Every year when the budget is placed in the parliament, Taufiq Hasan, a 35-year-old private sector employee, gets all worked up about which products and services he would have to pay more the following fiscal year.

The proposed budget for the next fiscal year is unrealistic, as it lacks significant structural and policy changes, analysts said in their immediate reaction yesterday.

The government is going to bring another 12 lakh people under social safety net programmes in the next financial year with the introduction of an electronic fund transfer system to ensure that the money goes directly to the accounts of the beneficiaries.

Palestinian soccer officials praised Argentina and its star Lionel Messi on Wednesday for calling off a friendly match against Israel that Israeli officials had planned to move to Jerusalem.

The High Court has observed that the metropolitan magistrate concerned in Dhaka has proceeded in a wrong way with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail petition in the “fake birthday” celebration case.

Rab released Gonojagoron Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker last night around seven hours after picking him up from a rally called in protest against extrajudicial killing in the ongoing anti-narcotics drive.

Teknaf upazila Awami League leaders would be called to Dhaka to discuss the killing of Akramul Haque with the prime minister after she returns from Canada, claimed a leader of the upazila AL.

Condemning the alleged extrajudicial killings of suspected drug offenders in Bangladesh, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, yesterday called for an immediate halt to these serious human rights violations and bringing the perpetrators to justice.

As we understand, budgets are drawn up to prioritise where to spend money and how to do it. It is also about how to collect that money. The end result would be growth, prosperity and a people better equipped to face the tomorrow.

With the national elections only months away, Finance Minister AMA Muhith places the budget tomorrow for a record 10th consecutive time, aiming to please people from all segments of society.

The 19th over began with Afghanistan needing 20 runs to win and Bangladesh's Rubel Hossain bowling to Mohammad Nabi,

Two top leaders of Cox's Bazar Jubo League met Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan last night and informed him that they knew Akramul Haque for 12-13 years but never found anything that proved his involvement in drug trade.

The 32 teams that qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia will not just be battling it out for prestige, honour and the chance to win that famous 18 carat gold trophy in the final.

Bangladesh is unlikely to send any opinion to the International Criminal Court over exercise of its jurisdiction to investigate the forced deportation of Rohingyas as Myanmar has requested Bangladesh to refrain from responding to ICC's call.

The cost of the much-hyped Padma Bridge project is going to increase again as the government has to spend more to acquire additional land, taking the total project cost to Tk 30,193 crore.

Brazilian superstar Neymar says he has no desire to be Brazil's all-time leading scorer despite being third in the Selecao's charts.

The Teknaf Upazila Awami League is likely to urge the prime minister and the home minister to launch an investigation to find out whether local MP Abdur Rahman Bodi played any role in the killing of municipality councilor Akramul Haque.

About half the luxury cars Bangladeshi Britons brought into the country for tax-free use of up to a year were never shipped back and their taxes were not paid.

The Anti-Corruption Commission is inquiring into alleged amassing of illegal wealth by Abdur Rahman Bodi's brothers, nephew, cousin and cousin's wife, but the ruling party lawmaker himself remains out of the probe.

The government may again allocate Tk 2,000 crore to state-run banks in the upcoming budget to help them meet capital deficit, continuing its years-long “go easy” attitude towards the lenders despite their irresponsible lending practices.