public expenditure
The budgetary test of moral leadership
A national budget is meant to serve citizens. The question is: how much of the nation’s resources really reaches citizens in the end, and how much is used in simply maintaining the machinery of government?
9 July 2026, 12:00 PM
Public expenditure stays at lower level
Bangladesh’s public expenditure is not growing in keeping pace with the steadily expanding economy as it struggles to raise adequate revenues, thus failing to ensure full implementation of development programmes and provide expected services to its citizens.
22 May 2023, 02:00 AM
Denial syndrome is hampering our economic policies
Interventions must involve fiscal policy to address our fundamental economic issues
12 November 2022, 16:00 PM
Denial syndrome is hampering our economic policies
Interventions must involve fiscal policy to address our fundamental economic issues
12 November 2022, 15:34 PM
Charting the middle-income journey
Bangladesh needs proper macroeconomic management to avoid middle income trap
13 September 2022, 15:00 PM
IMF Loan Talks: Here's how we need to prepare
The economy needs firm handling to ensure the situation doesn't turn into a crisis.
25 August 2022, 16:00 PM