The Financial Express

Budget FY22: Deficit financing and public spending

At a time when the government should opt for increasing public expenditure to accelerate economic recovery, it appears to have taken measures that are not commensurate with the needs of the time. As of December FY21, the overall budget deficit...

Centrally registering the VAT & a critique

In a recent article titled "Central VAT registration in Bangladesh:...

Recovery through regional cooperation

Last month, the world marked the first anniversary since the...

Accessibility to the Covid-19 vaccine under the intellectual property regime

In a recent TV talk show, two discussants involved with...

Bangladesh cricket: Why expectation and reality remain poles apart

Every time Mustafiz bowls a good spell with deliveries fizzing...

US prepares to fight wars amid surging Covid-19 infections

The United States (US) under the Biden Administration is getting...

President Biden says goodbye to Afghanistan

President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday April 14 that the...

Studying economics: Science-arts confusion

Bangladesh offers different streams of education such as science, commerce...

Growth in terms of GDP -- no indicator of overall wellbeing

Although businesses are reeling under the pandemic, it appears that...

Shankha Ghosh: Dissent beneath lyricism

Poet Shankha Ghosh is no more. He died in Kolkata...

Reflections on Bangladesh's development journey

In order to commemorate the birth centenary of the Father...

Livable cities: Utopia or a possibility?

Those of us who have grown up around science fiction...

Why big data is all the buzz for statisticians

Big data permeates many aspects of people's lives, from daily...

How Covid-19 takes the gaming industry to another level

The World Health Organization has declared video games an effective...

Ensuring racial and ethnic justice

The world continues to watch carefully the trial being carried...

Was Parasite’s Oscar win a cultural breakthrough?

As the Academy Awards are about to kick off, people...

China records 18.3 per cent growth in the 1st quarter 2021

China's economy grew at a record 18.3 per cent in...

Male breast cancer: A lesser-known threat to life

If a question is put to the general population of...

New lights on Hume's thoughts on economics

'There is as yet no monograph in English devoted to...

A time-fitting tax reform with tobacco

In Bangladesh, cigarette taxation presents an excellent case to strengthen...

Agriculture proves its worth again

An estimated 24.5 million people have become 'new poor' in...

Time to focus on collective mobilisation of Zakat

It is now well recognised that Zakat, the fourth pillar...

Mobile Apps and our children

The whole world is in our hands now. Most of...

Fighting climate change for peaceful coexistence in prosperity

Global unity and prosperity for peaceful coexistence have never been...

Budget FY22: Deficit financing and public spending

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