Not enough innovation to deal with old and new challenges

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal's fourth successive budget, placed in Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) on Thursday last, has rightly identified the key macroeconomic challenges, but actions incorporated into it may not be enough to deal with those. The minister has struck the right chord when it comes to the challenges---taming the...

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Looking forward to better days ahead

Even a lay person knows the reasons behind the present crisis facing the world economy, thanks to the revolution in information technology. But the way out? No one knows, not even experts. For factors causing the crisis are beyond the control of experts on economy or wars. In fact, they...

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Budget bypasses mass transport issue

Another budget was placed in the national parliament on Thursday, having a bigger size of Tk 6.78 trillion, with a plethora of promises but one. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has presented a number of lofty promises and targets in the budget. Many of these are populist in nature, but...

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