The budget has been formulated with the objective of ensuring that the benefits of economic growth reach everyone, he says
June 11, 2026
Staff Correspondent
bdnews24.com
The goal of the upcoming budget is to establish “a welfare state”, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said.
Speaking to the media on Thursday morning as he left his Gulshan residence to attend a cabinet meeting at parliament, the minister was asked what the new budget would look like.
The welfare of all classes of people will be featured in this budget, he says
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