UNB, Dhaka :
Amid concerns of the business community and the common people about some provisions of tax, and VAT and excise duty on the proposed budget for fiscal year (2017-18), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government will look into those for finding out solutions.
“We’ve given the highest-ever budget in the country’s history amounting Tk 4,00,266 crore. There’ll will be discussions on the proposed budget in parliament …there might be some problems for some people. We’ll look into and resolve those,” she said.
The Prime Minister was addressing the joint Iftar and Doa Mahfil 2017 of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at the Jatiya Press Club.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, PM’s Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) President Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Secretary General Omar Faruq, Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) President Shaban Mahmood also spoke at the programme moderated by DUJ Secretary Sohel Haider Chowdhury.
Sheikh Hasina also reiterated her vow to make the country a hunger- and poverty-free mid-income country by 2021 and developed one in South Asia by 2041.
On Thursday last, Finance Minister AMA Muhith unveiled a Tk 4,00,226 crore ambitious budget for the next fiscal year (2017-18) with a growth target of 7.4 percent, expecting to open up a new horizon for Bangladesh through some initiatives ahead of the next general election.
Amid concerns of the business community and the common people about some provisions of tax, and VAT and excise duty on the proposed budget for fiscal year (2017-18), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government will look into those for finding out solutions.
“We’ve given the highest-ever budget in the country’s history amounting Tk 4,00,266 crore. There’ll will be discussions on the proposed budget in parliament …there might be some problems for some people. We’ll look into and resolve those,” she said.
The Prime Minister was addressing the joint Iftar and Doa Mahfil 2017 of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at the Jatiya Press Club.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, PM’s Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) President Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Secretary General Omar Faruq, Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) President Shaban Mahmood also spoke at the programme moderated by DUJ Secretary Sohel Haider Chowdhury.
Sheikh Hasina also reiterated her vow to make the country a hunger- and poverty-free mid-income country by 2021 and developed one in South Asia by 2041.
On Thursday last, Finance Minister AMA Muhith unveiled a Tk 4,00,226 crore ambitious budget for the next fiscal year (2017-18) with a growth target of 7.4 percent, expecting to open up a new horizon for Bangladesh through some initiatives ahead of the next general election.
