The interim government on Monday announced the new national budget at Tk 7.9 lakh crore, projecting ambitious revenue-earning measures to keep the deficit at tolerable 3.6 per cent.
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, while unveiling the new measures for the financial year 2025-26 in a televised presentation in the absence of Jatiya Sangsad, projected an overall income of Tk 5.64 lakh crore, of which some 88.4 per cent is expected to come via the National Board of Revenue through direct tax, duty and value added tax.