Wow , surely I missed this news . Thank you very much for posting this news. So now what our heroic character @idune says when BNP officially confirmed that 80% center had fair election?
Allow me to answer this question. Yes BAL eliminated free speech but it's not everywhere. If you observe Facebook trolling against Hasina with people's real id ,you will see that things aren't as bad as we think .
Exactly . Ultra freedom of speech is actually western propaganda. Look at China , they practice limited freedom of speech and they had been always one of the greatest nation in human history . And soon they will surpass USA as super power .
May be Sringla's visit and subsequently the phone call from Washington? Is not Hasina Defense Minister? So, she is talking to the military from the position of strength.
Our defence budget is one item which always exceed the initial spending target. For example, in last fiscal year(2019-2020) proposed defence budget was Taka 325.2 billion while actually got spend Taka 329.75 billion. This was also the case for almost all (if not all) previous years. Despite COVID-19 pandemic, our defence budget for this fiscal year increased by around 300 million dollar(from $3.8 billion to $4.1 billion). So I don't think, defence budget will get trimmed. Defence force run on a very tight budget, otherwise there would not have been any need to exceed the initial spending target year after year. So it is very very unlikely that, this year defence spending will get any cut. PM perhaps warned them not to exceed the spending target set for this year.Financial express also published such news.
https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/...-budget-implementation-pm-1599481525?amp=true
Economic recession may affect budget implementation: PM
FE Team | Published: September 07, 2020 18:25:25 | Updated: September 08, 2020 09:53:44
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressing the inaugural event of the Armed Forces Selection Board-2020 through a videoconference from Ganabhaban on Monday –PID Photo
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government may not be able to implement the national budget fully if the worldwide economic recession continues or worsen further.
“Although it was passed to chase the government’s development targets, it might not be possible to implement the budget fully if the worldwide economic recession continues or worsen further,” she said.
The Prime Minister came up with the statement while addressing the inaugural event of the Armed Forces Selection Board-2020 through a videoconference from Ganabhaban on Monday, reports UNB.
The chiefs of the three services and other high officials got connected from their respective headquarters.
“This’s true we’ve given a huge budget…it’s not correct to think we’ll spend all the money right now. This is also a question how much money we’ll be able to provide,” Sheikh Hasina said.
The Prime Minister also asked all to exercise austerity in spending public money.
“We’ll keep the expenditures except the very essential ones on hold temporarily reducing the expenses to some extent. We’ll do these (less important expenditures) things when the good days will come back,” she said.
Urging all not to fear in advance, she said, “We’ll have all the arrangements and preparations. We’ll do as much as we can. It’s our target.”
Hasina mentioned that the government placed this budget as it has a target to make Bangladesh a poverty-free country in the Mujib Year.
She said the government had a target of 8.2 per cent GDP growth in the last fiscal year and 7.8 per cent growth was also achieved till April last, but it finally came down to 5.8 per cent at the end of the last fiscal year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Even then, Hasina added, the government has continued its efforts and extended support to different sectors as much as possible. “So, we’ve not made less allocation in the budget.”
“In the case of expenditures, all will have to spend (from the allocations) in a limited way…. we’ll have to calculate right now how much money we'll be able to collect and spend in this economic situation. I would like to ask all even our Armed Forces – three services—to do so.”
The Prime Minister said although there was an apprehension that the country’s reserve of foreign currency declined, now it has increased to US$ 39.4 billion.
PS: Here is two more news .http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/252900
and
https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/exercise-austerity-in-spending-public-money-pm/57066
So surely such thing did not come from Amra Khan's rear end. I believe nothing is more important that defence development . If we immediately can not upgrade air force , we will be screwed up . So no excuse , even the excuse of covid - 19 is not acceptable. Our our airforce is weak and we need to develop it right now. What else can be more essential than to defend the sovereignty that was achieve at the expense of countless martyrs?
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It's highly unlikely. Even Khaleda Zia ( a kid in politics ) wouldn't do such thing as it would be a work of imbecile. If you need to cut army budget and make it look natural, you can't do it unplanned. I also think she just wanted to say , not to cross the budget limit, as @Homo Sapiens already stated (#43) . Or simply she wanted to advise as guardian ( you know she is always very good to act as guardian , remember quota movement ? She became emotional when students demanded to abolish it on street? ) , so I still believe that it was just a statemey for the sake of such guardianship ! But we have to wait to know the reality as we have no idea actually what is happening. We only can hope for the best .
It's simply because defence force only should be reporting directly to president or prime minister. You see DGFI directly report to prime minister only . That's the reason it make sense that 21 August grenade attack on Hasina was not any separate action ,but it was state sponsored , since former DGFI chief was got death penalty . But the truth is , he was just obeying order .
I wish you are correct. I also think that she wanted to act as guardian, as mother advice her children ,but later give them more money to buy extra toysOur defence budget is one item which always exceed the initial spending target. For example, in last fiscal year(2019-2020) proposed defence budget was Taka 325.2 billion while actually got spend Taka 329.75 billion. This was also the case for almost all (if not all) previous years. Despite COVID-19 pandemic, our defence budget for this fiscal year increased by around 300 million dollar(from $3.8 billion to $4.1 billion). So I don't think, defence budget will trimmed. Defence force run on a very tight budget, otherwise their would not have been any need to exceed the initial spending target year after year. So it is very very unlikely that, this year defence spending will get any cut. PM perhaps warned them not to exceed the spending target set for this year.
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. I hope she will not cut budget ,but will increase .
