Editorial - Independent Bangladesh http://www.independent-bangladesh.com Tue, 13 May 2008 03:49:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200805135261/editorial/abrupt-fuel-price-hike.html Bangladesh perspectiveAt a time when people are simply reeling under mismanagement in every field from steep prices of essentials and intolerable cost of living during the administration of the caretaker government, we do not understand how the Finance Adviser will tackle what he said social unrest due to hike in... Tue, 13 May 2008 00:21:38 +0100 http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200805125230/editorial/keeping-trade-gap-within-limits.html This year the trade deficit during the July-February of the current fiscal has grown about 47 per cent amounting to about 4.46b US dollars compared to the corresponding period of last year. This was very much expected as prices of food items and oil have hit an all time high.... Mon, 12 May 2008 08:22:01 +0100 http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200805115201/editorial/preparation-of-budget.html Mobilization of more revenue neededMismatch between the available resources and the expenditure needs has always leave the government hard put in preparing budget of developing country like Bangladesh. Again, the scopes for mobilizing revenue from indirect taxes are shrinking owing to external as well as domestic constraints. Yet the size... Sun, 11 May 2008 07:27:54 +0100 http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200805105170/editorial/shift-in-dietary-behaviour.html Potato may be a better choiceThe steep rise in rice prices worldwide and also in Bangladesh , have forced the people, the civil society leaders and government to modify our dietary patterns . Potatoes have always been a rich source of carbohydrates and are richer in other health-giving nutrients than... Sat, 10 May 2008 08:09:18 +0100 http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200805095136/editorial/frustration-despite-bumper-boro-production.html Rice prices in the markets have come down by a couple of Takas per Kg and have stabilized there, which is to say that prices of the cereal still remains out of the buying capacity of the majority of the people of the Country. On the other hand, farmers are... Fri, 09 May 2008 06:41:53 +0100