Budget 2006-2007
 
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Text of Budget Speech (Bangla)
 
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Text of Budget Speech (English)
  Budget 2005-2006
 
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Text of Budget Speech (Part 1)
 
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Text of Budget Speech (Part 2)
 
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Budget In Brief
 
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Budget Summary
  Budget Response 2005-06: Civil Society
 
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Center for Policy Dialouge (CPD)
 
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Unnyan Shamunnay
 
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Bangladesh Economic Association
  Budget Response 2005-2006:
 
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BASIS
  Budget Response 2004-2005:
 
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Business Bodies
  Budget Response 2004-05: Individuals
 
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Individuals Speech on budget 2004-05
 
    
Interview about budget 2006-07 will be available after 6:00 PM

  Comments
:: Dr. Q.K. Ahmed - Chairman Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, President, Bangladesh Economic Association
:: Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman - Chairman, Power and Partcipation Research Centre (PPRC)
:: Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya - Executive Director, Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
:: Mr. Badiul Alam Majumder - Country Director, The Hunger Project
:: Dr Atiur Rahman - Chairman, Unnayan Shamannay
:: Mr Quazi Faruque - General Secretary Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB)
:: Dr. Ananya Raihan - Executive Director, D.Net
:: Ms. Khushi Kabir - Coordinator, Nijera Kori
:: Ms. Nasreen Awal Mintoo - President, Women Entrepreneurs’ Association of Bangladesh
:: Selima Ahmed - President, Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industries
:: Md. Faizullah Khan - President, Bangladesh Computer Samity
:: Dr. Gul Hossain - Chairman, BGASA
:: Sultana Kamal - Executive Director, Ain O Shalish Kendra
:: Dr. Rubaiul Murshed - Executive Director, Health 21
:: Zaid Bakht - Research Director, BIDS
:: Mahmud Hasan - Program Director, D.Net
:: Ruba Rummana - Assistant Professor, Ahsanullah University of science and technology
 
  Newspaper headlines on Budget 2006-07
:: Tk 68,600cr budget likely for next fiscal year ( The Daily Star, june 01, 2006)
:: Farm subsidies continue to end up in wrong pocket ( New Age, June 01, 2006 )
:: Tax holiday should be replaced by depreciation allowance system ( New Age, June 02, 2006 )
:: Attention to women issues in budget urged ( The New Nation, Jun 03, 2006 )
:: BTMA wants govt to support primary textiles ( New Age, Jun 03, 06 )
:: Experts call for more allocation for agriculture ( New age, June 04, 2006 )
:: Election-oriented budget may not please voters- ADB ( The New Nation, June 05, 2006 )
:: Increased Allocation Fails To Revive Public Health Services ( New Age, June5, 2006 )
:: JS budget session begins today ( The New Nation, June 06, 2006 )
:: No extra tax burden likely as polls ahead ( The Daily Star, June 06, 2006 )
:: High Income group to have 10pc tax rebate in the next budget ( New Age, June 07, 2006 )
:: Import duty on essentials to drop but on cars to rise ( New Age, June 07, 2006 )
:: Present govt's last budget tomorrow ( The Financial Express, June 07, 2006)
:: Tk 69,740cr budget likely ( New Age, June 07, 2006 )
:: Saifur to table budget today ( New Age, June 08, 2006 )
:: Big budget on cards ( The Daily Star, June 08, 2006 )
:: Budget doesn't address risks to growth ( The daily Star, June 09, 2006)
:: High bank borrowing to fund Tk 69,740cr budget ( The Daily Star, June 09, 2006 )
:: Budget remains obscure for citizens ( New Age, June 09, 2006 )
:: Budget for everybody, but for nobody ( New Age, June 10, 2006 )
:: A difficult budget to implement ( New Age, June 11, 2006 )
:: Budget deficit kept artificially lower ( New Age, June 11, 2006 )
:: Budget offers nothing new for capital market ( New Age, June 11, 2006 )
:: DSE laments as budget lacks incentives for capital market ( The Daily Star, June 11, 2006 )
:: No direction to streamline education sector ( The Daily Star, June 11, 2006 )
 
