Budget for FY'24: Not up to task of meeting challenges

The budget placed by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in Parliament for the next financial year (FY) amidst applause and table-thumping by the ruling party and like-minded lawmakers last Thursday contains lofty goals, but it lacks clear strategies to achieve those in an unprecedentedly difficult time. Officials at the finance...

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Implementation remains a big problem

One of the major issues that has held back the government's desire to get things done every fiscal year (FY) is the lacklustre performance (in terms of implementation) of the various agencies when it comes to achieving development goals. This Achilles heel has never been properly addressed because it is...

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Financing a decent public transport system

The bus-dependent chaotic public transport in the country, especially in the city of Dhaka, is a curse for the hundreds and thousands of commuters. Inadequate public buses and minibuses with defaced and wornout exteriors and terrible interiors like narrow accesses and seats, dirty floors and broken windows are the main...

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