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		<title>Govt needs to spend Tk 8,978cr of ADP by this month</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government needs to spend Tk 8,978 crore or 32 per cent of the sum allocated to the revised Annual Development Programme by June, the last month of the outgoing fiscal year, said official sources. Only 68 per cent, or Tk 19,522 crore, of the revised outlay of Tk 28,500 crore was spent for project [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=668&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FBCCI for ACC to take permission from apex trade body to sue businessmen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanningWatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dhaka, May 11 (UNB) &#8211; The leaders of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Tuesday demanded that the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) should have to take permission from the apex body prior to filing a case against any businessman. The FBCCI also suggested in their budget proposal to raise the individual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=657&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Budget progressive and pro-growth: FBCCI</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA, June 13 (BSS) &#8211; Leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) today termed the proposed budget for fiscal 2010-11 as progressive and pro-growth as well as implementable one. &#8220;Its not at all an ambitious budget but its qualitative implementation seems a challenge of the government,&#8221; FBCCI president Annisul Huq [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=655&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Civil society demands pro-poor budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanningWatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representative from civil society and some social organisations demanded the government to initiate budget formulation from district level to make the next national budget a democratic and pro-poor one. They termed the present budget formulation process undemocratic. Calling it also discriminatory, they also affirmed that any budget formulation without ensuring people&#8217;s active participation can not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=653&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grass-root citizens’ participations can formulate more pro-people budget: Speakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speakers at a pre-budget discussion held at Chilmari in Kurigram district said yesterday that enhanced participation of grassroots citizens can ensure formulation of a more pro-people and effective national budget. To ensure balanced and uniform developments and bringing the backward areas to the mainstream national advancements, there is no alternative to involving the grass root [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=651&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Area-wise subsidy, incentives for small, medium enterprises for 2yrs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economists in a pre-budget discussion have suggested giving area-wise instead of countrywide subsidy and energy incentives to small and medium entrepreneurs for at least next two years. The economists also urged the government to impose capital gain tax on the banks and city congestion tax to reduce traffic jam. They made the call yesterday at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=649&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BEA terms budget &#8216;pro-people&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Abul Barkat, president of Bangladesh Economic Association, speaks at a press conference in Dhaka yesterday. Photo: STAR Economists praised the proposed budget for fiscal 2010-11, saying it is a &#8216;pro-people budget&#8217; and has provided a guideline to growth. Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA), the apex forum of economists, made the observation yesterday at its office. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=647&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Standing committees should have say on ministry budgets&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/645/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former caretaker adviser Akbar Ali Khan has suggested parliamentary standing committees to scrutinise the budgets of their respective ministries and place their recommendations. Khan also recommended abolishment of the Committee on Estimates, responsible for going over the budgets of 37 ministries, saying it is &#8220;unrealistic&#8221;. He further said the standing committee on the Ministry of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=645&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public hearing for transparent budget demanded</title>
		<link>http://bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/public-hearing-for-transparent-budget-demanded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the preparation of national budget lacks direct involvement of people and active participation of lawmakers, a mid-year public hearing by the relevant parliamentary panel can impel the budget makers to reflect on people’s aspirations in the annual financial statement.    The demand for parliamentary hearing designed to improve transparency and accountability in public resource management [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=642&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The cost of country&#8217;s largest infrastructure project could hit $US2.4 billion dollars</title>
		<link>http://bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/the-cost-of-countrys-largest-infrastructure-project-could-hit-us2-4-billion-dollars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cost of country&#8217;s largest infrastructure project, a 6.15 kilometre multipurpose bridge over the river Padma, could hit $US2.4 billion dollars, officials said Saturday. Auckland-based Maunsell Aecom, which is designing the project, has said the increased cost was due to last minute addition of electric train tracks, improved safety requirements, railway approach bridge and tourism [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bangladeshbudgetwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8108712&amp;post=640&amp;subd=bangladeshbudgetwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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