based violence

The 'Budget Framework Analysis on Challenging Fear of Violence 2022'...

Villages too becoming 'concrete jungles'

'No sky is (visible) here, neither is any air here,'...

High prices and low wages: A time for struggle and compromise

The struggle of the poor and low-income group that began...

Clean energy option fighting a losing battle

With the Ukraine war raging, the issue of energy security...

Essential commodities order exists on paper only

A legal instrument for controlling essential- commodity prices and price...

If there's a will, there's a way

Any honest intention upon implementing it flawlessly can be called...

Revamping public buses in Dhaka

Road traffic in Dhaka is a nightmare thanks to inadequate...

Cut duty on rice import again

The domestic rice market has been volatile for many months....

All about study tours

I have seen Zahid Huq's 'Opinion' writing of May 27,...

Blue skies & clouds

As nations struggle with internal challenges ranging from downright corruption...

Should money launderers deserve a reprieve?

The whole discourse on embezzlement of public money and its...

Scourge of guns within reach

The Texas shooting that killed 19 elementary schoolchildren and two...

Combating global economic crisis a must

Prolonged covid-19 pandemic followed by the prevailing war in Ukraine...

Directive to clean augean stables within 72 hours

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) issued on May...

Earthly wars vs. cosmic cataclysm

The world created yet another history on two days in...

The seesaw of forex trade

A seesaw allows a short-term perpetual motion of equal distribution...

Commuters pin hopes on metro rail

Nobody knows when the disorderly public transports in Dhaka will...

Safeguarding the benefits of Taka depreciation

Foreign currency notes are a part of foreign exchange market...

Foreign tours that raise eyebrows

A section of government officials, particularly those in the upper...

Low revenue-GDP ratio hurting economy

In a recent article at an English Daily, renowned economist...

Choice for austerity or growth 

People can cut the costs of living only by reducing...

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