  Newspaper headlines on Budget 2005-06
:: Size of next budget likely to be Tk 64,000cr ( The Independent, Sun, June 05, 2005 )
:: WB, IMF to provide $500m budget support ( The New Nation, Sun, June 05 2005 )
:: Investment vibrancy big challenge for govt ( The New Age, Sun, June 05, 2005 )
:: ICT Assoc want tax withdrawal for next five years ( The Independent, Mon. June 06, 2005 )
:: Budget Countdown: Bad debt rebate for banks likely to be halved ( New Age, Mon. June 06, 2005 )
:: Budget session begins today. Saifur to place nat'l budget for FY 2005-06 (The Financial Express, June 7)
:: Budget Countdown: Lofty targets, fresh taxes to mark next budget ( New Age, Tues, June 7, 2005 )
:: Tk. 64,000 cr total outlay for 2005-06: Tax net to be widened under new budget (The New Nation '05)
:: WB, IMF to provide $500m budget support ( The New Nation, Tues, June 7, 2005 )
:: Proposal to reduce budgetary allocation in unproductive sectors ( The New Nation, Tues, June 7, 2005 )
:: Budget size may increase 17pc (The Daily Star, Wed, June 8, 2005))
:: Short-term measures may crowd out long-term plan ( New Age, Wed, June 8, 2005 )
:: BUDGET COUNTDOWN: So, what would make it ‘pro-people’? ( New Age, Wed, June 8, 2005 )
:: Budget to be placed tomorrow ( The News Today, Wed, June 8, 2005 )
:: Saifur looks to strike balance between spending, stability ( New Age, Thu, June 09, 2005)
:: Unquiet time for Saifur ( The Daily Star, Thu, June 09, 2005 )
:: Budget for 2005-06 to be placed today Outlay estimated at Tk 64,000 crore (The Independent,June 09)
:: Budget placed under shadow of national polls ( The Independent, Fri, June 10,2005 )
:: Concession to black money holders to encourage money laundering: MCCI (The Financial Express, 2005)
:: Budget designed to protect black money: Debapriya ( The Independent, Sat, June 11, 2005 )
:: Attainment of PRSP goals to benefit foreign investors: FICCI ( The Independent, Sat, June 11, 2005 )
:: Urban-centric budget: CPD ( New Age, Sat, June 11,2005 )
:: Budget not based on PRSP: BEA ( New Age, Sun, June 12, 2005 )
 
  Newspaper headlines on Budget 2004-05
:: Mock budget session aims at transparency in local govts ( Daily Star, Tue. June 08, 2004)
:: Reconditioned car importers demand duty cut (Daily Star, Sun. June 06, 2004 )
:: Make village-centric budget to reduce poverty (Daily Star, Sat. June 05, 2004)
:: Bid to insert 113 pet projects in ADP (Daily Star, Fri. June 04, 2004)
:: Saifur for village-centric reform to bridge gap (Daily Star, Thu. June 03, 2004)
:: Agro-processors want 20pc corporate tax (Daily Star, Thu. June 03, 2004 )
:: Govt mulls new pay scale (Daily Star, Wed. June 02, 2004 )
:: Employees see 39.4pc income erosion in 7 yrs (Daily Star, Wed. June 02, 2004)  
:: Next ADP fixed 16pc bigger (Daily Star, Sun. May 30, 2004)
:: JS budget session begins today: Fiscal measures won’t raise prices: Saifur (New Nation, Jun 8, 2004)
:: Tk 60,000cr National Budget to be placed in JS tomorrow (Observer, Wed, June 02, 2004)
:: Pak investors assured of incentives in budget (New Age, Wed, June 02, 2004)
:: How to read the budget (New Age, Wed, June 09, 2004)
:: Resource mobilization Saifur’s mantra, but taxes unlikely to rise (New Age, Wed, June 09, 2004)
:: Agri Sector gets priority (New Age, Wed, June 09, 2004)
:: The oft rep Bated ADP drama (New Age, Wed, June 09, 2004)
 
 
 
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