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Kamal to place 7,61,785C budget for FY24 aiming at building Smart Bangladesh

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will place the national budget of over Tk7,61,000 crore for the next fiscal year (FY24) at the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday with the main philosophy of turning Bangladesh into a happy-prosperous, developed Smart Bangladesh by 2041.

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FILE PHOTO: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presents the proposed national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year in parliament, June 3, 2021 Focus Bangla

New budget prepared to manage inflation, revenue and IMF conditions

Poor and lower-income groups faced hard realities as a result of last year's high commodity prices. With such severe inflationary pressure, the government's major concerns in finalizing the FY24 budget are limited revenue income and compliance with IMF loan requirements.

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Budget FY24: 40 mega projects planned for Smart Bangladesh

The upcoming national budget for the fiscal year 2023-24, crafted under the slogan “Across the long journey of development, towards Smart Bangladesh,” will include 40 new mega projects.

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PM Hasina: Govt doing everything possible to keep economy alive

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the government is making every effort to keep the country's economy alive despite the global economic recession caused by the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. 

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Bangladeshi diaspora urges global recognition of 1971 genocide

Stichting BASUG (Bangladesh Support Group), a Bangladeshi diaspora organization with Special Consultative Status of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, along with Aamra Ekattor, Projonmo '71, European Bangladesh Forum (EBF), and Seraji Foundation have reiterated their demand for the international recognition of the 1971 genocide committed against the Bengali nation during the Bangladesh War of Independence.

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This photo shows the brutality and cowardly attacks carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces on the unarmed Bangalis on the black night of March 25 in 1971 Wikipedia

Awami League to go for Plan B if BNP boycotts polls

Though the Awami League mayoral candidate, Azmat Ullah Khan, was defeated by a rebel-backed candidate in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election on May 25, the Awami League's central leaders are terming this election a peaceful, violence-free and model election.

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