Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury

Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury presents the Tk9.38 lakh crore national budget in parliament today (11 June). Photo: Screengrab/File

Parliament passes Tk56,117cr supplementary budget for FY26

The minister informed parliament that the net government expenditure in the main budget for the current 2025-26 fiscal year was set at Tk7.90 lakh crore

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury (fourth from left) is pictured at a post-budget press conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka on 12 June 2026. Photo: TBS

Budget has allocations for all despite resource constraints: Khosru

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Budget FY27: Key measures and takeaways

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Health allocation doubles, crosses 1% of GDP for first time

Govt plans municipal bonds to finance development projects

Govt plans municipal bonds to finance development projects

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Govt to set 4 key criteria for public investment decisions

A conceptual illustration of falling food prices, showing a paper grocery bag spilling fresh food as a large red arrow crashes downwards into a shattered surface.

Budget FY27: Govt aims to bring inflation down to 7.5%

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Budget may introduce 30% value-addition requirement for duty-free raw material imports

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker. File photo

Govt okays Tk2,372cr LNG purchase

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Govt drafts reform roadmap to seek delay in LDC graduation until 2029

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Govt plans foreign expert review to cut soaring metro project costs

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS

Global investors including JPMorgan eye Bangladesh but need trust in audits: Khosru

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Bangladesh, Brazil eye deeper economic ties