Subsidies

Subsidies

Amid recent fuel supply concerns triggering long queues at petrol pumps over the past several days, most filling stations were seen comparatively empty on Sunday as the situation eases. The photo was taken in front of a petrol pump in Paribagh, Dhaka. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Fuel price paradox: High taxes drive subsidies

Regional countries waived oil taxes and introduced targeted incentives to mitigate impact on public

Fisheries and Livestock Affairs Adviser Farida Akhter. Sketch: TBS

Farida for subsidies on fisheries, livestock

File photo of Chattogram Port/TBS

Exporters to receive same cash incentives as last FY

Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, special assistant to the chief adviser, addresses a seminar at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council auditorium in Dhaka on 3 May 2025. Photo: TBS

Increase budget for agro product processing, storage to boost exports: Experts

Next budget business as usual, to see higher interest, subsidy spending

Next budget business as usual, to see higher interest, subsidy spending

Subsidy burden balloons on war

Subsidy burden balloons on war

Dr Mustafa K Mujeri. Illustration: TBS

Strengthen social safety net before phasing out subsidies

Photo: Bloomberg

The worst fears for global growth may be subsiding

A worker carries a sack of wheat for sifting at a grain mill on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

India aims for $17 bln cut in food, fertiliser subsidies in 2023/24

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (on screen), Economics Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner attend a news conference about how to handle high gas prices, at the Chancellery in Berlin, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Germany agrees 200 bln euro package to shield against surging energy prices

FILE PHOTO: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

Britain goes big to ease energy shock, EU meets on Friday

A Malaysia Ringgit note is seen in this illustration photo on 1 June 2017. Reuters Illustration/Files

Malaysia plans record $18 billion subsidy spend in inflation fight

Photo: Collected

House of Lords complains about quality of food despite £25m subsidies