by Rejaul Karim Byron in The Daily Star, Apr 16, 2023Bangladesh’s spending on subsidies and interest payments surged 45 per cent year-on-year in the first eight months of this fiscal year, turning out to be the highest in at least a decade. This resulted from an increased payment requirement from the coffer particularly to provide fertiliser, food and electricity at subsidised rates. From July to February in fiscal year 2022-23, the government spent Tk 56,222…
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by Masud Milad in Prothom Alo, Jan 19, 2023 Chattogram: The unloading of commodities from three freighters has been stalled at Chattogram seaport for different terms as the banks here have failed to settle the import bills in dollar despite receiving full payments from the importers in the local currency. The ships carried unrefined sugar and edible oil, two essential commodities during the holy month of Ramadan, to Bangladesh from Malaysia and Brazil. The volume…