Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the forthcoming national budget for the 2025-26 financial year would be a realistic one and there would be no printing of money for meeting the budget deficit.
鈥榃e will not project any big deficit,鈥� said the finance adviser after a meeting of the advisory council on government purchase at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka.
There will be no pressure for bank borrowing or printing money, he said, referring to the spree of printing money by the ousted Awami League regime.
The finance adviser said that they would not also implement any mega projects.
He said that they were discussing with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for projects loans so that those could be spent for the budget deficit.
According to media reports, the interim government is going to bring about major changes in the national budget for FY26 by squeezing expenditure because of resource crunches.
Earlier on Tuesday, the finance adviser approved separate proposals to procure one cargo of liquefied natural gas and 1.10 crore litres of refined rice bran oil.
M/S Gunvor Singapore PTE Ltd, Singapore will supply the LNG through the international quotation method at Tk聽584.16 crore.
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh will procure 1.10 crore litres of refined rice bran oil under the local open tender method from Majumder Products Limited, Dhaka, Tamim Agro Industries Ltd, Dhaka, Prodhan Oil Mills Ltd, Gaibandha and Green Oil and Poultry Feed Industries, Dhaka at Tk聽177.10 crore.
The price of a litre of the refined rice bran oil will be Tk聽161.
The Ministry of Water Resources鈥� six proposals worth about Tk聽38 crore linked to the project 鈥楥limate Smart Agriculture and Water Management鈥� were also approved.
