DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith started placing the 44th national budget for Fiscal Year 2015-16 in the Parliament on Thursday afternoon.

He started reading out the budget at 3: 35 pm, which will be the 9th as the finance minister.

The size of the budget is likely to be Tk 2.97 lakh crore.

This is the second budget of the incumbent Awami League-led government and the 44th budget for Bangladesh.

The FY16 budget will be passed on June 30, the last day of the outgoing financial year.

Like previous years, the budget is being presented on PowerPoint and will be available on the website of the finance department at www.mof.gov.bd. The budget documents will also be available at www.bangladesh.gov.bd, www.nbr-bd.org, www.plancomm.gov.bd, www.imed.gov.bd, www.bdpressinform.org and www.pmo.gov.bd and at the banglanews site.

Muhith, also ruling Awami League lawmaker, will hold a press conference over the various aspects of the budget at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium at 4pm on Friday.

The FY16 budget will be passed on June 30, the last day of the outgoing financial year.

BDST: 1537 HRS, JUN 04, 2015
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** Muhith places budget at 3pm