Cabinet holding meeting on proposed budget

Staff Correspondent: The Cabinet is now holding a meeting to approve the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2019-20 (FY20).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is presiding over the meeting.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is scheduled to start unfolding the budget in parliament at 3:00 pm today.

This time the budget will be a ‘Smart’ one with the title-“Samridha Agamir Pathajatrai Bangladesh: Samay Ekhon Amader, Samay Ekhon Bangladesher”, said a media release of the finance ministry.

The budget documents will be available on the website of the finance division www.mof.gov.bd.

The documents will also be available on www.bangladesh.gov.bd, www.nbr-bd.org, www.plancomm.gov.bd, www.imed.gov.bd, www.bdpressinform.org and www.pmo.gov.bd.

Any person or organisation at home and abroad can send feedback, opinion or recommendations by filling up a form after downloading it from the website.

Post budget press conference will be held on Friday at 3pm at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC).


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