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Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the government would accept the data on the number of new poor only from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), not from any private company. The minister made the remark just a day after a study of the Power and Participation Research Centre and the Brac Institute of Governance and Development revealed that 2.45 crore people
Poor to get priority in next budget: Kamal
BSS
21st April, 2021 04:41:12
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said the next budget for fiscal 2021-22 will give priority to the poor section of people while maintaining the lives and livelihood of all would get due emphasis in the next fiscal year in view of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation.
“Our next budget will remain dedicated to the poor people of the country. The poor community will get priority in the next budget. We’ll also give priority to maintaining the lives and livelihood of the people,” he said.
The finance minister was replying to queries of reporters after chairing two separate meetings virtually on Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP).
Poor to get priority in next budget: Kamal
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DHAKA, April 21, 2021 (BSS) – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the next budget for fiscal 2021-22 will give priority to the poor section of people while maintaining the lives and livelihood of all would get due emphasis in the next fiscal year in view of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation.
“Our next budget will remain dedicated to the poor people of the country. The poor community will get priority in the next budget. We’ll also give priority to maintaining the lives and livelihood of the people,” he said.
The finance minister was replying to queries of reporters after chairing two separate meetings virtually on Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP).
Watermelon a game changer for Khulna’s coastal farmers
Farmers in Khulna were encouraged by last year’s results and began to cultivate watermelon on larger plots as it brought more profit than other traditional crops. Photo: Dipankar Roy
The people of Khulna had not even considered watermelon farming just 10 or 12 years ago, when thousands of acres of land would remain uncultivated after the aman paddy season.
Farmers in the district s Dacope and Dumuria upazila were engaged in shrimp farming while lands in Batiaghata upazila was used for sesame cultivation.
But things have changed in recent years as numerous farmers across the region have started cultivating watermelon in order to reap quick returns.