DHAKA: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is set to place the national budget for the Fiscal Year 2018-19 (FY19) Thursday (June 7).
This will be the country’s 47th budget and the 19th of the Awami League government.
Muhith will start placing the budget at the Jatiya Sangsad at 12:30pm.
He will be the first finance minister to place the national budget for the 10th time in a row.
The minister has already hinted that the budget size would be about Tk 4.60 lakh crore as the fiscal outlay would keep a provision for financing some ongoing mega projects.
Muhith will speak at a post-budget press conference at Osmani Memorial Auditorium on June 8 (Friday).
BDST: 0900 HRS, JUN 7, 2018
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