The size of the next national budget of Bangladesh, for the
fiscal year 2024-25, will be Tk8 lakh crore.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the Tk 8 lakh crore
budget when it was placed before her. The budget is scheduled to be presented
in the parliament on June 6, sources of the Finance Ministry
confirmed on Tuesday. She gave an opinion in favor of discouraging the import
of luxury goods in the next budget as well. Like the current fiscal year, the
prime minister said that inflation control will be the top priority of the next
budget. The Prime Minister wanted to see whether the election manifesto is
reflected in the first budget of the current term. She expressed satisfaction
that the allocation of the budget set up by the Ministry of Finance reflects
that. The budget summary of FY2024-25 was presented in a meeting held at
Ganobhaban on Monday chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. According to the
meeting sources, the Prime Minister has emphasized on control of inflation,
increase in foreign direct investment (FDI), proper control of imports, careful
undertaking of development projects, increase in revenue collection and taking
necessary steps for this, increase in the income of expatriates through
legitimate channels, increase in the number of beneficiaries under social
security programs, etc.
Planning Minister Major General (Retd) Abdus Salam, state
minister of finance Waseqa Ayesh Khan, state minister of planning Md.
Shahiduzzaman, Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rauf Talukdar, National Board of
Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem, Finance Secretary Dr. Md
Khairuzzaman Mozumder along with the senior officials of the finance division,
ministries of finance and planning were present in the meeting. Finance
Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali was connected to the meeting through an online
facility.
