June 30, 2018
New budget cannot be implemented at all
Dr. A B Mirza Azizul Islam, Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government : The budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 cannot be implemented at all. Why cannot it be implemented? In recent history, the growth in the government spending lingered at an annual rate of 14-15%, which comparing to the rate in the FY2017-18, this…
Sans financial security, funds from Bangladesh will be channelled abroad
Abu Ahmed, Professor of Economics, DU : The country’s money will keep winding up in foreign banks if the financial security cannot be ensured. This will enable multi-dimensional facilities toward the economy. The affluent families are the ones keeping their money in the Swiss Bank. Middle class families usually do not hold that capability of reaching…
Voters cast ballots; BNP claims vote rigging!
Dr. Mamtazuddin Patwari, Professor of History, BOU : Awami League-backed candidate Jahangir Alam defeated his BNP counterpart Hasan Uddin Sarkar by bagging more than double the votes the latter got in the Gazipur city polls. Hasan told the journalists that their aim was not to grab the power; rather they wanted to unveil the real character…